Better Turns In 1 Day - How To Corner A Mountain Bike : Bermed Corners
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- Hitting a bermed corner just right is one of the best feelings in the world. In this video we will help you understand how to get in the right position, where to look, how much to lean and by the end of it we hope you will be ripping turns!
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0:00 - 0:38 Intro
0:38 - 1:45 4 Common Mistakes
1:45 - 2:32 April's First Attempt
2:32 - 6:39 Riding Position, Pumping, Weight Balance
6:39 - 10:50 Where To Brake, Setup, and Look
10:50 - 12:03 April Getting Better
12:03 -14:02 Breakdown Of How To Lean
14:02 - 14:43 Major Improvement
14:43- 16:55 Overview & Wrap Up
16:55 - 17:26 Pov, Patrons, Outro - กีฬา
You do such a great job of breaking everything down into understandable elements. You are also amazing at seeing little adjustments to April's style that ends up having a big impact.
I had been trying to shed my motorcycle riding habits that transferred reasonably well to road bike descents, and could never figure out in my head what exactly to change on mtb turns. I understood the physics of how the motorcycle takes so much more torque to get it to lean over and turn, but couldn't get my body and style to adjust to the lighter mtb. The way you break it down makes it click for me. On a local burm-y downhill, sessioning and reviewing your vid in between runs helped cut 30sec off a 4min descent - and I honestly thought I went slower at the end because I was still focusing on technique.
Thats so awesome to hear! Congrats on the better time! Yeah I love sharing this info with you guys. I spent so much time learning everything and failing and i just want people to experience what it feels like to truly have your bike disappear on the downhills. Once you have all these techniques embedded it almost just feels like its just your body flying down the trail. Such a cool feeling!
I had more offroad experience on motos than bikes growing up and I could not agree more! Kyle and April have made it clear that the level pedal position feels more balanced like the footpegs on a motorcycle and suddenly the change in interfacing with the bike makes sense. *facepalm* I know to not upset the bike in motorcycling, but have struggled with applying that to cycling.
Qdd
Find someone who stares at you the same way April stares at Kyle when he's explaining
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True dat 😁
I stare at Kyle that way when he is explaining. What are you trying to say? :p
@@WasabiWei 🤣🤣🤣
Only my dog stares at me like April stares at Kyle 😅
This one was a big effort! Thank you all for your patience and for being so supportive with these videos. We went over a ton of information in this one so we broke it all down into chapters incase you guys want to do some extra review. Let us know what you think, this was a really cool one to work on with April and its been fun to see how much her corner speed has improved from this day of practice! Let us know if you have any questions or if this helps you out at all :)
I think the pace that you explain things is perfect for the amount of information you give and is easily absorbed. Everyone absorbs info differently but at least if need be there is a pause and rewind option! Keep up the good work.
Sooo much useful information in this video, the time spent definitely paid off! So much more than just 'here's how to do a berm' type of videos. Stuff you can apply all over the place and other types of turns too. I'm texting myself almost too many notes for my next trail ride. One thing that is really so important in learning is hearing the same thing over and over, even your advice on tilting your head a little bit is a great reminder from your wall ride video.
Personally I believe the detail provided is what sets your videos apart, Kyle. You break thinks down into the little parts that others just kind of gloss over. This not only teaches at a whole 'nother level, it provides for a lot of replayability as I can try to apply things and then watch it again and pick up on things I had forgotten and then go back and try to get even better. Just really good stuff!
The table of contents with time line is HUGE plus to go back to something you want to see again!
That is a great tip for sure. This one was really difficult to put together. Hopefully we can focus on slightly less complicated ones moving forward!
"Look for success. Don't try to look for failure." -Kyle Warner
Words to live by both in mtb and life!
Agree :)
Best advice for 2020
Definitely. I've been riding for about 5 years, for most of that time my issue has been fear of falling off, which I have done a fair few times, I'm getting better gradually but fear of falling can often lead to falling, like lack of self confidence and being over cautious tends to lead to mistakes, often through going too slow and bad body positioning.
Great videos, I tend to avoid mtb trails as I don't really understand how to do them properly and I'm usually learning from my own experience so I'm already learning so much from watching just a few of these videos.
I'd never have previously considered that the position of the head can affect the way the bike handles.
In team sports we talk about there being a huge difference between trying not to lose vs trying to win.
Yours are easily the best how-to MTB vids I've seen, and I've seen many (I need a lot of help). Thank you.
Haha we are glad that we can help you :)
Totally agree
I said THE SAME thing a couple months back and Kyle and April are CRUSHING with the progression! These guys rock!
Wow
Kyle - your awareness is incredible. Your ability to convey what you see is premier as well!
Thank you!
Working with April - seeing her smile and body change through the video is awesome! Body change - I ran that you're more relaxed and your progression from uncertainty to confidence expressed through your ease versus slight nervous energy at the beginning of the videos.
You can't fake that guy's!
You guys are simply wonderful!
I can't wait to hopefully ride with you two one day!
Same. I'm not that bad of a rider but you're helping me clean some nonsense up. Very fundamental and clear.
Man, Kyle is a beast at shredding and April's progression in incredible
Thank you so much!
As a long (long) time mtb rider, and now a senior, I find your videos awesome refreshers to correct bad habits - and learn new tricks/styles to make my riding not only safer, but more fun. The way you break the routines down, along with the (a picture is worth a thousand words) appropriate graphics, are done so well. Congrats and keep the tutorials coming!
Now I understand why April is such a badass and not scared to have a go. She rides moto.
I thought the exact same thing. Very impressive skills 👍
I wish I could teach my kids to ride like this. So much patience and positive reinforcements.
CANNOT WAIT FOR THE JUMPS VIDEOS
We are excited to help you guys with jumping too!
Same, jumping is my absolute weakness. Can’t get the back wheel off because I’m always dead sailor.
@@calebdavenport1231 ikr, and when i land I land really bad and have some nasty crashes
You can watch this one whilst you wait 🙂 th-cam.com/video/5k1X60KtRLU/w-d-xo.html
Heck yeah
10:38 "Look for success, don't look for failure"
This is hit me, I'm always "looking out" for issues and I either ride into them or lose so much speed avoiding them.
It is so true!
So.....not only smoking hot..but also rides motocross......Kyle you struck gold my friend!!
So glad you're putting your health issues behind you and still producing great content. Best of luck.
So something that helped me in a big way is the understanding of shared wheel traction between cornering a braking. The reason you want to control your your braking before a corner is that you share your wheel traction on the tire that is doing the cornering and then if you are braking. If you don't brake you don't share traction and all of the available traction is in your cornering. If you have to brake while cornering, then you are stealing your shared traction from your cornering traction.
Yeah so true! We explained all that stuff more in depth in the braking video but you are spot on with that logic. Thanks for watching Justin!
Seriously dude, you have to open up schooling for mtb skills development with April. Your detailed explanation really help us a lot. My wife and I are also starting to hone our skills. Great job both of you.
Have to completely agree with MAHKI599 TV's thoughts on how awesome you guys would be at hosting MTB skills clinics...no doubt there'd be a long waiting list of riders willing to travel to you for the top-quality coaching! Can subscribers from the original 100K get moved up on the list? ;) Fantastic (as always) breakdown of effective riding techniques! Cheers from Chico! :)
Thank you so much! I definitely think we will do something fun like a camp next year or maybe do some as we travel next year :)
Agreed! A friend of mine just put down crazy amounts of cash for a 3 hours MTB coaching session. She loved it and took away tons of good tips. I'm sure people would travel to you guys for some coaching. Simple and precise explanations with the positive energy you guys put out is a 100% chance hit. Your vids have helped me and they were well separated from my riding sessions. Can't imagine how fast I would progress with some instant feedback from you guys. Keep up the amazing work!
@@AprilRideMTB 100% would travel for a clinic with you guys... and I live in Moab!
@@AprilRideMTB Just another voice saying I would travel for a chance to learn from you two at a clinic. Maybe something to consider in 2023 as Kyle's health continues to improve.
Look for success, not for failure! I like that 👍👍👍
Yes! Thank you!
I like this video. The one thing that I've seen 100% of TH-cam videos about cornering miss is telling riders to have their weight on the top or outside grip on the handle bar and not at all on the inside or lower grip on the handle bars!!
Love the channel!
Thanks Tony, glad you like this one!
Another absolutely helpful tutorial with all the important elements covered. One aspect that really drives your video apart from all other ones in trying to explain a how-to skill, is that yours just doesn't tell your viewers what to do, but provides a thorough explanation as to why it's done this way. Thank you for this 👌 video. Really love every single one you guys have done together. - huge fan!
Thank you so much Nhung :)
K: Great teacher that makes every points short and clear.
A: Quick learner with “just do it” spirit.
My all time favourite MTB tutorial channel👍👍
Thank you Johnson, that means a lot to us :)
Best place to be away from crowds during covid with tons of fun, MTB trail riding.
Couldn't agree more!
Another great one guys and another one to show the primary school kids I work with before they "attack" their schools bike track.
Thanks Ian!
First thing Kyle ever said to April, “Look for success, don’t try to look for failure” she’s looked at him that way ever since. 😉
haha 😊
I found for me its the most deep and technical "how to" on whole TH-cam. Thanks you for these videos, it's help me alot
Thank you!
Kyle is such a good coach and April is a rockstar
Thank you!
back for a refresher before I ride Sun Peaks Bike Park Kamloops BC!!
You're a good teacher Kyle ! I didn't know April rode motocross ! My favorite sport, ride every week. Do you ride motocross together ? If you don't , you should probably have videos that she teaches you some Moto skills ! Lol 😂
Hey Raymond! Yeah she raced the women's motocross outdoor series for years! We do ride a little bit together and this winter I think we will do some fun videos with you guys!
@@AprilRideMTB Cool , looking forward to that !
Watching this made me realize that I’m trying to ride berms too much like a flat turn. I need to stay more neutral and lean less. And the casual line “always look toward success”, excellent advice for all aspects of riding! As always, great video by genuinely good folks. There is a 5 mile green trail near me that has too many berms to count, I Can’t wait to get out there tomorrow and practice, practice, practice !! Thank you both, you continue to be a great inspiration for me.
Thank you so much Dave! Glad we can help! Let us know how it goes!
I didn't know about keeping the pedals level during compression berms until now. I thought that if the outside pedal can clear terrain, drop it! Oh my.
Awesome vid and that statement "try to look for success not for failure" Love IT!!!!
Thank you!!!
I am over 50 now and I just got a modern bike. (over 25 years on my old M2 ) Thanks for the tips. Many of these I have done intuitively. With these new fangled bikes - I am glad I can brake as late as possible. I am mainly a roadie and bike MTB on some off days.
Awesome to hear the tips are helping :)
I and I’d say most of the viewers really appreciate this series. Even though some of us have ridden for years it’s great having these videos to kind of put our technique back in check and get rid of some bad habits. Looking forward to the next video!
Thanks Jeremy, glad you are able to take something away from our videos. They aren't just for beginners :)
When you come in from a big ride , check your phone and this pops up in your notifications,
Happy Days !
Awesome, sorry we couldn't get it out before the ride.
I know you guys are super busy, so thank you for the 2nd video on cornering.
Yeah thank you for watching!!
Literally the best tutorial! Nobody else describes what you feel on the bike!
I came to mountain biking after years of racing motor bikes on the track. For the first few months I’d wash out in corners, it was doing my head in. It wasn’t until I “unlearnt” my moto technique that the wash outs became less frequent. Thank you for every one of your videos. I often watch one before I head out and use it as my skill focus for the ride.
Yeah it is crazy how similar, yet how different MTB and motorcycle skills are. Hopefully this video still helps you "unlearn" some of those techniques :)
Kevin, I've actually used all their videos to setup a Preride Watchlist for our clubs beginners. The idea is for the beginners to watch as many of them as possible while eating breakfast before heading out to the trails so that the brain 🧠 is all warmed up and ready to tackle the trail features.
Was waiting for this video for a while, glad you guys got it out. Again, thanks for all the effort that you put into making these videos.
Hope you like it :)
...Im enjoying your Videos more than i'm actually Riding the Bike, Good Stuff here.
Thanks Jonathan!!!
The quality of these videos is insane. Such great instruction with perfect visual aids.
Thank you so much!!!
this helped so much, i used to always ride to high on the berms and i would accidentally go over the top. now you have taught where to look i can ride berms at a much faster pace without being to scared to fall over the top. thankyou! :)
Glad it helped! 😊
You two are such a great team. I see April’s “before” footage, and see an accomplished rider. Then I watch Kyle fine tune her riding (wow is he ever observant!) and she kills it every time! Well documented, well-coached, and so useful for helping me with my mtn biking skills. Thanks!
Thanks Rose thats really sweet :)
I am pretty sure I know some of these tips, but I am positive I don’t explain it as well as you do! Thnx - it will help me explain things better on the trail with my family!
Great to hear!
Since bike designs are well engineered, the riders evolve with it too ,like you Kyle there are techniques like in cornering to make use what the bike its capable of, good job to you and April.
Thank you so much francis!
Really loved where you said "look for success not failure" This can apply in so many areas of life. Really cool to see this apply while riding too! Another incredible helpful video that I was able to apply out on the trails! Love the Ride MTB shirts too! Nice work both of you!
Thank you Brett! That is a great quote :)
Hands down the best how-to mtb in youtube 🙌 Great value to the community. You help so many of us! thanks 🙏
I appreciate that! Thank you for watching Miguel!!
Fantastic videos guys, so helpful. Keep up the great work!
Best MTB teacher on youtube.
Thanks Mike!!!
@@AprilRideMTB I use your side-to-side exercise for flat turns before every ride now. So helpful in getting my mind and body right before hitting the trail.
The explanation is good, excellent, please
Ah! That hanging off thing is insidious for those of us who rode motorcycles. I will have to work on that on my ride tomorrow!
Let us know how it feels!!
@@AprilRideMTB Definitely better! I knew the principal before, but I think I was leaning body then bike anyway out of habit. Just thinking, "Bike leans, body follows," made a big difference - faster, more stable cornering. And then I fell off a rock and sprained my ankle.
You folks are appreciated! thanks for very useful information
What great coaching! You rock Kyle and April!
Love the vids it helps me a lot.
That’s awesome! Thanks Tim!
Very informative tutorial as always! Attention to detail is superb! Please also include steep downhill switchbacks on the next one 😅 thanks guys! 🤙
Yeah will do JV! Thanks for watching!
Awesome coaching and riding! 🙌🏻🙌🏿🙌🏽 Thanks for the solid content.
Thanks Kyle and April. Great video, and so many useful tips and explanations.
The effort it takes to create something like this is crazy, huge respect and thank you for giving us this useful information. What do you do if the berm has obstacles in it, like if rain washed some of it out and its not smooth? Anyway thanks again, planning filming and especially editing this would have been a beast!!
Thanks! Yeah its a mission haha. Its worth it though for sure to help all you guys out and its been super rewarding. I will usually try to read the terrain as I am coming into the turn and look for any major ruts or issues. Then I will try to find the smoothest arc above, below, or over those obstacles if I can. Usually if you just look down the trail and stay relaxed you can get over some decent sized things without too much of an issue :)
I love the directions you are sharing and in practice find that these helpful, but would love tips for a hard tail. How does the body position change when riding a hard tail through berms?
Excellent explanation which is reflected in a thumbs up to thumbs down ratio of about 280 to 1! In fact, this video is so good, I believe the 15 thumbs down were all unintentional misclicks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have an amazing coach who is helping me enormously. I find the techniques you guys, and he teaches are very similar. It’s valuable to watch your great videos for revision, and more demos and descriptions. They are keeping me sane while stuck in a motel room (isolation) for two weeks. No riding!
Glad they are helping you get through your two weeks!
Really looking forward to the uphill switchbacks! I need to figure those out!!
Me and my dad where cycling and there was like a natural pump track we couldn't get faster by peddling and because of your videos I knew how to pump and because of that I could catch up to my dad.
And it helps me for jumps I've been able to do small gap jumps and I beat my highest jump and got my best distance witch helped me with my channel.
So thank you so much you've helped me and my friend (we are both noobs) so much keep up the good work.
That’s so cool! Nice work Jojo!
you two are legends.
The one suggestion I'd have is to learn what counter-steering is and how to use it to effectively turn a bike. A lot of people assume it's just something you do on motorcycles, but that's not true. When you say you're pushing the inside handlebar down, you're initiating a counter-steer. Great content, by the way.
1 - She entered wide on the outside of the turn.
2 - She's looking ahead (where she wants to go).
3 - Her body is in a better position over the bike, not as far forward (not as tall and straight armed).
Nailed it! Yeah it was cool seeing how much changed in that session!
Kyle re: leaning, would you say there’s a little “bike-body separation” in berms as well? Thanks for another great tutorial vid 🤙
Hey Peter, Yeah I like to have a little bike body separation on most bermed corners but on really high speed, high g force turns I will be closer to 50/50 centered over the bike
I'll hit the like button in every video of theirs just coz they are a very nice and decent couple. Very good vibes and good tutoring. Great channel guys !!
Love from Nepal.
Thank you so much Rajeeb :)
This was great. Thank you. Now to practice!!
Breaking the motorcycling habit of shifting body weight to the inside has been one of the hardest cornering habits for me to break. I've been aware of it even prior to your video, but leaning the bike more than my body still feels unnatural.
Awesome! I never realized there was a difference before this video! -April
I ordered my first mtb and Im a biker with lots of track days experience like you and I know I will have a lots of problems with dropping my hips, knee in.Thanks for the video because now I know it doesn't work the same way 😉.
What you're doing guys is really helpful, thanks👍
Another great one but where is April's How to Backflip video?!
haha im too nervous for that one ;) she would definitely go for it haha
Truly one of my favorite channel on YT, so much information. Thumbs up.
Thank you so much!
This was so intresting to watch! Thanks April &kyle
10:53 haha April’s turn
Haha pun intended
I started applying these lessons at Bogus this year and they have truly elevated my riding and confidence in corners and berms. Thanks!
Excellent tips and very detailed! thanks for the video
So glad I ran across your TH-cam channel. I am learning so much!!
Another Great video. Great teaching team!
Awesome vid thanks guys, big help trying to break my bad habits from riding a 1200cc sportsbike
Happy to help! Thanks for watching!
We all need someone who looks at us the way April looks at Kyle. Amazing. Keep up the good work!
Thanks! 😊
Great instructions. Great team 👍
ive contacted a trainer for a private session to improve my cornering , i send him links to both youre vids about cornering as an example what i would really like to do... so thanks a lot again!
Thats so cool! Have fun!
Great video! Always great quality...Thanks you two!
Thanks for watching! Its fun sharing these with you guys :)
Very good explained. I like especially the 30/70 percent pictures with the hip outside the bike axle
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
Kyle does such a good job at breaking this down into digestible pieces. I have been trying to do what is shows and have improved my overall cornering and increased my speed A LOT! I miss his instructionals maybe you should colab with him some time, when it stops being weird.
It’s not weird, that is your assumption and addressing it makes it weird.
I agree he taught so well and the channel is still open to him if he wanted to create. But if you rewatch his exit video it is not possible for him with his health and he has chosen a different path in life.
Great video as always Kyle and April! Thanks for the tips!
Thank you!
Good day Kyle/April! I’m one of your subscribers frm the Philippines.. am also a MTB rider and i learned a lot frm your vlog(tutorial). Stay SAFE and GOD Bless...
Thats so cool! Thanks Jose
There is a lot to unpack in that one. Will check it out on my ride tomorrow. Thanks you two!
Hope it helps. The tips Kyle gave me felt rather subtle and were hard to know exactly what I was doing until I saw the footage, but they really helped!
I needed this before I hit mammoth a few days ago! but at least im watching it now. thank you so much for these lessons, Ive seen my improvements rapidly after each video and then going and trying it on the local trails.
Awesome to hear Jake!
“Look for success and not for failure.” Great advice!
Thanks for these tips, it is a great help for an old motorcycle, dirt and road, rider. I look forward to trying this on my next ride.
Great to hear Doug!
This is the best cornering tutorial I've seen.
That’s awesome! Thanks Andy!
oh man... I needed this lesson. Thx so much for breaking it down the how and the why.... awesome tips. Cheers!!!!!!
Thank you, hope it helps!
Another great video - I can see how i am doing some of the same things that April corrected in the video. Killington Mountain Bike park opens next weekend so i'm anxious to try these tips !
Thank you two. I just ran into you at the sea otter classic and I put all your videos that I have watched to test. Being a fresh rookie
I did not finish last in the pro class. So thank you!
All great tips! Always something to focus on while riding.
Thank you!
Thank you for taking your time ,to teach us beginners.
Thanks for watching Rafael!
These videos are amazing. Great progress by April and great coaching by Kyle!
Thank you!!!
I'm glad you have another video out! I've learned so much from you. THANK YOU!
You are so welcome!
These videos are just SO DARN GOOD! Keep up the great work guys - can't thank you enough :D
Thanks Brian!
Awesome and super helpful video as always, thanks guys!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've been wanting a mountain bike for a long time but your videos made all the things I've wanted to do so approachable that I literally went out and bought a bike today. Working on those manuals already!
Wow that is so awesome to hear! Glad to be there for the start of your MTB journey!!!
Another great instructional video!!! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Perfect timing, I've been meaning to work on these! What great explanation from Kyle and absolutely fantastic progression from April. I can imagine how much work goes into these videos, and I really appreciate it. I think I'll be joining your Patreon crew soon
Thats so cool! Thank you :) it was a ton of work but always worth it!
Kyle is such a great teacher. Although there are a lot of little details, he also keeps it simple, which I need the most! Thank you. :)