Jeff Kendall-Weed is an immensely talented rider, but one of the things we really like about his videos is that he seems to be quite humble about it. This one is no exception, showing not only some spectacular riding and scenery, but plenty of failures too, from faceplants to wince-inducing chainring smacks.
We’re usually a bit cagey on posting videos that are plastered with logos, but Camelbak has worked with us this year, and hey it’s Christmas! (Meanwhile, much further North in in New Mexico, occasional Singletrack columnist Amada Batty is lining up an actual wonderful Christmas surprise for several hundred kids)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc6GZFODXyo/
So poised…Less poised.The photographer paints with light, Jeff paints with dirt.
David started mountain biking in the 90’s, by which he means “Ineptly jumping a Saracen Kili Racer off anything available in a nearby industrial estate”. After growing up and living in some extremely flat places, David moved to Yorkshire specifically for the mountain biking. This felt like a horrible mistake at first, because the hills are so steep, but you get used to them pretty quickly.
Previously, David trifled with road and BMX, but mountain bikes always won. He’s most at peace battering down a rough trail, quietly fixing everything that does to a bike, or trying to figure out if that one click of compression damping has made things marginally better or worse. The inept jumping continues to this day.
