Video: Four Mountain Bikers Start A Band with Cam McCaul & Friends

Words: Cam McCaul

Some things are just better with friends. Sure, you can go for a trail ride solo and have fun, but you’ll have more fun hooting and hollering down the trail with a pack of like-minded knuckleheads who are all sharing the experience in unison. You play off of what you see from the rider in front of you, the rider behind you follows suit, and this brings the trail to life. When everything is clicking just right, you’re truly “riding together” because the choices each rider makes impact the other riders in the train. Side-hit improvs, wild saves, and unexpected mistakes all become memorable moments to reminisce over at the bottom.

Josh Venti and Dusty Wygle on trail

You can sit in your room playing instruments alone and have a good time. You can even use the magic of multi-track recording to create your own songs all by yourself… but knowing that a solo trail ride is fun and a group ride is better, I’ve always wanted to know what it would feel like to play music with other humans. To expand on that, I’ve also wanted to know what it would feel like to play music with those other humans in front of an audience of (other) other humans.

Cam contemplating in Studio 80d

At a certain point you gotta do something about the things you “can’t wait to do someday,” but things like this can’t be forced. The stars have to align.. then you have to recognize when they do, and give it a whirl.

Toyhauler? or mobile stage..? Photo // Trevor Lyden at TDS Enduro

Space Mesa now has a song on streaming platforms called, “One Head Too Many” and we’ve played a couple live shows. What heck!? This video is kind of a BTS look at that whole process.

Space Mesa "One Head Too Many"

This has been a blast to make. Thanks to Dusty, Josh, and Doug for being rad humans to ride bikes and make music with. Can’t wait to do more.

Doug Jambor hitting things

Dusty done tuning

Josh laughing as usual

Doug Jambor: Drums, crashing, filming, editing, riding
Josh Venti: Bass, trail-building, riding, laughing
Dusty Wygle: Guitar, riding, tuning
Cam McCaul: Guitar, vocals, riding, typing