How to Descend Stupid Fast on your MTB - featuring Skills with Phil
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 พ.ย. 2017
- In today's video, we talk about how to smash downhill sections, and why certain riders are able to gain so much ground on others. We also talk about three things you can do on your mountain bike which will keep your downhill game strong.
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V brakes helped me go way too fast..
Nice one 😂😂😂😂😂
Haha me too😂 works great with a bend wheel. *cough cough*
I have a hybrid with 80 mm travel, 26 wheel, I had to put double walls on, she is fast, comfort seat quill adjustable stem.
Cantilevers will help you even more!
You ride chainless too i run brakeless fool
Seth“So, it’s not a good idea to try this first shot?”
Phil: “Alright, lets do this.”
Seth: “okay”
Not to mention, Phil is riding under the influence of a moustache
+EviLTyres very risky
EviLTyres top gear?
EviLTyres nice profile pic m8
@@ModifiedMyers Love that episode
Ed Myers LoL bought back memories
Taco sampling is absolutely mountain bike related
ag.onewheel XR I’ve been known to 🌮 a wheel or two casing a few jumps over the years...
That slo mo footage came out 👌
Skills With Phil damn whos here 😊
Skills With Phil what camera do you use on that slow mo shot?i gopro hero 5 or 6?thanks
Agreed!
Crazy seeing what your chain does in slow mo!
Phil how much travel do you have on your fork
Awesome content Seth, thanks for your hard work! That blur layer showing where your eyes should be on the trail was genius. Simple, yet incredibly effective for showing how dangerous it is to focus on your front wheel rather than further down the trail.
It was really an eyeopener! ;)
LOL
I *see* what you did there...
Indeed
I have heard the words often, but that visual was next-level.
just ordered my first mountain bike
so excited to get it
Harry McBarry noice
What bike?
Whta bike dude
I just got mine yesterday!
Umair Shakeel he was killed after a fall at Laguna Trail in cali
My most valued tip for descending on corners is to weight the front end rather than hanging off the back. I haven't washed out since I've been making myself do this!
4:56 PERFECTLY illustrates the subtle nuances that make Phil fast. He straight lined the trees (goal post), but then he hopped over the uneven terrain, INSTINCTIVELY, so the he could keep traction and get on the brakes timely and be lined up for that corner. That's why when guys like me follow accomplished DH and Enduro racers, we follow the same lines, seem to be doing everything the same, but we don't have the little moves like that, which add up to being faster than everyone else.
Descending is an art, and man...you nailed it. If you want to go faster, you have to follow someone who is faster than you...even though it's humbling.
"Chasing enduro racers, and worse yet - Canadians."
Andy M my favorite quote from this whole video lol
Andy M I'm a Canadian...
JØBØ cause they get like whistler park and they always ride, so they are stupid fast
Lmao I ride enduro and I’m Canadian, but I’m probably not that good😂
@JØBØ Canadian mountain bikers rock in general.
The most important tip is looking far forward... People tend to look close, but we should use peripheral vision for near obstacles, and main vision for choosing your line!
One-Handed A Vida Vida Com Uma Mão Só Send-O-Vision.
It also decreases the sensation of speed.
Vida Adaptada was
Awsome picture
I dont see well on distance i hace -4.00 but not wearing glasses
Best tips:
1) dicking around
2) follow faster riders
3) oh and tacos
"Now that you've pulled your saddle out of your... taint"
Phil was so impressive to watch when we rode at Bailey. I’ve never seen corner speed and confidence like that before! I enjoyed the video a lot, I look forward to more shredding with you two!
Alex Chamberlin lucky
Me: Just managed to crashed somehow while descending at like 5 km/h a few hours ago.
TH-cam: How to Descend Stupid Fast on your MTB
Me: ......... Yeah, I should definetely watch that video
"Smash descents, not your taint" shirt please 🤣
I would buy that shirt.
I want one!
Seth’s Bike hacks uploaded
I can be late this morning, I have to watch this.
Looool
Yo
~ Kyle Keogh
Riding street really helps me gain control on the bike. Thanks for d tips 🙂
You beat me to that comment, I'm far from experienced at street, but I've noticed even just messing around in a parking lot on my trail bike and focusing on essential skills has really helped out a lot on control.
What helped me the most was learning to pump properly. Once I figured out how to get loose / let the bike move underneath me freely while in a good attack position, exploring the fore/aft limits of the cockpit on my bike, I got much faster on a pump track and way faster descending.
Man, all the help you and Phil hand out is amazing! Everything helps for us newbies and we appreciate it!
What's interesting about 3:57, coming from a motorcyling background, your rear brake is pretty much just along for the ride. It causes more problems than it solves generally on motorcycles. Hilariously the clutch on your motorcycle is on the left side... so there's a bit of a mind warp when hopping on your mountain bike
oh yeah...I ride a mountain bike more often than motorbikes...when I hop onto a motorbike I usually end up grabbing the clutch and the front brake together...just mountain bike instinct
EJECTO SEATO CUZ!
IceCreamTrucker lol i thought about that too
No EJECTOR DROPER POST ENGAGE (Fires) Seth Goes Flying All The Way Back To South Florida
EJECTOR YEET
Being loose on your bike REALLY helps. It enables me to beat my full suspension compadres on a 80mm hardtail in the TN rockies
On the topic of using your front break properly I recently purchased a fixie with just a front break. This did WONDERS for my break usage.
Stoked to see Phil killing it. Great video!
The tip about session stuff is spot on.
"Some crazy Phil sh.." I'm laughing! One of TH-cams best MTB channels. Informative, funny and humbling at the same time. Thanks for taking the time to make all this Seth, keep it up!
"Squander your hard earned altitude as fast as possible" I love your terminology for things so much.
something i've noticed in alot of these videos, the shorter travel trail bikes seem to becoming more common due to them being more reactive and less lazy
You could make a video on literally ANYTHING and I would love it
I love this channel. I'm a serious bike commuter and ciclotourist and almost never get dirt but I just love watching you guys downhilling.
+Claudio Br great to have you watching!
Two of my favorite content creators united, awesome video and thanks for the tips, you are right I've been riding mainly chairlift parks and I had gotten so much faster in one season, keep up the good work!
I can’t read the title without hearing you and Alex say “SMEASH” in that high pitched voice 😜
+Jordan Byron smmmeeash!
SMMEEEEEAAAASHH
smeeash
Also confidence I never crashed and when I did I was like
Ohh that’s not to bad don’t be scared to crash and you crash when you get scared
Victoria the green cheek conure crashes don’t count if you don’t break any bones
One of my all-time favorite videos related to mtb. I watch it just to get stoked before a ride. I would love a rendition of tips you’ve learned to get faster since making this!
Hey Seth! awesome video! I'm teaching a friend who's starting to ride with me and my friends. It's difficult to explain things when they're so natural to experienced riders. You're video made it easier to put it in words! Appreciate all the work you do for the mountainbiking community! Take care!
Phil had to put his brakes back on for this episode..
😂🤣
Screw school! Seth has a new video!
Oh men, I have learned a lot watching both channels, and now you guys go out together, brutal!!!
My favorite vids are when I really learn something and this is one of those! Best tip was the best way to navigate certain obstacles is to skip them altogether usually by jumping them! I learned this recently in a really funny story and your video double downed on it! God Bless!
0:26 *chain has left the chat*
Come to NZ,central Otago for some serious mtb with us!
Fantastic video. The shots and story line are flawless. The advice about sessioning is awesome, and not to be overlooked. That's how I stay sharp being a MTBer living in the flat lands.
Another well thought out and fun to watch video bro! Thanks!
0:26 What is your chain doing bro ?!
Love the” follow faster riders “ ,unfortunately they tend to disappear real quick 😦
Absolutely! Thanks for breaking down both of you and Phil's meta-lessons so well. I love to watch both of you ride and have picked up a lot, but this breakdown makes those lessons so much more accessible. I'll try incorporating the lessons on the trails tomorrow. ;P
Great vid! One of your best. So good that you summarizes:I know ”break before turns” since before but to put it ahead of other tips and stress it is really good. Easier to focus on one thing at a time than 10 (after watching other tutorials)
Your front brake lever is on the left?
Why do different countries put the levers on different sides 😣
Heritage. AFAIK, British have front-right. I'm from Croatia, where everybody uses front-left, but I hate it because I also ride motorbikes, and all motorbikes have front right, so I've changed it on my bike not to get confused. But it's the same thing, one gets used to both of them.
Tomislav Duić Motorbikes do have front-right, but they also have a rear brake pedal instead of a lever; the left lever is the clutch, which makes it apparent that the right lever is the front brake. I race motocross and ride mountain bikes and I can instinctively differentiate between the specific lever function for each discipline based on that facet alone.
Obviously, do whatever works for you, but I just wanted to point out that it is possible for the brain (my brain, at least) to easily adjust to a switch of the front brake lever location on the bars when, in one specific discipline, the other lever doesn't operate a brake at all. I don't even have to think about it anymore; when I am riding a motorbike, right = front comes naturally, and when I jump on a mountain bike, right = left kicks in.
I will admit that in the beginning, upon first starting mountain biking after racing motocross for years, I had to adjust to the front brake lever being on the left - but after an initial adjustment period, I can go back and forth between bike and motorbike with ease.
True for motorbikes with manual gears, but I have a scooter, so no clutch, so left lever is rear brake. :) As for transition from scooter or motorbike (because it's the same for right lever - front brake) to bike, it's not a big deal in most circumstances, because I always use both of them and it's ok. BUT, on a sudden slippery descent, I tend to react instinctively and pull left lever because the brain is trained from motorbike days it's rear brake, and if it's front brake, you know what's next...:) So, for these situations when I don't think, but just react, it's a problem. Since it's really a simple job to replace brake lines, I want to be on the safe side.
Oh, no clutch, alright. If the brake levers were simply reversed, as seems to be the case, then it would be much easier to get confused and I'd probably just switch them to make them both the same too. Considering I've never ridden a scooter, or anything with a rear brake lever on the left, all hell would break loose if I tried to ride one. I'd be breaking every time I'd want to pull in the clutch. Again, do whatever works for you, it doesn't matter in the slightest.
I think in America they taught hand signals on the left. Instead of point right with the right hand, schools taught to hold the left hand up with the elbow at 90 degrees. This puts the "safe" rear brake on the right.
Why not just teach point right with the right? Because in the original days of the horseless carriage you could not see the right arm inside the car so the left arm out the window was easier seen.
“You know the ejector seat lever on the left side of your bike” hahaha 😂
Idk why he says the front brake on the left, I have always had it on the right
@@toptiertyson1456 is it an American thing? Because we use front brake on the right as well?
@@penisman4144 no I don’t think so because I’ve seen heaps of Americans with right hand front brakes, maybe it is a left handed bikw
@@toptiertyson1456 personal preference probably lol
Thank you for all the great videos. I've learned a lot from watching them. Keep up the great work!
Im learning so much from this channel and Phil's, thanks guys!
"that's enough PHILosophical stuff for now"
I love that jump 0:27
This Channel is the best for mountain bikers and all of these videos really help !
Super informative, funny, and succinct. Great vid man thanks 👍🏼
0:26
*Chain.exe has stopped working*
man u just killed me LOL
Definately
SETH, I THINK THIS VIDEO WAS RATHERSPECIAL BECAUSE UNLIKE OTHER CHANNELS, BUYING AND BUYING WASN'T MENTIONED. PLEASE TEACH US HOW TO 360.
Braking before the turn rather than during is a key tip. It's helped me become more confident on the bike.
Really great skillz vid. The tip about false confidence is the best tip I’ve heard in a long time. Appreciate the directness.
seth i am abig fan your video got me through depression and back into moutain biking thanks you saved my life. if i didnt get back into moutain biking i proabably would have killed myself thanks again
Lachlan Loves acting keep riding keep smiling. Glad you choose to live bro
Bobby Hempel same.
Glad ur alive bro
i am still feeling really down but riding and running are my only distractions from life. i have been diagnosed with ptsd and all i feel like doing is sleeping and being by myself. my parents dont like me riding or running by myself because they are afraid i might try to harm myself. thanks
just remember you are not alone in this world even when you are by yourself. i catch myself in the middle of the night not being able to sleep thinking about stuff so i hop on my bicycle and go riding randomly. its weird how i forget about the things that bother me and i come back feeling good.
Seth Uploaded A Video
Fuck School!!!
Thanks for the great content guys. I personally struggle with doing massive jumps and am trying to increase my skills in that regard. I have watched numerous videos and have definitely improved my skill set. Now it's just practice practice practice.
The three master tips are on point!. Rode with my mate last night who is better and he was able to show me the better and often easier lines on a trail that I have been riding wrong for the last 6 months.. Also Phil's cornering videos are "da bomb".
Hey Seth, I've just fractured my clavicle last week. Any tips on how to deal with the recovery period when riding is not something I can do?
Oh, and that comment about front brakes made my day.
Kalsonic I broke mine a couple years ago, the good news is you can still ride a trainer and get back on the trail stronger than before, the bad news is trainers are boring. My tips are resting it, google the best bone healing supplements and a healthy diet. Mine healed up in 7 weeks and I was back on the trail. You'll most likely wanna take it easy at the beginning but it will keep you from going stir crazy.
Thanks for the tip. Would calcium/protein rich foods be good choices?
Kalsonic take calcium as well as vitamin D which helps your body absorb it
How bad of a fracture? did you have it plated? I broke mine back in 2008. I gave it a chance to heal on its own but was just not right. I found the best clavicle/knee surgeon in the country (IMO) and sent him X-rays and such. He told me mine should be plated and I would be back riding in 6 weeks. The key to this was PT right away. Most ortho's might do 2 to 3 clavicles a yr ...Dr Sanders does hundreds and so he had me doing exercises in recovery. Check him out at www.sandersclinic.net. He is the health moderator on Thumpertalk.com a enduro dirt bike website. He understands high impact breaks. Anyways, Heal up and then SHRED!!
I did the same thing this past summer. Off the bike for 8 weeks. My best advice is to do some editing or anything else that you can do half handedly. Other than that, take it easy and binge watch seth videos. Im pretty sure I watched all of his at least 3 times over! Also watch this video of my crash, hopefully you at least get a laugh out of it! th-cam.com/video/xlVcG-MmPbQ/w-d-xo.html hope you have a speedy recovery!
I wish I was able to use these tips but on the 1st one, all the people that are faster than me are way faster than me and I can't keep up with them, no matter how hard I try, tip#2, my closest dh park that has lift serve dh is in another fricking country and tip#3 my local area has no where to session anything
Same
You are spot on when talking about the front brake.
Watching your videos is so relaxing. I really like the way you narrate.
Lol “the ejector seat lever”
I hear that if you take the brakes off your bike you will go faster (and crash harder)
Loving that shot from the chainstay going through the whoops. Tires almost never on the ground, that's a winner, more please!
Another awesome video , two experts & chemistry! My favourite thing was how Phil rides fairly big drops bike nose first, in that he shifts his weight back, maintains speed, & lands front wheel first, to immediately steer his new line.
My front break lever is on the right
Same, does it differ in some countries?
@@DivineWhisper-ke4xh no,its for left handled people
Copilul Doge I hope you’re being sarcastic.
"How to squander your hard earned elevation as fast as possible" cracked me up!!!
I like the tip about keeping up with someone else that's faster on the trail than you. Helps me brake less and loosen up. Helps me know that it's safe to go faster if you use the right skills. Love it!
As a middle-aged woman commuter who *occasionally* does a little bit of off road riding, I find your channel enormously helpful; I've learned *so* much. I will definitely check out Phil's tutorials; the man is a maniac! Thank you and happy holidays!
Which bike is Phil riding ?
th-cam.com/video/pyMSxnLKebY/w-d-xo.html
he is riding the Evil Conjuring
EVIL CALLING
Love your vids but wich bike should i get?
depends on your budget. Santa Crus, Diamnod Back, Evil , Scott, Giant, Specialzied, and Kona are all good bikes. bikes these days are good.
Oh ok thanks
Buy something that is in your budget, and tailored what you need it for. Like hardtail or full kush, do some research on great bikes!
I totally agree with the advise on bike park riding. That has helped me tremendously. And, it's fun as hell!!!
I dont mountain bike but the tip about being prepared and using that to help you boost your confidence really helped me out on my hobby of FPV Freestyle. I've been more conscience how to avoid obstacles and what is the most likely way a trick can go wrong and knowing what I need to do when something doesn't go to plan so I can bail out early and try again. Thanks Seth love your content. I'll stick to my hobby for now but maybe one day I'll try some downhill.
Hahaah Phil-oshical
Will Warde-Norbury that's punny
Will Warde-Norbury I was waiting for this
Will Lucas you need to be pun-ished
early gang
Thank you. Finally... Your comment of riding trail bikes at a down hill bike park. On a recent trip to Whistler, Silverstar, Sun Peaks from the UK, I took a 160mm travel bike. Others from my group questioned not taking a DH bike. That trip pushed me further than ever before = I learnt so much. I also got to ride with some other guys, who are much better riders than me, 2 wk holiday taught me 10 yrs of riding in the UK. Seth's many wise words spoken
I love the tip about following someone faster than you. I've been taking this tip a lot and it has greatly helped me focus on my line work and discovering how to position and posture myself before a feature
but... I live in florida
Caleb Sherman Go to Santos :)
Caleb Sherman Same Instead I Built A Mountain Fatbike For Beach Or Fishing Stuff
Seth used to live in florida and he did videos there
Learn to ride a horse and your position is already 👌 😂
Horse riding is easy though
You following Phil, the footage, was Awesome!!! Keep riding safe & send it!! - Dallas, Texas
I hope you and Phil can collaborate on more skills videos. I subscribe to both your channels but teaming up is a powerful combination. Phil is a mad rider and you do an awesome job of documenting and explaining. I ride once a week with a much faster rider and that is making me faster. Also practicing skills in my backyard builds confidence.
"do this with friends and challenge each others"
implying i have friends ;_;
Great video! I too appreciated how you show the difference in focus by blurring. I found this video extremely helpful. Thank you!
Liked you point about going to a downhill park, that’s definitely true! I noticed my riding improved quite a bit!
How did I got faster:
1) Seth's how to bunny hop videos (used a bmx to train)
2) Phil Mets how to manual and other how to's video (also used a bmx for more control)
3) Brian's advise to never skip leg day
4) Alex's philosophy for getting stoked and never giving up. (Helped me allot also in finally finding a decent job :) )
I’m getting back into biking after a couple years break- moving to Asheville NC and being in the mountains drew me back in
really good. well laid out and enjoyed watching....you seem to always make me want to get out on the trails straight after
Most helpful tip I ever received from a much faster friend was to "look where you want to be." In other words, point your head and torso towards the end of the turn and your bike will rip into that corner. Love the videos, Seth. Look forward to them every week
Thanks for the tip man!
Phil's an animal! I second the tips of riding park and sessioning. I got so much better after to going to Highland a bunch of times last summer. Not only did my descending improve, but also my confidence in hitting drops and trail features.
As far as sessioning, I don't know if was a thing back then, but looking back, my friends and I did that all the time as kids in the 80's/90's. I recently started riding with a friend who likes to session, and we'll go out and do that when we're not trying to get in a lot of mileage. It's a lot of fun to finally clear an obstacle, or find new tricky lines. I actually really look forward to it now, we have a place that's a little to small to get in big rides, but it's perfect to go and session the big rock formations there.
Thanks for another great video! (Man I wish I was riding right now!)
Awesome stuff, most of them already use. The seat post was my favorite. Ever since I got a dropper with my Roscoe I'll use it even more now. 🤙🤙🤙
I built a small jump in my backyard and a small berm and as my confidence increased I added more dirt. It really helped me become comfortable with some airtime and with learning to lean the bike over more effectively.
you mention "sessioning" I cant agree more, myself and my wife used to go ride and session parking lots and stairs at the local malls, bunny hopping curbs, jumping curb cuts and decending sets of stairs. Then at the weekend XC races and marathon races my wife used to THRASH pretty much all the dudes, those little skills you learn by sessioning PAYS big time on the trail.