One Life.
Plenty of Roads.

Fuelled by coffee. Powered by stubbornness.
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It’s never too late (just later than planned).

Carbon Coffee Rider is a field notebook for the second half — long rides, cold water, new trails, and the joy of chasing a horizon that keeps moving. The compass points. The road delivers.

I’ve always had it in me to try new things, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve let myself put them off. That ends here. This journal is how I’ll hold myself to it, and maybe gather a few good stories along the way. Follow the journey, take what inspires you, and join in however you like.

Latest stories

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CYCLING

Dawn Patrol: 80km Before the Coffee Shop Opens

There is a particular madness to riding before sunrise. Here is why I keep doing it.

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PADDLE

Flatwater at First Light

Trading the saddle for a board, and what the water taught me about pace.

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LIFE AFTER 50

Starting Over Isn't a Setback

On rebuilding fitness, patience, and the long game after fifty.

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