Hello and welcome to the Pink Bike Racing podcast, named aptly as it's all downhill from here.

Now naming aside, sometimes running a World

Cup team really feels like an uphill battle, but it's weekends like this one that make it all

worth it. My name is Henry Quinney and sat opposite me is a certain Mr Ben Cathrow. Now Ben,

who has been looking for any chance to wear the tightest white trousers since his infatuation with Vince Neil began,

decided to go through all of this starting a World Cup team, all just to try and race in the tightest, whitest trousers in a very, very wet Fort William.

So, Ben, talk us through this weekend and when can we expect the big hair?

So, I mean, they're not that tight.

I mean, there's a little bit of slack to them.

I wouldn't an inch.

I wouldn't say they were white anymore either because they're currently sat in a bin bag

in the back of the van were sat in decidedly brown.

How are we going to get them white again?

What are we going to get them white again? What are we going to do? I mean, I hope there's no one a fan of saving the planet listening, but they might be getting tossed.

Yeah, I think we'll have to just dye in black and they can be the new black ones.

I'm going to go out of them. It's a hot soapy water and some vanish whitener.

Housekeeping tips, that's our next thing.

So, you know, in these episodes, we're just going to give an honest breakdown of the race.

The new bikes, the teams, the race itself, and maybe some gossip and plenty of speculation along the way.

And of course, you know, we're going to give you a rundown of what our world was like in our own little bubble of pink bike racing.

Now, we record this podcast on the morning of the day after finals.

Now that means we're just doing it by the roadside in Ben's van.

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