Video: Cross-Training With Yoann Barelli

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yoannbarelli (Apr 24, 2015 at 15:51)

26", 650B, 650B+, 29", 29"+, 700, Fat Bike, BLABLABLA..... I don't care, a bike is a bike and I love it !!!

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VPS13 (Apr 24, 2015 at 16:47)

Wheel size is irrelevant when you have quads like that!

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rideonjon (Apr 24, 2015 at 20:54)

Nice riding Yoann ,loves me some CX ripping.

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steveoreo (Apr 24, 2015 at 22:49)

Well said Giannini. Rock the ews! Aller...

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MatthewCarpenter (Apr 25, 2015 at 0:17)

I love how the Frenchies always say "putain". It's like an English person saying "slut" whenever something goes wrong instead of "shit".

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MatthewCarpenter (Apr 25, 2015 at 0:17)

or "f*ck" of course

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MrPink51 (Apr 25, 2015 at 13:10)

Great video. Mad skills!!!!

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teepea (Apr 24, 2015 at 16:23)

I don't care about the Lycra. I don't care about that he fell off. I don't care that he's french. I recently got a CX bike after my enforced retirement from downhill and I can tell you that that is damn hard with drop bars! Much respect

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fatenduro (Apr 24, 2015 at 21:17)

Considering his bars are like 580mm wide, his riding is amazing!

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smike (Apr 24, 2015 at 21:24)

More like 440mm!

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fatenduro (Apr 24, 2015 at 21:40)

Damn, 440mm? That's some serious upper body to land drops like that.

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ham661 (Apr 24, 2015 at 17:26)

When a guy shreds harder than you on a road bike...

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brandaneisma (Apr 24, 2015 at 16:57)

I wish he would have flew passed someone on a brand new 150mm carbon 27.5 bike. (No hate I have a carbon 27.5 bike)

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Bristecom (Apr 24, 2015 at 19:21)

Yeah, he looked about 3x faster on that bike than I do on my new 27.5 "enduro" bike. It puts me to shame! lol

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CaliCol (Apr 24, 2015 at 18:44)

@joetincher: Top xc/cyclocross (and rodies) racers aren't pro because they can pedal hard for a ridiculous amount of time, they are pro because they can also descend like madmen. Great example: I raced some of the Big Mountain Enduro Series in CO in 2013. I was going down Angels Plunge at Angel Fire and Jeremy Hogan Kobelski (former Trek XC pro/Former Collegiate National Champion) came sailing by me, throwing a pretty good whip on a double. I also raced the Rocky Mountain Endurance series that same year in the half Marathon category. By the last 5 or so miles of my race the pro full marathon pros would catch up to me on their last lap (half marathon 30 miles/full marathon 60 miles) and blow by me like I was standing still. I am not a great downhiller, but I'm not bad for an amateur. After 60 miles or so, if a Pro XC rider can go that fast downhill, i only imagine what they cold do if fresh, on a DH or trail bike. Both series (RME and BME) had pretty sick downhill runs.

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lumberjack77 (Apr 25, 2015 at 18:06)

I totally agree @CaliCol. Overall fitness and bike handling skills/ line choice often overcome whatever discipline of riding you choose.

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cool3 FL (Apr 24, 2015 at 16:33)

It's not the bike, it's the rider!

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rcko (Apr 24, 2015 at 18:14)

On skinny tires + drop bars
Like a boss

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Massini64 (Apr 24, 2015 at 15:37)

Lets not have any arguments about what bike, wheel size or axel he's using. He's riding a bicycle and its dope!

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peddlein (Apr 25, 2015 at 4:17)

this guy could/would take mad short cuts in the tour de france win win win....
loving how he brrrrraaaaapppppsss himself.

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santacruzrider98 (Apr 24, 2015 at 15:43)

Cross bikes are just as cool as mountain bikes!

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AllMountin (Apr 24, 2015 at 16:32)

Only when used like this.

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wythall1 (Apr 25, 2015 at 2:41) (Below Threshold)

minus the lycra....

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Twallywilly (Apr 25, 2015 at 15:20)

Baggy shorts and hairy legs look weirder on a cross/road bike than shaved legs and lycra...I love my CX bike. It's a tiny trail shredding death machine when you put some wide tubeless tires on it!

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schofell84 (Apr 26, 2015 at 7:51)

Minus the cross bikes ...

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greg390 (Apr 24, 2015 at 15:48)

Ooo puta !!! Awsome !!!

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tigerteeuwen (Apr 24, 2015 at 20:04)

Cross bikes are super fun to mtb with.... maybe I just suck on my 29er but I actually find my cross bike way easier on a lot of climbs.

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hucktoflannel (Apr 25, 2015 at 14:43)

is your cross bike a 26?

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tigerteeuwen (Apr 25, 2015 at 19:21)

Norco threshold a2 with 700c wheels

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hucktoflannel (Apr 26, 2015 at 19:48)

Nevermind

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LeDuke (Apr 25, 2015 at 15:48)

I'm waiting for someone (who probably just commented about how rad the skinny jean wearing bro-bras at CruzFEST are) to make a disparaging remark about lycra. It's coming. I know it.

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pinkbikesareforchicks (Apr 27, 2015 at 10:33)

This is an awesome video - reminds me of RoadBikeParty from way back on Youtube! Could someone please tell me what sort of GoPro attachment this guy would be using to get this footage? Thanks

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Jrsnot (Apr 25, 2015 at 9:19)

Skinies on skinies, really cool.

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moodzoo (Apr 25, 2015 at 22:57)

How come we never see a 12" travel DH bike with big stankin knobby mud tyres on a long flat paved road??? Now THAT'S gnarly!!!

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murdoch50 (Apr 24, 2015 at 18:03)

Its "River Runs Through it" ... check out the bridge at the end of the video

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mikericci (Apr 25, 2015 at 10:08)

Got to share a shuttle ride with my fellow Frenchman at the Sea Otter. Great guy and badass rider! Hope he kicks ass on the EWS this year.

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seraph (Apr 25, 2015 at 15:36)

That's cool that he can do it, but it didn't look like fun. Way more fun on a full squish bike that allows you to flow over the rough stuff.

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iamamodel (Apr 25, 2015 at 15:59)

I understand what you mean, but fun comes from within the mind. When I used to ride my BMX on trails every now and then it was the same level of fun because my mindset changed with the conditions. It looked like he was having fun to me.

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seraph (Apr 25, 2015 at 22:30)

It's just not my definition of fun.

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beaver1982 (Apr 24, 2015 at 19:31)

ha ha that so funny vids !! he has balls to ride this bike wonderful idea ! VOD

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jam7 (Apr 25, 2015 at 12:11)

Thank you pink bike for putting this on your site.. I loved it...

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theflowkid (Apr 24, 2015 at 15:48)

Gnarly!!

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lightningskull (Apr 24, 2015 at 16:17)

That looks like the trail A River Runs Through It in Whistler www.bikepirate.com/river-runs-through-it

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PDWbike (Apr 24, 2015 at 17:25)

that was awesome

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chrisn5 (Apr 24, 2015 at 17:40)

At 2:09 BWOMP

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Gooldylocks (Apr 24, 2015 at 20:03)

haha I loved that part. Power wheelie out of the corner on the cross bike.

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wessisch (Apr 24, 2015 at 20:24)

when did they modify the bridge? I remember the bridge way skinnier. Without planks on top of the tree.

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bcinbc22 (Apr 24, 2015 at 21:33)

The old bridge went in the river a few yrs back

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Gooldylocks (Apr 24, 2015 at 20:03)

Holy f**kin skinnies. That's all I got to say about that.

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BERGGAMS (Apr 25, 2015 at 2:31)

Der Hund ist geil drauf, yeah!!!!!!!

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b4uwereborn (Apr 25, 2015 at 6:14)

Skills.

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chugachjed (Apr 25, 2015 at 19:58)

That's a next level dirt roadie. Much respect!

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SpinningAddiction (Apr 26, 2015 at 18:56)

How the crap does he do that with those handle bars!?

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jamesbrant (Apr 26, 2015 at 21:38)

location? looks decidedly like coastal BC.

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RedBurn (Apr 24, 2015 at 15:58)

well , it's called cyclocross

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PsychosisTripper (Apr 24, 2015 at 19:11)

What bike is he using?

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HubDirtrider (Apr 25, 2015 at 6:20)

Giant TCX advanced pro, dawg.

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rdb423 (Apr 26, 2015 at 7:07)

who can't do that? joeys