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One of the most common questions ADB Editor Mitch Lees gets asked is how do you become atesterfor ADB?It really is the dream job and as Marco Cavallro kept saying to Mitch on our first VIP Experience for 2022, “I want your job!” Yep, Marco, we’d all love Mitch’s job. Testing bikes for a living, sign me up!

I am one of the privileged few who have been fortunate enough to have that opportunity. Even while I was racing full-time for factory teams I was often invited along on ADB’s many shootouts and standalone bike tests. After I finished racing full-time I spent some time managing factory teams and actually working for other manufacturers. According to Mitch, this experience put me in good stead to take on a more permanent role as an ADB tester,especially as I had become a free agent when I started my very own Grabbo’s Trail & Track coaching and bike setup business.

Mitch approached me years ago with an idea to give punters an opportunity to experience the full factory treatment or media launch junket. Imagine, flying or driving to a hotel where a full range of bikes are waiting to be tested an evaluated with all the food and booze taken care of. On top of that, riders get to utilise