Video - Want to corner like Canyon's Fabien Barel?

Okay, it’s a week or so old, but if you’ve ever wanted to corner like Canyon’s Fabien Barel, this is how to do it. Er, so you drift like that, and then bring it round like that…

Oh, I can see this going literally sideways real fast:

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Barney Marsh

Barney Marsh takes the word ‘career’ literally, veering wildly across the road of his life, as thoroughly in control as a goldfish on the dashboard of a motorhome. He’s been, with varying degrees of success, a scientist, teacher, shop assistant, binman and, for one memorable day, a hospital laundry worker. These days, he’s a dad, husband, guitarist, and writer, also with varying degrees of success. He sometimes takes photographs. Some of them are acceptable. Occasionally he rides bikes to cast the rest of his life into sharp relief. Or just to ride through puddles. Sometimes he writes about them. Bikes, not puddles. He is a writer of rongs, a stealer of souls and a polisher of turds. He isn’t nearly as clever or as funny as he thinks he is.

Comments (8)

NobeerinthefridgeNobeerinthefridge March 30, 2016 at 3:32 pm

Laser cock. He should say Laser cock.

vondallyvondally March 30, 2016 at 3:41 pm

Skids are for kids…….

Matt TaylorMatt Taylor March 30, 2016 at 4:06 pm

I thought that too!

shackletonshackleton March 30, 2016 at 4:23 pm

Yay. Teach everyone to skid around corners in the name of endura radness. Prat.

Matt TaylorMatt Taylor March 30, 2016 at 4:28 pm

By ‘eck, it were quick though…

Jason BuddJason Budd March 30, 2016 at 10:05 pm

Brake before the corner! Now they’re telling us to skid round corners….. Confused

darrenspinkdarrenspink March 31, 2016 at 12:54 pm

I wish some of these pro’s would film their tips on UK muddy trails rather than a dusty smooth French one.

Steve PhippsSteve Phipps October 16, 2016 at 9:15 am

At trail centres, corners are very rarely too tight to steer round normally, plus almost all if them are berms. But old trails in Europe sometimes have corners that are tighter than the bike’s turning circle, so you either skid or get off & push!
Posts with skids are the 2nd most controversial after no helmet posts?!