What is up people and welcome back to episode number two of Behind the Bike on the Hookit podcast. Before we get

started on this episode, I want to first mention that these episodes are by no means meant to be

sales pitchers. They are not meant to favour one bike or brand over anything else on the market.

The objective of this series is to take you the listener behind the bike and introduce

you to some of the people who help bring these bikes to market, whether that's sales staff,

marketing folk, designers, engineers, pro riders, whoever.

It's about telling the story about how these bikes come to market and give you guys a bit more information

on who it is that's behind the scenes making this thing happen. It's also worth mentioning that if

you are looking to buy a new bike or a second-hand bike to do your own research, whether you're

going to spend £10,000, £1,000, anything in between, it's really difficult to buy a bad bike but

do your own research there's a lot of things you guys can use whether it's social media vlogs blogs

magazine reviews youtube videos speaking to people who own the same bike make sure that you buy the

right bike for you your riding style style, and most importantly, for your

budget. Speaking of budget, today's Behind the Bike podcast features the Calibur Bossnut.

I think Steve Jones formerly of Dirt said it best when he said, this is a hugely important

mountain bike. And I really wanted to get Mike Sanderson on the podcast. He's the

guy who started Calibur and although the Calibre brand falls underneath the Go Outdoors

banner and is sold in over 70 stores across the UK, the Calibur team is really, really small and

they are based right here in Sheffield, which I think is awesome.

The Calibaba Basnut came to market in 2015 and really upset the Apple Car. It's an entry-level

bike meant to get people involved in the sport and keep people involved in the sport. So this is a

cool conversation with Mike. We chat about how Calibur first came to fruition,

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