Climbing Upper Waterfall at South Mountain - Vital MTB Test Sessions ONE LAP 8

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Steve Wentz cleans incredibly technical Upper Waterfall section on South Mountain near Phoenix, AZ. He does it aboard the 2016 Jamis Defcon 1 during Vital MTB Test Sessions where we tested 17 new trail bikes.



Watch Steve go down the mountain.
Credit: Lear Miller
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Jamis
ONE LAP
Trail / All-Mountain
Test Sessions
Steve Wentz
Phoenix, Arizona
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azmtbr
8 years ago
That upper part is tough, but the section just below it is the one that always gets me. Great job though!
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mutton
8 years ago
Eaish! Spent 30+ min's trying to clean that section before....left bloodied, beaten and totally gassed. #respect.
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liquidSpin
8 years ago
and this is how you test a mountain bike to see how well it climbs! I can't wait to read all the reviews once they're finished testing out all the bikes~

Props to the riders...they're unbelievably skilled and in shape!
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Big Bird
8 years ago
Steve Wentz is one of the coolest, nicest and most skilled riders to ever show up at the Freedom 40. He walked up our technical shore/jump trail eyeing all of the sections and then rode the whole thing first time. It took me quite a few more and I built the damn thing. Smiles the whole way.
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westeast
8 years ago
National trail is one of the few trails I actually enjoyed climbing. So many fun challenging sections, up and down, on that trail.
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dklemm
8 years ago
That is unreal. Apparently my tough climbs are now considered fire roads.
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