Will I be able to bike ~3 miles uphill without spilling more than 1.5 inches of coffee before EOY? [100M subsidy]
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So... long story short, I'll be biking for about 2.7miles (20 minutes supposedly) over a route that goes up ~300 feet then down ~100 feet. I'm also going to be carrying a pretty full cup (10oz-ish) of hot, decaf, coffee with me. It's a standard-sized coffee cup, and I'll post a before-and-after photo in the description.

Today I spilled+sipped about 80% of the cup, but my goal is to be able to deliver it to a family member without any significant spillage by the EOY.

I will measure with calipers the distance from top of cup to top of coffee, on a flat surface, round to the nearest tenth of an inch that caliper reading, and resolve within a week if this is ever <1.51 inches.

I just won't bet since this is a fun market and not worth risking any resolution hoopla.

"Before EOY," not "at EOY." I might spill >1.5 inches new year's eve, but if the day before I spilled nothing, this resolves YES. ;)

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Sadly this is absolutely not going to happen (i also happen to have broken my wrist in an unrelated incident, so I will definitely not be trying again for at least the next 8hours).

@Heliscone how's it tipping?

@Eliza Sadly, I haven't bothered posting a photo because there hasn't yet been a time where any nontrivial amount of coffee was left in the cup. And the kitchen where I usually make myself this coffee has closed for the next few days... so it's looking grim, I must say.

I'll give it one last shot probably a couple days before new years, but it turns out that I don't get significantly more coordinated as the year goes on, and the road certainly doesn't get any less bumpy.

@Heliscone If you don't make it in 2023, you should definitely re-make this market for 2024. Happy cycling!

How frequently are you making this coffee-carrying trip? Or is there a one-off event where you will be attempting this? I wanna know how many chances you'll have at this. Market seems priced high if it's a one-off, and low if it's something you're regularly attempting.

@chrisjbillington During the summer and early fall, near daily, but now at most once every other week. (It's rather cold and I've become much more busy than before)

why not just put it in an enclosed container?

@Shelvacu It's less fun that way!

I've still not managed to spill less than a couple inches...

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