How it works — midride.coffee

Stage 1

Finding stops

Browse the map, or pan it along the route you’re riding to see which coffee stops are on the way. Every orange cup is a café riders recommend.

Tap a cup for the details: opening hours, photos, bike racks and water refills, and a link that opens directions. The filters at the top show what’s open now, your favourites, and where you’ve been or not been yet.

Open the map

Stage 2

Visited vs checked in

There are two ways to put a stop in your passport. Both show on the map, each with its own marker.

Visited

For the cafés you’ve ever been to, on this ride or years ago. Tap “Been here before? Stamp it” on the stop, from anywhere.
Shows as a simple tick on the map.
Your own word for it, so it doesn’t count toward badges.

Checked in

GPS-verified: you have to be within 50 m of the stop.
A check-in also marks the stop as visited.
Only check-ins count toward badges.
One check-in per stop per day.

Stage 3

Favourites

Found a café you love? Tap the heart to save it. Your favourites stay private, live in your passport and have their own filter on the map, so the best cake is never more than a tap away.

Stage 4

Badges

Every check-in is checked against the badges below. Earn one and it’s sewn onto your passport straight away: you’ll see “Badge unlocked!” on the map. Each badge can be earned once.

Your passport shows the badges you’ve earned in colour, and the ones still to get greyed out, with how to earn them.

Milestones

First Sip

Your first check-in.
Regular

10 check-ins.
Caffeine Engine

50 check-ins.
Century Cup

100 check-ins.

Exploring

Explorer

Check in at 10 different stops.
Local Hero

5 check-ins at the same stop.

Ride style

Early Bird

Check in before 8 in the morning.
Double Shot

Check in at 2 different stops on the same day.
Winter Warrior

Check in during December, January or February.

Community

Pioneer

Be the first rider ever to check in at a stop.
Scout

Suggest a stop that makes it onto the map.

Countries

Border Crosser

Check in in 2 different countries.
Benelux Tour

Check in in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Grand Tourer

Check in in France, Italy and Spain.
Globetrotter

Check in in 5 or more countries.

Country stamps

Belgian Brew

Your first check-in in Belgium.
Café con Leche

Your first check-in in Spain.
Café Français

Your first check-in in France.
Dutch Koffie

Your first check-in in Netherlands.
Espresso Italiano

Your first check-in in Italy.
Kaffee und Kuchen

Your first check-in in Germany.
Lux Latte

Your first check-in in Luxembourg.
First stop in {Country}

Every other country has one too, with its own flag. Your first check-in there earns it.

Stage 5

Suggest a stop

1
Drop the pin

Sign in, tap “Suggest a stop” and drop the pin on the café. The address fills itself in.
2
Tell riders about it

Add a name, a short note, a photo and what it has for cyclists: a bike rack, water, a toilet.
3
Review, then the Scout badge

We check every suggestion before it goes on the map. Once it’s approved, you get an email and the Scout badge.

Suggest a stop

FAQ

Why can’t I check in?

You’re too far away. Get within 50 m of the café. The stop card shows how far you are.
Your GPS isn’t accurate enough. If your phone can only place you within 100 m, it can’t tell you’re at the door. Step outside, away from tall buildings, give it a few seconds and try again.
Location permission is off. Allow location access for midride.coffee in your browser or phone settings, then tap “Find me” on the stop.
You already checked in today. It’s one check-in per stop per day. Come back tomorrow, or ride on to the next stop.

Is my location stored?

Only at the moment you check in: we save where your phone said you were and how accurate it was, to verify the check-in. We don’t track your ride. The rest of the time your location stays on your phone, where it only shows how far you are from the stop you opened and, when you tap “Near me”, sorts the stops by distance.