Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and you're listening to the downtime podcast where we delve deep into the

gravity-based side of mountain biking. First up, I want to thank our supporting partner for the month

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to get in touch. All right, today I'm joined by fellow podcaster Dean Lucas. Dean has been on the

World Cup circuit for 10 years now and we sat down to chat about his experiences. We talk about Dean's route into World Cup racing and his quick rise to the top spots. Hear about some of his podium results and what he feels drove those. And we also chat about concussion, mental health and plenty more. Dean is a thoughtful guy who offers some interesting insight into

himself and the sport. So without further ado, here's Dean Lucas. Dean Lucas, welcome to the

downtime podcast man. It's a pleasure to sit down. It's been a while. We've had some chats throughout

the year. We haven't quite managed to sit down, but we finally made it happen here in valde-sau yeah we're joking about how the podcast people like they bunch together there's not that many of us so we need a bunch together for warmth and yeah this is it a good around the fire yeah it's good man it's good i'm excited to chat and um i think often we'd like go right back and cover a lot of background stuff.

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