Think of Chafed & Cranky as that reliable training buddy who always keeps it light. We’re here for you, but we’re not here here for you, if you know what we mean…we’ve got a race to finish, too! We’re not the rah rah type that cheers you on and strokes your ego and spouts motivational speeches when it gets sucky. But we will help you laugh at yourself, and we’ll always laugh along with you.
So, we’ll see you out there! We’ll either be having the time of our lives, or nursing a cramp and muttering profanities at everyone passing us on the course. Either way, we wouldn’t change a thing, except for maybe the cramping part.
Founder Profile
For years Chafed & Cranky founder, James Simpson, felt the pain of trying to juggle the commitments of the corporate world, frequent travel, family time, and some semblance of sporting ambition. In 2023, after heroically failing to balance any of those things, he decided to chuck it all and combine two passions – endurance sport and coffee. James hates drinking bad coffee, so he partnered with one of the best roasters in the US to source top quality beans and develop incredibly rich, tasty coffees for Chafed & Cranky.
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Hobbies:
Nursing his coffee habit
Triathlons
Looking at gear he can’t afford
Entertaining his family with hilarious stories about how sore his legs are and how he might actually be too old for this. -
Life Goals:
To project confidence while wearing head-to-toe spandex.
To tell the bike shop mechanic what’s wrong with his bike using terminology that’s even vaguely accurate.
To sit down on a chair without making that weird grunting sound.