INDEPENDENT STORYTELLING PLATFORM DOCUMENTING GRASSROOTS RACE CULTURE AND THE COMMUNITIES BEHIND IT
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What a summer.
Between the dust, the caffeine, and the thousands of miles in Nacho the Van, I spent the past few months chasing bikes either with a camera in hand, a coffee kettle on the boil, or sometimes both. From the high desert of Bend to the red dirt of Arizona to the breezy Oregon Coast, I served up pourovers and snapped photos at more than 20 cycling events across the West.
Event coffee catering wasn’t something I set out to do. But somewhere between roasting my own beans and chasing the rhythm of gravel and mountain bike races and trail work days, it all came together.
Loam Coffee became something more than a roaster. It became a mobile coffee experience, grounded in the outdoors and fueled by people who show up for the hard and beautiful things.
Recently, Loam Coffee teamed up with Mudslinger Events to serve coffee at the Oregon 24-hour mountain bike race outside of Bend, Oregon. By the end, everyone was hot, sweaty, and exhausted, but at least there was coffee! Serving coffee to mountain bikers is special. It’s even more so when they’re slugging it out in a non-stop 24-hour race. Here’s what happened …
My dream of buying, living out of, and serving coffee in a swank Sprinter van was upended the day I was offered to buy a 1995 Chevy Sportvan for $200. My $100k dream Sprinter van would have to wait. Thus the legend of Nacho the MTB Van was born.
