Hello and welcome to the Pink Bike podcast. This episode is a special feature presented by Fox Factory. And joining us, we have Jordi Cortez, Nikomare, with PinkBikes very own, Pink Bokes, Pink Bikes very own, Mike Kazima.

Jordy, it feels like it's been, in some ways, a long season of racing.

I don't know if that gap in the middle made it stretch out.

Did you prefer the sort of the Olympic breakdown of this year and having some time at home,

or was it all just flat out all the same?

I prefer.

Short answer, but it's not, it is flat out, but it's not the same.

You're at home and working from home is completely different than working in Europe.

Well, I was going to say, how do you feel about, you know, just from the supporting the racing side of things,

about the more congested race calendar next year, which sounds pretty cool and more racing is good racing,

but also more of it being in Europe.

I guess at least everything is in Europe or most things, right? If we had started expanding to

Oceana or Asia, that would have just been way too much.

The cost outlays to go to somewhere new when 90% of your time has been in Europe,

and then all of a sudden shift somewhere else is unbelievable for somebody like us that's providing support.

We can't do our job without a big truck.

Yeah.

It's one of those things where it's sort of, now that the racing is in Europe, it's kind of

actually easier, although it would be nicer to see things go further afield.

It needs so much infrastructure, which is maybe less sort of romantic and idealized, although it would be nicer to see things go further afield. It needs so much

infrastructure, which is maybe less sort of romantic and idealized, but it's pretty brutal,

especially Nico for teams. Now that you're, you know, you're not just getting track to fly you

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