How To: Cornering and Straight Line

 Totally agree. Often times videos like this try to explain things with far to much detail which just makes it hard to understand. This video gives you simple instructions, examples and I'm definitely going to put those techniques to use on the trail!

 This was ridiculously good. Im terrible at cornering, this looks like it will help a lot

 I actually prefer FluidRide but Fabien's is cooler

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 Its a good advice not only in MTB situation...

 if you could buy MBUK in Chile it would probably be wise not to make a purchace as it is usually full of dull articles on best 100mm travel bikes being ridden by posh boys in lycra and is crammed with cool words like Rad , Dude, Wicked , Although sometimes you get free lolly sticks on the cover pretending to be tyre levers

 Haha. Well said, horlicks101.

 I'm sure there are but does it really matter? Is it not worth showing because it was released some time ago?

 he never claimed it wasn't.

 considering Barel's on his 2011 kit then I doubt it was shot a few years ago..

 @scrippsranchDJ, I never said anything about it being bad that they're showing them, I think its cool. not quite sure where your point came from

 I just found the question rather stupid that's all.

 oh fair enough

 scrippsranch you little piece of shit

 joe701, Hes not a peice of shit, he was just like saying about my comment

 It's because you ARE watching porn in your room lol.

 MBUK is shit and has always been shit.

 That's in your opinion, a lot of riders like myself love the mag and its banterfull content, that entertains me every month. Oh and lets not forget the incredibly use full content and reviews that are in the mag. sorry if its too lighthearted for you but at least it;s entertaining.

 You only have to ask one question, who has been the world champion more times, Sheldon Brown or Fabien Barel?

 Sheldon is right for road riding, but off road you need to be able to move with the bike and push down on your knobbly side nobbles for grip

 Hi,Are these videos part of a DVD series?If so,where can I buy it?

 tippy toes

 TEEPY TOES!

 Fabien speaks really good English for a frenchmen trust me I've been living in France for the past 2 years! He has a very slight French accent compare that with Nicolas Vouilloz or Cedric Gracia's.

 com fit a ble

 He sounds like Idi Amin.

 When your heel is low it is relaxed and flexes more than when you have tensed your foot to make it flat or toes down.

 Also stops you going over the bars if you smash into a root or step

 You might be disappointed to learn that your implied argument is wrong. The ability to teach athletic movement is not the same as the ability to perform at the highest competitive levels. Some athletes are instinctive and do not know how to analyze or teach movement. At all. Fabien Barel is a good teacher and obviously his competitive abilities speak for themselves. I'm just saying that it's stupid to suggest that just because someone couldn't compete against Barel in UCI World Cup DH, automatically the person cannot teach MTB handling skills. It's a ridiculous assertion. Teaching depends on analytic skill, bodily awareness, and good communication. Riding at a pro level doesn't require analytic skill or good communication and might not even include conscious body awareness.

 I agree with you up until the last sentence. I'd think that instinct might get you there, but having good analytics and communication as well as body awareness is what get's you to the top of the upper levels. I'm only going off of what I've read and seen in my limited racing experience (as an spectator), but, the top guys have coaches that teach them how to do something better, as well as mechanics and engineers/designers that they have to communicate with. What all that communication requires is an awareness of their bikes and bodies when explaining and explaining issues and changes to their team.

When a coach tells a rider that in this turn you were doing this or that and should do this and that, the rider must be aware of his body and bike's positioning in order to change and modify. When a rider tells a mechanic or engineer that the bike is doing this or that in order to make modifications to the bike or it's components he needs to have that awareness, analytical ability and good communication in order for those people to understand what is "wrong" and needs changing.

Just my $.02 fwiw

 You're not disputing what I said there.

What you're doing is re-defining --for your own purpose-- what I suggested as analytic skill, good communication, and conscious body awareness.

I'm saying that merely being a pro athlete doesn't mean possessing analytic skill, good communication and conscious body awareness AT THE LEVEL A TEACHER WOULD NEED THEM. If you watch Steve Jones's "Fundamentals" video you can see that the riders vary in their abilities to teach. In that video, I would say that Steve Peat, Eric Carter and Chris Powell are excellent teachers, and the other pro riders are merely acceptable, and perhaps even deficient, at teaching the things they are excellent at doing.

Riding DH at a top level requires only top level riding skill and strong self-confidence. It doesn't require any skills at communication or analysis of physical movement. Communication is not even a required skill. Analysis of physical movement can happen without thought in an instinctive athlete. I've known many who are that kind of athlete.

Good communication requires knowing the audience, keeping things brief enough to hold attention while detailed enough to be meaningful, and being able to explain complex ideas in various ways -- because people learn in various ways.

Anyone can open their mouth, form words from sounds, and link words to make a sentence. Whether the words and sentences are interesting, informative and entertaining all at the same time -- that's a rare skill. From my experience watching top DH racers being interviewed, most of them are clearly more skilled at riding bikes than they are at communicating.

 lol Hadn't noticed that until you mentioned it! Must be a jedi mind trick...

 I think the bike is being held in place though..

 well...it certainly put a strain on your achilles...beside that advice I think its an awesome series and nicely made!