Hey, Pinkers, I'm Mike Levy, and we've got a special podcast today for anyone who loves to work on their mountain bike or follows the World Cup race circuit.

I'm talking to Yannik Geiger, who has been

Nino Shirters mechanic for many, many years, and, as you might assume, has all sorts of

interesting stories to tell. Today, we're going to talk about the pressures of wrenching

for one of the fastest racers in the world, how he ended up there, some of his favorite

tools and jobs during a race weekend, and also some of

the wild stuff he's done to Nino's bike to make it as fast and reliable as possible.

But Yannick, I bet you've got a few secrets that you're not going to share with me.

Am I correct in saying that?

Well, for sure, I don't going to tell you guys everything, but there are some super interesting stuff which people always ask.

And, yeah, there we are.

I'm excited.

All right.

So before we get into it, I know you travel the world with the Scott team for the World Cup Circuit, but where the

heck are you right now? Where's home? So between races, my home is in Switzerland. It's in the

region on the Lake Zurich. We have a pretty nice service course, like a warehouse where we store all the bikes, the parts,

where I also work.

So most of the time when we are not on the road, I spend my time in the service course and plan all the races, the material, which

bike has, which athlete at home, which race bikes are in my hands.

And yeah, that's where I am and where I actually spend every day when we are not around the globe.

I am picturing the most amazing workshop that one could ever imagine.

Am I correct in that assumption? Well, more or less, yes, for sure.

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