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Riding a downhill race soon, thank you for the advice! I felt like I was slower on the berms but now I think I will be alright! 👍🤟🔥👌

@ollie.white07

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck bro🤘🤘

@METEORA_47

2 жыл бұрын

all the best dude 🤘

@MarkMatthewsMTB

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Excellent advice for railing (or smashing) berms. Please note that flat corners (no berm) require a totally different technique. Maybe do a part 2 for flat/loose corners?

@MarkMatthewsMTB

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a cool idea! Thanks for the feedback 👊

Hey Mark, I've seen and tried another technique for high speed corners that is really fun and fast. I'll do my best to explain it. You see a hard right turn and your approaching fast, when you get really close give your rear brake a stab to break traction swing the back end the same direction of the turn (so slash out right) keep your front wheel aiming towards the apex, entering the turn then lean in locking into the righthand turn. This was on a flow trail but even on loamers it can work if you use your weight to compress and lift around a tree or something. I learnt this from a shuttle hitchhiker Hendrix who turned out to be fast.

@matthornton44

Жыл бұрын

You can also load the front with a controlled front brake, lightning the rear which swings round in the same way.

Great tips! it's so important to improve the cornering skills + it gives so much style🤘

@MarkMatthewsMTB

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

wow good advice!!!!! thanks Mark Matthews

@MarkMatthewsMTB

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

5:40 If you're there pls get a DH casing tire, you'll roll tires off the rim with soft carcasses

thank you

@MarkMatthewsMTB

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, hope it helps!

Thanks for posting this! Cornering is the hardest part for me, I feel like I'm a battleship turning, i go so slow and kind of ruins a good stretch of flowy trail..

@MarkMatthewsMTB

2 жыл бұрын

haha gotta do drills!

Where can I find this beautiful berm? I live in the valley and I'm looking for somewhere to practice cornering that isn't too busy

@MarkMatthewsMTB

2 жыл бұрын

DCDH

@roobs6207

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkMatthewsMTB thanks! don't make it to that area very often

What bike is that? New Wolf Ridge?

@carlsbadkook

2 жыл бұрын

NM, looks like a Mount Vision

@MarkMatthewsMTB

2 жыл бұрын

Mount vision yep, I don't have anymore. Marin actually discontinued this frame.

What i don't understand is "weight on the back tire (...) more traction". From what I know the traction comes more from front tire, not back tire. ??

@MarkMatthewsMTB

11 ай бұрын

If you push into it with your legs more you hook up more

You forgot to mention, that corner cutting is awesome to kill your rear wheel 😄

@MarkMatthewsMTB

2 жыл бұрын

true hahaha

Coming in 'early' or a tight line is NOT squaring off the corner, it's the exact opposite. A wide arc- I.E. a late entry is squaring off the corner...

I love to get rad on my bike and all, but, I am totally against "cutting" berms because as someone who works on trails, I hate seeing all the hard work done to make a nice berm and then guys are blowing it up just to look cool and have a "clip for the 'Gram". There's zero performance gain in doing that, its JUST for "looks". 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

@MarkMatthewsMTB

2 жыл бұрын

100%, it is not the fast way to corner.

I Always thought Body should be Over the bike and Not lean in…

@tomihenrik4387

2 жыл бұрын

thats for unsupported corners, in a berm like shown here you can stay in line with the bike

@MarkMatthewsMTB

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is part of the aggressive body position but intermediate to advanced cornering goes beyond that. That should already be in your muscle memory at the point of learning from this tutorial.

@MarkMatthewsMTB

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! That too.

@Max-kn3gc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your answer! Really enjoy your content. Greets from Germany

I can use this tip very bad😪😅

@MarkMatthewsMTB

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, I hope it's helpful for you!

This is HORRIBLE advice You DO NOT want to weight the back tire You need to lean forward and put weight on the FRONT wheel WOWOWOWOWOWOW

@MarkMatthewsMTB

9 ай бұрын

I’m a pro rider…. Hahaha

@huckfin1598

9 ай бұрын

@@MarkMatthewsMTB doesn’t mean you give good advice. After watching some of your videos. I’ve seen teenagers ride faster and better than you

@MarkMatthewsMTB

9 ай бұрын

@@huckfin1598 are you trolling or just an asshole?

@yo_its_devo

2 ай бұрын

@@MarkMatthewsMTB I've been watching a lot of videos from a lot of other pro riders and there's been a common theme to NOT lean back.

@MarkMatthewsMTB

2 ай бұрын

@@yo_its_devo definitely don’t lean back, but you want force on back tire for traction