Video: Nikki Whiles

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Nikki is a very experienced rider and racer, but has had a harsh time with downhill in the past, narrowly missing qualification in Fort William once he was up to the Elite class. since then, he’s refocussed on enduro racing and building trails, with some excellent results. EpicTV caught up with him at home in Wales to ask about it.
 


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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.

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