Video: Eyes Up To Go Fast - How To Bike with Ben Cathro

Feb 1, 2024 at 9:43
by Pinkbike Originals  

HOW TO BIKE
SEASON 3 EPISODE 3


Smooth is fast and fast is fun. In this episode of How To Bike, Ben Cathro works with Thibault Laly to improve his on trail vision and increase his flow.
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33 Comments
  • 34 1
 Orrrrrrr, close your eyes and hope for the best. 10% of the time it works every time.
  • 9 1
 I just cover my eyes with my hands
  • 3 0
 I don't have the mental capacity to be able to close my eyes, AND shit myself over every feature
  • 22 0
 If you are looking at the tree and thinking "I hope I don't hit that tree", you are defintely going to hit that tree.
  • 14 0
 It doesn't matter if you're biking, driving, or playing rock band, look ahead to get ahead.
  • 22 0
 Except when reversing!
  • 16 0
 Shoegazers unite!
  • 10 0
 I've probably ridden that trail 100x & have never even seen those lines... these guys are on another level
  • 10 2
 How to bike with Ben Cathro by Jeffrey.
Step 1 ask Ben if he wants to go biking.
Step 2 meet up with Ben and go for a bike ride.
Step 3 ???
Step 4 profit
  • 5 0
 According to Ben (in the last ep of Pink Bike Racing) even if you offer to pay him, he might blow you off for 7 years.
  • 4 0
 All these years I have looked ahead, clinched my rectum at the sight of anything while grabbing 2 hands of brakes, followed by skidding and slowing down rapidly with the goal of survival. Turns out that was wrong, who knew I was supposed to be looking ahead to go faster.
  • 3 0
 This is so spot on, back when I first started riding I would always fixate on the obstacles I didn't want to hit, and I ended up taking bad lines a lot. Once I started looking at the preferred line it was a game changer.
  • 6 0
 eyes up, elbows up, heels down
  • 4 1
 Face down, ass up
  • 1 0
 @andrew9: that's only what mtb looks like on the gram
  • 7 0
 @andrew9: That's the way we like to huck?
  • 5 1
 Seems like an awful lot of coaching and training in the off season for a team that disbanded?... I hope to see more of PB Racing in 2024!
  • 2 0
 this was filmed *before* the previous racing season
  • 4 0
 These videos are so good, basic fundamentals that new riders need to know and seasoned riders often overlook or forget about. Thanks Ben!
  • 3 0
 I'll watch this later this evening, just wanted to say I got a lot out of last week's video thanks Ben & team
  • 4 4
 Turning your bike upside down for a few minutes before the downhill section helps you go really fast as well.
(It gives time for the air in your calipers to work its way up to the levers, resulting in absolutely no brakes, not that it ever happened to me...)
  • 10 1
 This only works if you're shit at bleeding your brakes
  • 3 0
 @st-alfie: or if you live down under and air sinks instead of floats in hydraulic fluid
  • 4 0
 @Spindelatron: can confirm the bubbles still go up in this hemisphere. I don't know which parts of Canada that physics don't apply. Must be the French bits.
  • 3 0
 Amazing! Thanks Ben and Pinkbike
  • 2 0
 "It's hard to focus on vision when you can't see" Put that on a bumper sticker
  • 2 0
 Manitou suspension sponsor but running MRP forks in the last few videos. What gives?
  • 1 0
 MRP forks from Pinkbike Academy probably
  • 1 0
 @calumjsmith: ah yeah, I forgot they used MRP in season 3. Just odd to see them popping up in Ben’s videos now.
  • 1 0
 Target fixation can be applied to so many areas of life, not just those jagged rocks.
  • 2 0
 I once fed Ben banana bread in Dunkeld, and he liked it.
  • 1 0
 Ps yeah yeah I'll watch the video after work ben rules
  • 1 0
 But fun is funner..







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