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All right, this episode is also supported by Santa Cruz and you can check out their entire range of bikes over at santa cruzbicycles.com. Today I'm joined by all the Santa Cruz Syndicate race team mechanics, Lyle Hisslot, Ben Wood, Lee Haskinson and Ethan Jones. We sat down during World Champs Week in Lejeet to learn a bit about each of them and how they got their jobs on the syndicate. Hear about how they get to know their riders, how team camp went,

who's got the fuzziest rider, pre-race warm-up routines and plenty more. So without further ado,

here's Lyle, Ben, Lee and Ethan.

All right, we've got something a little bit different today.

This is the most guests I've ever had on a podcast.

I'm pretty excited to sit down with the syndicate mechanic crew and have a good old chat.

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