Video: Welcome to Skidsville

Relive your wonder years with Diamondback

Skidsville is a reminder to stay young and get rad

Josh Patterson

Published: September 29, 2017 at 5:00 pm

Call it a commercial, call it a promo, but also call it a reminder to stay young and have fun.

Diamondback has just released a video that encapsulates the childhood (and adulthood) of many mountain bikers. Click play for a serving of nostalgia with a side of stoke.

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Josh Patterson

Contributor

Josh Patterson is a BikeRadar contributor and former technical editor. He has spent most of his career working in the cycling industry as an athlete, mechanic and journalist. He holds a master's degree in journalism and has more than 20 years of experience as a cyclist and 12 years of experience riding and writing for BikeRadar, Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Dirt Rag, RoadBikeReview and Outside Magazine. A native of the Flint Hills of Kansas, Josh was a pioneer in the gravel cycling movement, having raced the first Unbound 200 and many other gravel events around the globe. He considers himself a cycling generalist and enjoys road, gravel and mountain biking in equal measure. When not traveling for work, he can be found exploring the singletrack and lonely gravel roads that surround his home in Fort Collins, Colorado. In addition to his love of cycling, Josh is an enthusiastic supporter of brunch, voting rights and the right to repair movement.