Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Bikes for Death podcast. As always, my name is Patrick,

and I'm not your host today. Today, my girlfriend Natalie is going to be hosting the show,

and I'm the guest. And on today's episode, we are continuing episode 169 with part three,

which is an Ask Me Anything with me. And I've wrangled my girlfriend Natalie

into asking your questions on your behalf. So I have someone to talk to and not just an empty

room. And I just want to right off the bat, just express my appreciation and gratitude

towards her for spinning her.

We were ultimately on that microphone for about five, five and a half hours when I told her

it was originally going to be like an hour and a half. So it turned out to be a lot bigger of an

ass than I realized. So I really appreciate her being willing to do this and letting me wrangle

her into helping me produce this episode. I think she did a great job. And I think that you'll agree.

It's a lot more entertaining to have someone to talk to versus just listening to me, read your

questions, and then answer them as well. So just for context for

today's episode, Natalie and I originally sat down to record this episode. And it started with the

awards and a look back and I look forward. And that was part one of this episode. And then we pick up with our conversation

here on this episode at part three. And this episode, actually, because it was so long,

she had a work Christmas party to go to. And she was late getting there. So we were kind of

rushed for time and cut this episode off,

but then picked up several days later to record the final part of it. I just mentioned that

because we record in a couple of different locations and the audio quality changes slightly

and maybe no one will even notice. But regardless, that's what we have

for you today. You asked a ton of questions and I answered as many of them as I could. And I

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