Video: Fab Barel Presents, Episode 2 - Joe Barnes

Jul 1, 2013 at 21:49
by Mavic HQ  
Fabien Barel presents S2E2 - In the rain, riding Scotland with Joe Barnes

by mavic
Views: 34,386    Faves: 161    Comments: 17


There's something primal about riding remote, rocky, rainy terrain, and this is the setting for episode 2 of Fabien Barel Presents. He has journeyed to Scotland to find Joe Barnes for an experience in this harsh setting. Scotsmen must be hard and strong to survive, and it's the same for MTB riding in that area, as we discover with Fab and Joe.

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51 Comments
  • 48 1
 Thought they where going to end it with pee with a view!
  • 6 0
 Maybe it did, they were wearing kilts so no preparation is required...
  • 2 1
 same here Big Grin
  • 16 0
 Canyon got it so right signing these two. Great duo.
  • 12 1
 That's not rain it's permadrizzle - Well known throughout Scotland and all the better for it... Didn't see those school kids staying home in front of a console - The way things should be - Great edit.
  • 4 0
 No fair weather riders there, as tough as the landscape i bet - great vid
  • 3 0
 don't get to ride if you will only go out in the dry
  • 24 0
 Aye, you know when its summer in Scotland because the rain's warm.
  • 1 0
 hahaa same in Cumbria. You can wear less clothes under your waterproof.
  • 4 0
 So used to riding in stuff like that, you don't even bother with a really waterproof jacket because you're gonna get soaked no matter what, you just have to keep moving and hope for the best
  • 11 0
 The shale steeps footage was brilliant. Mad props to the man behind the lense as well as the talented riders.
  • 4 1
 “Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
― Bruce Lee
  • 5 0
 "I look out the window and it's a cold miserable day. I just think about like Greg Minaar in South Africa, Sam Hill and Rennie in Australia, all the guys in California. They've got this nice weather, they're out riding their bikes, sweating, getting hot and it's a bit harder for us guys here, but, that's why we're tougher than those boys." Steve Peat
  • 3 1
 Scotlands weather guide Winter, snow november to march Spring, rain april to August Autumn, rain september to october Summer, two days at the start of June, sunshine but with high possibility of rain
  • 5 0
 Such a sick duo!
  • 2 1
 Two great guys, riding two beautiful bikes and just having fun, no mather what the weather sends their way.
  • 3 0
 Fine example of the great British weather right there
  • 9 13
flag pmorgan (Jul 2, 2013 at 11:16) (Below Threshold)
 I hope you mean great Scottish weather. Or it will be come 2014.
  • 2 1
 ^^ Idiot.
  • 3 0
 Scotland only has 2 seasons - Winter and June
  • 1 0
 more like long day winter and short day winter.
  • 3 0
 Irelands the same, you just get use to it
  • 3 0
 I wanted to see the Loch Ness monster. Dammit.
  • 2 0
 That's what everyone who's been to Loch Ness says...
  • 1 0
 No is true? Dammit!
  • 1 0
 more likely to see the Loch Morar kelpie if they were riding where i think they were

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morag_
  • 3 0
 IMO, the song seems to be a just a little bit too ...epic.
  • 1 0
 So it's "Fab" now? I mean, I don't really care so much, just funny. Still one of my favorite riders no matter what you call him. "Fab" though? Smile
  • 1 0
 two thumbs up! Fabian if you're in the Salt Lake City, Utah area this year we would love to show you around! It is hot (very) and dry here Smile
  • 1 0
 Great video, just love the style Fabian has when he corners a bike, wish I could ride like that : - )
  • 2 0
 Wet and more wet is half the fun :-)
  • 1 0
 the other half of the fun is dry, right ?
  • 2 0
 Dry what's that lol .
  • 2 0
 damn what a shitty weather !
  • 2 2
 second 56. Seriously: Is Fab ridding 26" Front and 27,5 Rear or is just lense effect... ? Damm I don´t know! ...It wouldn´t surprise me thinks like this from Fabian!...
  • 2 0
 Bag pipe rock would have been a brilliant additive.
  • 1 0
 Damn! Was there even a trail down there by that waterfall? Shale sliding looks like fun!
  • 2 0
 Lmfao, just a breeze... Fabian you the man!
  • 1 0
 Kilts are cool and they keep your things cool too !
  • 1 0
 Anybody else notice the name on the support van? Just GREAT!
  • 1 0
 The Dudes of Hazzard? Yeah those boys (Joe etc, aka 'The Dudes') have been building that brand a couple years now!
  • 1 0
 Poor Joe though, his van is not quite as impressive as the Canyon one we keep seeing photo's of at the races! That thing is great!
  • 1 0
 these are danny hart conditions
  • 1 0
 So much for those new Enduro wheels from mavic.....flatsFrown
  • 1 0
 Welcome to the UK.. land of the rain
  • 1 0
 good to see good riding and good humor in the same lens!
  • 1 0
 hahahaha Joe has Ugg boots on!
  • 1 0
 They're "workie boots". Steel toe caps.
  • 1 0
 This should have been an ad for raincoats, gore tex etc. not a ride vid.
  • 1 0
 great trails!!!







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