Hello and welcome to the Pink Bike Podcast. My name is Henry Quine and today I'm joined by

Mike Kazima. Now, I thought we'd do this kind of lighthearted fun series called Getting to

Know. Now, if you're on the website regularly, you will know that we've run this set of

interviews before in the written form for races and people in the industry. However, I thought

it's about time we got to know some of the Pink Bike staff and also it would give people an

opportunity to appear on a podcast where I promise to shut up for

at least five seconds. Mike Hazema. So start off by telling people what you do at Pinkbike.

Okay. Well, I am the managing tech editor. So basically I review and write about bikes and products

and all that. And I also make sure that other people review and write about products and get their work done. Yeah, I was going to say, is it, you know, self-affessment

on it feels a bit like a parent's evening. Are we, are we okay to manage or are you sometimes pulling

out your hair? No, you're all good to manage. Yeah, it's not bad. I mean, everyone that works for Pinkbike or most of everyone that I deal with

loves bikes and I think that makes it easier. So it's not like a like everyone wants to be here

most of the time. So I think that makes it easier than if you're in some kind of like, you know,

gnarly corporate cubicle world where no one really wanted to be there. That'd be a lot harder.

So I think yeah. Yes, true. People are genuinely passionate about bikes. And so that kind of makes this

job a lot easier as far as managing goes. And did you always know you were going to work in bikes?

Did you have a, was bikes the backup plan? Or was something else the backup plan if bikes didn't come

through? No, yeah, bikes were kind of always the plan. Like ever since I started I mean I started riding on like 12 years old and was fully addicted

from that moment on and then um yeah bikes was a plan I wasn't sure what regard I would end up in

like I worked in shops and I'm sure I'll get into all that but um yeah bikes or some sort of outdoor

industry job is always always a plan ever since I was a little kid and important question

when I ask everyone this question why didn't you make it as a pro?

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