FULL FILM RELEASE Camera Corner: Wende Cragg Documents the Birth of Mountain Biking

[@theradavist666]

PLEASE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE. :-) We didn't want to add that to the film but we're adding it here.

[@yZstarAk1979]

Great documentary ! Thanks so much🛐

[@hawkeyejrose]

Absolutely amazing film. Art, portraying art. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world! What a blessing to have this documented in such a beautiful way!

[@charleskelly1887]

Wende has been my friend for nearly 50 years, and we shared many cycling adventures, Her photos are featured in my book, Fat Tire Flyer: Repack and the Birth of Mountain Biking.

[@K2theAblam]

Look at all these legends still sharp and looking great well into their 70s and 80s. Biking is the fountain of youth, folks

[@robotbroken]

I guess KZbin isn’t completely broken, that it suggested this to me on the day that it got uploaded. It was a fantastic behind the scenes of mountain biking’s birth! It is high time for Wende to receive credit for capturing these early images and to hear her recount the evolutionary developments of a sport and lifestyle we still love today!

[@scottsheridan278]

Amen!

[@ReCyclesBikes_]

To anyone who ever passes through Marin county, the museum of mountain biking is a must see. I had the pleasure of meeting Joe Breeze there in 2018

[@ultraromance]

that was an absolutely beautiful thing you all did right here. never been prouder to read the credits at the end of a film! I'm just beaming right now, thanks for all of this ❤

[@joshdubya]

You’re making me verklempt 🥲

[@jameshall8260]

Truly impressive documentary-thank you for shining a well-deserved spotlight on Wende. She absolutely deserves our admiration/gratitude for creating such a rich and invaluable record of early mountain biking history.

[@planetjohnsen]

That was nothing but epic! Thank you for documenting this in such a beautiful way, and a lot of love to Wende for shaping the life of so many of us all over the world.

[@justinbalog]

Thank you Wende for doing what you do and doing what you did. Thanks John and Cari for making this story possible. Thanks Josh and Chris for brining the creative and collaboration. Thanks to everyone in this film for making what we all love, friends and bikes on a distant mountain, possible.

[@joshdubya]

You're a legend, Justin!

[@theradavist666]

Thank you, Justin, for asking the hard questions to Howie in the film! haha. Love ya, bud!

[@AlanWilliams-ql6dg]

This was actually happening in North Wales, (U.K) way back in 1974. We were ditching our Choppers and Raleigh Racers for cheap £10 second hand, dumped, old single speeds and heavy duty ex post office bikes. Forks were straightened, Cow horn handlebars with welded cross bars or old trials bike bars added, some with 26" front wheels and 24" rears, with centre pull brakes and the odd 5 speed. By 1975, regular Saturday, time trials were run, up in Colwyn Heights. The trails ridden on Cefn yr Ogof from 1976, are still in use today!

[@Dizzykennedy378]

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[@julianhawker7672]

@@AlanWilliams-ql6dg Same man! only a little later in the west country.

[@rmdub]

That was amazing. The whole team killed it!

[@theradavist666]

Cheers, Ryan!

[@RaulMeatFactory1975]

The Birth of Skateboarding, BMX and Mountain Bike. I can't get enough of these three sub-cultures and their ROOTS as I grew up engaging heavily in all three. A rad and beautiful documentary. My 1st BMX 1982, 1st Skateboard 1987, 1st Mountain Bike 1988. I still ride a board and MTB today.

[@charleskelly1887]

California invented X-Game sports.

[@markpuccinelli2316]

I watched this just hours after it was posted. I heard of Wende and the Marin based MTB movement. I have only been into MTB for a year or so, however I was born and raised in Marin County. This was such moving documentary. Wende, WOW!! Thank you for this. I am going to post this on 1 of the Face book groups that I belong to.

[@Foxr6]

This is the best documentary I've ever watched in my life!

[@jonmarshall1502]

Perhaps we ought to step back and simplify this pastime we all enjoy. Great movie.

[@Wannaridebikes]

Wende craft with the photos gave us the mountain bike. Fisher breeze. All the people who did the repack. LEGENDS. THANK ALL OF YOU FOR GIVING ME MY PASSION

[@jasonbergen9800]

One of the best documentaries I've seen in recent years! A digital shrine to the community that influenced anyone who has found joy in mountain biking.

[@skellener]

I went to see this at a screening in LA. Thank you Wende for such fantastic images of the birth of the sport! It’s wonderful that you documented it all, and now we have this fantastic documentary about your work!

[@GravelBikeCalifornia]

Thanks again for making this and glad to catch this in LA. Definitely on a Smithsonian level for production and historical significance.

[@jasonclarke7422]

The best 59 minutes and 07 seconds I have had watching a KZbin video in a long time.

[@Crosspeed]

Thank you for this remarkable report on the genesis of MTB. A fair and honest tribute to the role played by Wende! An endearing and delightful person! ❤ Ten years later, the mountain bike wave hit Europe. I watched this film with great emotion.... Thank you

[@VladislavDryomov]

This is awesome documentary! Cheers from Kharkiv, Ukraine!

[@jeffminnich3291]

This pops up today, on it's release, never heard of it but I have known of Wendy and all her pictures for a long time. Had to watch it ASAP. what a great documentary and it's always great to see more of those pictures. They are so cool to see and wonder but it must be something else to have been there and get that magic trip back just by looking at them. Thanks again.

[@thetalkingfly]

Sweet journey!- Wende is so warm and unpretentious. Oh yeah all forms of bike riding are magic! so Magic!

[@monteward1222]

This is a lovely and deserved tribute to a beautiful, strong and talented woman. Bravo, Wende.

[@tomordr]

Prior to this video I had never heard of Wende and I am truly grateful for this film bringing her and the gang to life and giving context to one of the greatest pleasures in my 68 year old life. I still mountain bike to this day and this was a heartwarming meaningful moment. Thank you!

[@RatmadnessMTB]

I started mountain biking in 1989 and it's been the one aspect of my life that has always brought me happiness and health. I'm a big fan of the Clunkers movie and this movie fills in all the blanks by showing it through the lens of the one person who loved photography as much as biking. WELL DONE ! This video is very inspiring. From all of us riding today and from the young future riders yet to come, we thank you for starting something so meaningful for so many people. Getting this moment of history on film and in pictures kept it alive and made it possible for the world to see that biking can be more than dodging cars on the road. I know this comment is long but this video as well as the clunkers movie always stirs up lots of emotion. Thanks again. I can't wait to ride again tomorrow.

[@DaveNarn]

How to turn a 3 hour ride into 4 hours, stop to take photos. That extra hour will last a lifetime. - Great video, thank you!

[@andylowrey5174]

What an amazing story. The photo record is priceless. Wende, you are a rock star. Over the years, I had heard bits and pieces and had a vision in my minds eye of what it must have been like at the beginning. Well, this film has brought it all to life. Well done!

[@FullSpeedAheadTV]

Thank you so much for this film, it is a treasure, just as Wende is. Our sport would not be where it is today without her amazing and invaluable contributions.

[@gregbicyclesboats5683]

An excellent documentary about amazing people getting together to have fun and change the world. Wende's great pics and films are a treasure and they all capture the fun they had! The Klunkerz movie, Charlile Kelly's excellent book, and now this!

[@the_forgotten_angler]

FANTASTIC! I was so very fortunate to live in Gunnison in 1984 and race the Fat Tire Week xc race at Crested Butte and then do the Pearl Pass ride that fall on my Trek 890 which was a hybrid ahead of its time. It turned me on to mountain biking forever, and a career in and around the industry for many years! Thank you Wende for the amazing documentation!

[@nathan_watson]

Caught the Toronto showing last month, really inspiring!

[@davidharris4062]

Amazing, started riding a mountain bike about 86, South Wales in the U.K. me and a friend, we used to have the P**s taken out of us for riding such weird bikes, but they used to take us up the mountains locally to us, now locally it’s all mountain e-bikes, still riding at 66 Thorn Nomad, Touring Bike still gets me into the wild. Also my other passion is photography, still take film on occasions with my Nikons, you have to admit the colours on Wende’s slides are amazing after all these years

[@velo.voyageur]

Did not expect this to be one of the best things I’ve watched all year. Amazing and inspiring, thank you.

[@JaredWilson1]

sooo good, thank you for making this happen and thank you Wende for your efforts in documenting history!

[@Hansnowayrey]

So good, credits given where credits were due. Thanks Wende for capturing this era

[@maocycle]

This is a service to the history of mountain biking. Thanks to everyone involved I loved watching this on the big screen but I'm glad everyone gets to enjoy it now.

[@chuckrodgers4780]

What an awesome documentary ! Clearly Wende was a huge part in sharing mountain biking with the world. Love live the klunker !

[@dudeonbike800]

Well, that was fantastic! What a chronicle of Wende Cragg's photo-journey through the birth and infancy of mountain biking! She was quite the rider as well as accomplished photographer. I can only hope her legacy will encourage other young women and girls to get in the saddle and ride! Kinda cool that my wife, also a photographer, was introduced to mountain biking, which became her favorite sport. I'll be sure she gets the chance to watch this. Many many thanks from another 70's California kid.

[@tommeyer6033]

It’s so great to see so many I rode with during my too brief time in Marin. I need to find all the photos I made out there and on my one trip to Crested Butte for the 7th annual. Epic times. Truly.❤

[@johndef5075]

What a great time capsule. Such beautiful pictures and places.

[@durangodevo]

Thank You! So rad to see this unseen early days action. Wende rocks!

[@djpablo73]

Better than any 'cinematic universe' origin story!! Love Love Love Love!!!

[@joshdubya]

It's finally here!

[@danconnell4723]

Awesome story.

[@ghostifari]

Thank you so much for this story! Wende is indeed the poet laureate of MTB and our patron goddess. Our industries her a lifetime of gratitude and thanks. ❤❤

[@azoique]

Just started watching but this is rad, John! Awesome work.

[@johnprolly]

This is all Josh and Justin! Stoked to have the opportunity to facilitate this film. Thanks for watching!

[@3am650]

I can't tell you how happy seeing this made me. Thank you all so much. Wende's photography is perhaps the most important part of the whole mountain biking story. What a joy to be able to see it all through her eyes. Amazing.

[@timking2822]

Eternally grateful for birthing mountain bikes. Bought a Univega in 1981.

[@jaygreen2648]

Truly amazing, so cool... Imagine being part of that gang. Wende is incredible, you could listen to her stories for days.. Great video thank you The Radavist ❤

[@christiantimmer9226]

Thank you very much for this film and your work

[@kronoscat6472]

Incredibly beautiful documentary

[@ChuckHarris-go5nz]

Thanks for sharing the history and this work of art

[@MTBGeordieDownSouth]

Fantastic, well done to everyone involved, it's good to know where it all started and what continues to drag us out into the worst of the UK winters in mud, rain and wind and still enjoy the beauty of nature and the adrenaline associated with MTB, thank you for this my American cousins!

[@OGMTB]

Literally smiling through this entire video!

[@fsmphoto1969]

Absolutely beautiful and thank you so much for sharing this really important story and message. Thank you!

[@mikeflanigan4896]

Amazing! Thank you so very much.

[@guyredshaw1422]

VERY, VERY INSPIRATIONAL! This film is true recognition for Wende's contribution to MTBing, globally👋👋👋

[@aryanamdol2583]

tremendous work, everyone! this is absolutely brilliant.

[@Shopsmith10er]

Remarkable Wende and Larry's stills captured action and life. These images, history and storyline put together in this production brings it emotion alive for us to enjoy. Beautiful and thank you.

[@remek_ember]

I paused this so many times it took me two and a half hours to get to the end

[@spikeymike267]

That was bloody fantastic! Thanks for making and sharing. Gratitude from across the pond 🇬🇧

[@jonathanweekes1127]

Thank you @theradavist666 What an amazing production! The images, the narration, cinematography, editing and the overall pacing were fantastic. Hooked me right in and took me on a journey through the most influential individuals and imagery of the Repack Era of mountain biking. A beautiful documentary in every way.

[@JOB1925pk]

Outstanding Movie...Thank you for doing it!!!

[@middleagedboredom]

I can't give this enough likes !!!!

[@mmpolverefango9578]

THAAAANKS!!! So beatiful!🤩

[@elbowspeak]

This is a masterpiece. What an amazing woman and what a beautiful community.

[@markpeterson8978]

Thank you Wende. Your vision and creative persona quantify the origin of a lifestyle. You and your endeavors helped normal people see the reality that surrounds them. You epitomize the unrecognized reality of the moment. You captured the creation of a world changing force in the form of fond memories. You are beautiful in all your endeavors. Thank you for sharing this with us. LYB - M

[@julianhawker7672]

Great film, respect to Wende and the Marin crew. I'm a bit younger than these guys but we were building "Trackers" as teenagers in the UK and racing them downhill through the local woods on a Sunday afternoon, MX style start and flat out down the trail. We rode them to school during the week and did paper rounds on them too! There's a lot of similarities between the USA Klunkers and our Trackers! Strong steel frames, wide mx bars, fork strengtheners, biggest block tread tyres we could find. Clothing: Jeans and t-shirts, trainers in summer and DM boots in winter with army surplus jacket, no helmets. My guess is kids were building and racing bikes offroad all over and had been for decades. I once met a guy from the north of Scotland who built "scrambler bikes" as he called them with his mates before MTB, the same kind of era as we were building trackers. Our trackers got put to one side once purpose built Mountain bikes made it here. I honestly can't remember what happened to mine, it probably got left in my folks shed and eventually got scrapped..... 😞 Still got my 85 Stumpjumper though. I still ride a modified hardtail MTB on cross country trails weekly and off-road bikepack in the summer. Klunkers,Trackers,Scramblers and Mountainbikes for life! 👍

[@rickappleton4603]

Exactly my experience too. In the early '70's in Yorkshire we built what we called tracker bikes from whatever old bikes we had, the defining feature I think were the 'cow horn' handlebars, and we rode them around the fields, old allotments and waste ground. I was so chuffed to get a real mountain bike in the late '80's. Kona Cindercone. Still riding mtbs today.

[@julianhawker7672]

@@rickappleton4603 I've been collecting up bits of old bikes for about 2 years, with the plan to build a replica of the last tracker I had back in the day. Plan is to exhibit it at local steam fairs with my other old bike. I reckon it will be a bit of a talking point among blokes of a certain age who built them up as well .......

[@garysprojects]

wow great vid!! so well put together and great to see all the old bikes. thanks for making it!!

[@gurkangurke526]

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[@garysprojects]

@@gurkangurke526 hi gurkan :D

[@kellywoolverton6072]

Simply amazing!! Thanks

[@MontgomeryBikes]

This is incredible. Bravo 👏🏼 👏🏼

[@ErnestWXBell]

I wanted to present another angle to the story without it being so macho. It wasn’t all about speeding competition and trying to outdo the other guy. If you’ve ever ridden in the woods on a mountain bike and you didn’t stop the smell the rose hips you’re missing the whole point. I completely agree Wende❤ The ability to get out and have a life highlight by way of your own two legs your self or with friends to places most don’t get to see and have a blast… it’s just wonderful. Great film thanks. I am excited to see the publication of Wende’s work.

[@itsahoax]

thank you, this was a blast to watch, Wende you rock!

[@garyonnen7634]

All I can say, is thank you.

[@leslieyoung5234]

Bravo! Bravo to all the fathers of mountain biking in the movie! And especially Bravo Wende!

[@holke79]

Thanks for this! Extremely good.

[@bjmn7d]

Thanks for creating this amazing documentary!

[@RICHARD.WRIGHT1]

WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT DOCU FILM... When life on earth was soooo much more fun and authentic. The Mountain Bike, born to connect us to nature in an eccological way. The only vehicle we really ever needed to get us to the mountain top, and to do it with our own strength just so we could see the beauty of the world from up top. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this video.

[@phtumshk]

70s in the UK we had racers with cow horn bars rippin round the local woods, not quite marin county but good times. Top vid, Nice one!

[@michaelmilne9204]

this is spectacular

[@Oneweeks.]

One of THE best documentaries I’ve ever seen. Well done.

[@iecrime]

Well sent!

[@josephhaddakin7095]

Those original guys doing the repack back then were a couple of years older than me. At about that time, me & my friends were bombing down firebreaks in Poway, CA on our Schwinn Stingrays. We were about 12-16 yo back then. I look at Google maps of all the places we used to ride & it's all residential tracts & shopping stores now.

[@ankenymd]

Wonderful documentary. Thanks for sharing this relevant story so beautifully!

[@MrMarumari]

Incredible!

[@nicholaslafferty3928]

Anytime I see images of those times or read about them or catch a great video, it inspires me to think on my next bicycle adventure. I love the things she was saying about the spirit of the times and of the activity without all the extra stuff. A great human being and an excellent film!

[@danielleland1074]

Rad AF--thank you, that was amazing. We owe it all to you!

[@tedgraves6366]

As a Kidd in Fremont, we rode to the top of Mission Peak, and out to Coyote Hills. . . Never knew this was going on. Outstanding documentation.

[@dudeonbike800]

I was pushing my 20" bike up the fire roads in south San Jose complaining, "Why don't they put GEARS on these things?!!!!" in 1978! I shoulda, woulda, coulda been a little bit more resourceful and invented a mountain bike myself!!! Or just visited Marin Co. (Ironically, Deer Park in Fairfax was a favorite family picnicking spot that we visited frequently. How'd I miss all the fun?)

[@MacMasore]

Very unique that a sport that was quite literally being invented in front of a lens, not many other sports are able to say that. Great documentary and great pictures!

[@LisaL-t8c]

What a treasure, to discover this vid. Photo transparencies and cycling. Not familiar with Wende's work but honestly the candid compositions and historical footage is fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

[@Dragonfly0987]

I spent ten years in Crested Butte, from '97 to '07. Great seeing all those old photos from way before my time even. Id never heard of Wendy Cragg before.

[@AileenClifford-xu3ut]

Magic, had a smile on my face throughout

[@BradyLikesBikes]

Man, I got goosebumps from start to finish watching this one! So incredibly good!

[@FernandoAkiradeAlmeida]

Amazing !!!

[@johncopple6479]

I personally love the unspoken narrative of nobody wore helmets back in the day . Just like the Tour de France from the start until , what?, 2010 !!!

[@XeviSi]

Everything about that exact time is fascinating

[@stayradriding9111]

Thanks for this one. So glad I made some time to watch it tonight.

[@jlore6344]

Wow, this is so well done. Thanks to all involved for making it. A great companion to the Klunkerz movie.

[@izzymeyer609]

What an excellent documentary I have a Breezer Doppler as my gravel bike and I love every second on it thank you Joe breezer