What is up, good people, and welcome back to another episode of the Hookit podcast. Before we crack on with today's podcast, I want to take a few minutes of your time to explain to you about project change and give you a little bit of the backstory as to why this thing has come around. Around two and a half years ago, I launched the very first episode of this podcast. At the time, it was a huge

leap into the unknown, but I was already a massive podcast fan and I had a very vague idea as to

what I wanted to try and achieve with this platform. One of the main objectives was to put a podcast

out to the world that was centered around my love for all things two-wheeled and action sports,

but also at some point be able to use

the platform for some good, as well as along the way, be able to motivate, inspire and hopefully

make some people laugh as well. So I'm extremely happy to have launched Project Change last

week. Project Change is a brand new initiative that is centered around this podcast, but also the

wider mountain bike and cycle community, bringing everyone together to try and be a force for good

and provide real change into the people's lives who really deserve it. The first two charities

that I would like to try and support are Sheffield Cycling for All and

mental health cycling. Sheffield Cycling for All provides active, inclusive weekly

sessions for children and adults with a range of disabilities. The sessions are run by qualified

and experienced cycle leaders, but the project relies very,

very heavily on volunteers.

They use adapted bikes like tandems and wheelchair tracks to get disabled people out cycling.

But unfortunately, their funding has come to an end, the bikes are getting super tired, and

they actually don't have enough bikes to fulfill the demand of people wanting to come and cycle.

So they usually get around 40 to 50 people each week, but they only have 20 bikes.

And like I say, a lot of these bikes are starting to get tired and I would like to try and raise some money to be able to buy a adapted bike for them. So that's the first charity that I would

like to try and support. The second one is actually run next door to Sheffield Cycling for All,

and it's called Mental Health Cycling. And it's a brand new initiative. They use the same bikes

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