French Lessons: What makes the French so fast? VIDEO

October 26, 2015
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Today, SRAM released a video looking into what it is that makes the French so fast? Is it the Brie? The red wine?

Dust and drifts at La Thuile

It doesn’t really matter – let’s just luxuriate in this high-budget video, OK?

Fabien Barel – never happy on just one wheel

What makes French mountain bikers so fast? Is it the air? The mountains? The cuisine? Is it the fact that there are about 1,000 varieties of French cheese? Their ability to invade neighboring countries to shred awesome trails? Anne-Caroline Chausson, Nicolas Vouilloz and Julien Absalon took home more than 30 World Championships between them — and we won’t even mention the World Cup wins, Olympic medals and rally-car championship. Loic Bruni rode away with this year’s UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Championship faster than you could devour a baguette and chunk of Brie.

Photos: Adrian Marcoux

Can’t see this video? Try this link: https://youtu.be/8egc2Lat5Sw

Mr. Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's ex-Editor At Large

With 25 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps holds the record for the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Chipps stepped down as Editor in April 2026 after 25 years at the helm. He's now wondering what to do next, while riding his bike in the French Pyrenees, where he also runs some gites.

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