HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CORNERING!!! (SKILL DRILLS)

[@francomcsherrypostalteammt2196]

Simple but really effective vid bro! Gonna give this a try up the forry behind ma house. Was gonna ask how long for and sets but you answered all that at end cheers! If u get a chance wld love a video on braking distance, when and when not to brake like when ur bombing thro trees and you wanna rail that berm that's coming up or tight S section sort of thing. Again really appreciate u taking the time to post and explain your vids. Stay safe and well mate. 🤘

[@LewisBuchanan]

Course dude! Maybe I’m the future for sure. Thanks

[@craigmcdonald1]

thanks for the drills, shall practice, practice, practice

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks! No worries

[@BurningChariot]

Sick video, great drills and this to keep me busy whilst the trails are all closed. Keep smashing them out, love the vids

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks a bunch!

[@mrfish489]

The drills are great but it would be good if you could talk about the techniques you are using also, ie loading the outside hand , pedals up or flat, twisting hips etc,

[@ianw3811]

When I try cornering drills on gravel roads, my front wheel always washes out. In your case, and with many other pro riders, it’s the rear that skids when traction is lost. My rear is always glued somehow, and I’m always sceptical at taking turns high speed since my front wheel seems so easy to slide out. I feel like I ride with balanced weight distribution 50/50, I’ve tried 70/30 and 60/40 front/rear weight which seems to make the situation worse. Head angle is slack at 63.5°, but reach is 420mm which is quite short for me, so not quite modern geometry. With the short reach, I assume I don’t need to weight the front so aggressively, unlike with bikes that have more radical geometry. I could be wrong though, maybe my riding position is flawed. Suspension is set up good, 200mm of coil front and rear, super supple so that shouldn’t be an issue. Running 2.5 aggressive tread front and 2.3 fast rolling rear, so tires should have more grip in the front... I’m just really confused as of why pro riders always seem to have endless front wheel traction, and a loose rear, whilst in my case it’s the opposite. Greatest limiting factor to my riding right now, can’t corner fast and I’m unable to trust my front wheel traction. Would much prefer my rear to break traction since that’s a lot easier to control than a laterally sliding front wheel. I know you’re busy with EWS right now, so if you get a chance for a quick response whenever you’re bit more free, would be really appreciated. Best of luck in Italy!

[@minorharmonicscale]

I’m having sort of the same problem, don’t trust the front end on all materials. But looking at the slow-mo at 6:28, I see him leaning the handlebar and pushing it down(also counterweight with the body) I think the timing of the tilt and pushing/loading part is key In the apex of the corner when you need the most traction on the side-knobs, the tilt/push really digs in the front while the back becomes loose for a split second while all the weight countermoves to the other side. I’m Gonna set up a track and test 👍

[@ianw3811]

@@minorharmonicscale Thanks for your reply, you have a very good point about the timing of the tilt and loading the sideknobs. I'm going to experiment more with that, although can't find a nice gravel patch to set up a track around where I live in the city :( Anyways, appreciate your comment 👍

[@jackkozlowski5923]

Try lifting your elbows up a little to add weight onto your front wheel, and also bring your chest down towards ur bars 👍

[@godlike0630]

Shave your rear tires and glue it up front..problem solved.

[@nathangaffran]

I love doing that first cornering drill, reminds me of ski racing.

[@LewisBuchanan]

Yeah man!

[@sethhardinge8896]

Great video Lew!!!

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks 👌🏽

[@IsfjordenBASE]

This is great man! Maybe break down your body position relativ to your bike when doing these drills, crank position etc. That would give us some great insight in how to become better. Keep it up Lewis, you're killing it on the vids and instagram!

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks! Sure I will maybe break that down in the future. I just wanted to show some skill drill stuff to keep people busy

[@IsfjordenBASE]

@@LewisBuchanan Can't wait for this situation to be over and see you back in the EWS. Cheers!

[@peteybmtb]

Great vid! I would love to see more of these skills videos from you. It's interesting and helpful hearing your thought process as you do the drills yourself in real time. Having that third person camera as well as the pov is also a great idea and all helps to give the viewer an all round perspective of the drills and your body position, especially with being able to slow the speed on youtube to see how you turn your hips, drop a peddle and stick your knee out. Just a great job all round sir!

[@andresdavila4500]

The first drill was amazing... after two hours of trainning went out on a flowy trail, thought and felt like I was just rolling it, came out with a PR by two seconds...

[@LewisBuchanan]

Yo that’s epic! Good job

[@velovelo9300]

Great as always

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks 🤙🏽

[@Mendibil5]

Nice drills for ANYBODY riding a bike. Keep em comming Lew!

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks a bunch! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@wm4385]

Awesome sauce! Keeping you guys in our thoughts from here in the US. Heal together, ride together.

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks

[@anthonyrosso6942]

That was nice to see a bit how you train

[@LewisBuchanan]

👌🏽

[@jukatuka15]

Thanks for the tips! Will try that for sure

[@LewisBuchanan]

No worries!

[@stephenvincent7461]

awesome video! im definitely going to give these a try, being in the dry and flat desert where I ride we have a lot of flat/loose corners so this should help a lot

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks a bunch! Good luck. They are tricky but fun

[@bisforbroke4233]

Neighbors are gonna wonder why I’m eating shit on flat road

[@LewisBuchanan]

Haha 😂

[@TheCosTx]

already did :P I don’t recommend it on a tarmac road

[@LewisBuchanan]

Haha

[@willbennett7107]

I’m off to try this now

[@Blake_Cherubini]

Such a sick rider! We have been working on corners a lot lately since we are not really allowed to ride much right now! Great tips too!

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks!!!

[@vitaryanb]

Awesome video! Appreciate the content.

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks Ryan

[@carlyzf250]

Great video as always. would like to see a video on braking ,when you come on and off the brakes. I have Never seen a video thats commentating when the rider is on and off the brakes so it would be good to see. Braking is very confusing for alot of riders so I'm sure that would help alot out. :)

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks! Appreciate it. Maybe I can do that for the future for sure!

[@BurningChariot]

Would love this to man, good shout

[@francomcsherrypostalteammt2196]

Aye agree way these boyz if you can do a vid on that bro! 🤘

[@LewisBuchanan]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@LewisBuchanan]

Rad!

[@peterbowen4068]

keep them coming bro

[@LewisBuchanan]

Cheers!

[@James-dn1hu]

Really interesting video idea, love the content and will be sure to try these out. Would be interesting to see some meal prep/nutrition stuff

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks! Sure coming soon

[@jensuboening]

Awsome Video, I recently started practicing cornering on a fireroad and for me, l can feel it helps massivley when I ride a trail after hand. Definitley gonna try the figure eight sprints👍

[@LewisBuchanan]

Awesome! Enjoy them. They are challenging

[@jensuboening]

Yeah they Look like it😅

[@LewisBuchanan]

👌🏽

[@kennymilne7866]

Nice Lewis, more training tips like this please. Riding opportunities have changed so dramatically in the last couple of weeks

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks kenny

[@jaymac5268]

Please can we have more skills videos like this? for us mere mortals aka beginners/intermediate. Thanks

[@rourkeyliiid4769]

Legend, this is exactly what I need to improve on! Cheers dude 🤙

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks man

[@5492sparky]

Great vid Lewis. More of this while we're on lockdown would be great.

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks!

[@ezriderck]

Very practical drills...thanks

[@LewisBuchanan]

My pleasure

[@louisthain6630]

Very helpful video! Cheers

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks!

[@alanmorton8459]

Nice one, really liked that. Its good to see an elite EWS racer using a few stones on a fire road as a training exercise, as you say something any of us can do - and I will be doing it tomorrow!!! What sort of core and upper body work do you do, always looking for new ideas to add to my own routine.

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks! Take it easy man. Um just usually crunches, planks, kettle bell work etc. Press ups also. A good mix

[@alanmorton8459]

👍👍

[@tensuitengu7695]

Very nice video man , thank you

[@LewisBuchanan]

My pleasure! Thanks!

[@willbennett7107]

Awesome video mate will be trying this on my road in abit

[@LewisBuchanan]

Sick man!

[@danfsims]

This is the best cornering video for racers I’ve seen and I can do them in my local park! Thanks mate 👍🏻👍🏻

[@LewisBuchanan]

Daniel cheers mate. Enjoy

[@craigsyanan2621]

Pleaseee do more of these basic skills videos

[@LewisBuchanan]

👌🏽

[@michaelbrown8416]

Love the content

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks!

[@shaundownes4329]

Great video but could you talk us through your technique.do you push on the bars or through the pedals .if you could break it down in words for each part of the corner that would really help.cheers

[@epicmtbtrailz8234]

Excellent, more like this please!!

[@LewisBuchanan]

totally, thanks

[@stickboyjp]

I love this video. I think a lot of us need help on how to keep the front wheel from washing out. I assume it is a balancing on the bike issue, but I don't know what to do different.

[@LewisBuchanan]

Yeah it’s a balanced weight you should try have over the bike. I can maybe cover that stuff soon! Thanks for ya comment

[@kaltonian]

Nice 1, you can't beat the basics, for slalom it helps if you can ski, well for me it gave better understanding for flow, when you feel and understand the flow then you got it everytime

[@LewisBuchanan]

Totally

[@tissaenduroadventures7425]

Well done, did some tight cornertraining a few weeks back, I really noticed it helped with confidence of speed in the corners! I feel like I am trusting my tires more and dare to lean more into a corner! Little tip: I think you could keep your body more centred above you bike and lean the bike a little more while you stay more upwards! Always great to see your vids!

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Kalvinlee__]

I'm gonna try that 2moz. Thanks fella 👍

[@LewisBuchanan]

Rad to hear! Enjoy

[@DAllan-lz3lg]

Nice, must try some drills like that. Do you ride clipless ?

[@LewisBuchanan]

Awesome! Try it. Yes clipless!

[@mimmit37]

Hell yeah!

[@LewisBuchanan]

🤙🏽

[@joaovieira3264]

Some really good content here Lew. Keep this videos coming. I..I

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks!!!

[@louismarieallyndree290]

I really like this video ! Definitely gonna try it out at my place for these boring times quarantined... i was wondering about your bike (awesome btw!) , you have 130mm rear susp and 150 front susp, do you ever feel like you would need more travel for enduro racing ? we see all the bikes with endless 170mm travel, do you feel like you lack travel sometimes ? Thanks for the content, keep up the great work ! :)

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks so much I appreciate your kind words. I would happily race this bike yeah. I mean more would be nice...but who knows maybe something could happen 👀🤷🏼‍♂️ thanks for tuning in

[@go-explore]

Nice work Lewis! Keep the content coming! 🤙🤙😎😎

[@LewisBuchanan]

thanks!!!

[@cli4dbotards915]

Good stuff 👍

[@LewisBuchanan]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@living4adrenaline]

Skills for the DH track while you may be avoiding it 🤘

[@LewisBuchanan]

okay man!

[@davidrho]

Hey Dude, thanks for the videos - loving the POV camera and the second camera angle. Would you mind sharing which Maxxis tyres are you running?

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks! Maxxis dhf front and maxxis assegai rear

[@davidrho]

Lekker man. Are they 2.4 width? I putting DHR 2, 2.4 front and rear, super excited to feel the grip.

[@camerondavis7291]

@@davidrho well I'm pretty sure you can only get an assegai in 2.5, so the dhf would have to be 2.5+

[@ashbellamy7735]

Great vid Lewis. I'm new to mtb, need every coaching tip I can get. Originally from the Borders but moved away before it became a popular destination. Can I ask where this was filmed, looks like the river Tweed??

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks! Cool to have ya here. This is just outside Innerleithen. On a fire road near the golf course.

[@ashbellamy7735]

@@LewisBuchanan man first place I got a full time job after school, Ballatyne Cashmere....if it's still there...😂

[@eduardpujol8865]

What camera wearing in your helmet

[@LewisBuchanan]

Go pro hero 8 black

[@harris7772]

Yeah thats the worst surface... loose gravel is where ive had most of my fails or bails

[@LewisBuchanan]

Haha I know the feeling

[@living4adrenaline]

Sweet! Hardly anyone here in central oregon is riding, sucks but I've still been getting it in. Unrelated but broke a SRAM chain last week. Second SRAM chain in a year... Never broken a KMC chain. Anyone out there had better reliability W KMC? And now have a bent derailleur/hanger... First world problems!

[@felixmorissette8953]

FindingaBalance it could be worse my chain snapped and now my derailleur is bent

[@LewisBuchanan]

I run sram and been awesome so far. Did run kmc once but yeah heard that some people had issues with them 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@felixmorissette8953]

Lewis Buchanan still love their product just gonna do an improvised upgrade 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

[@jordanmccallum7903]

What tyre pressure do you normally run at inners ?

[@LewisBuchanan]

22 psi front & 27 psi rear

[@Petr388]

It is interesting that in your best run at 6:20 you are basically keeping your feet leveled while cornering and in all other runs you put your outside foot down. It has to do with the speed i guess. I am at this moment watching pros videos to see in which situations they put outside foot down and I notice that in most situations they try to keep them leveled....Easier to push through the ground and accelerate at the end of the turn, right?

[@alex_4cj64]

Maybe, i tend to go level but im no pro

[@wumbobo]

The reason for that is really because most corners in a race (flat or berms) are in places where it wouldn't be too advantageous to weight the outside foot (for example, lets say a rock garden is coming up after the corner or a jump, etc., on those features you always want to keep your pedals level, and you're right that it's easier and faster to accelerate when both feet are level). And to be honest, nowadays most corners in downhill tracks these days are berms, and it's really almost never good to weight the outside foot in a berm. Now on the contrast, you'll notice virtually all pros when they're riding on smooth/grass, or even gravel sections with flat turns are weighting the outside foot to try to get traction. Weighting the outside foot isn't a bad technique, but it needs to be used in very specific scenarios. Basically, if you're in a scenario where there is no cornering support, or anything aiding in traction (like a berm), and if it's convenient; that's when you'd want to weight the outside foot.

[@nathancollins4586]

Who would dislike this 😂😂

[@kallebackstrom264]

What riding shoes are those???

[@jackshuttleworth6570]

Kalle Bäckström ride concepts transition I think

[@LewisBuchanan]

Ride Concepts transition clipless shoes

[@kallebackstrom264]

@@jackshuttleworth6570 Thanks lad

[@kallebackstrom264]

@@LewisBuchanan Thanks lad

[@userwatttt]

Too many ads man :( I will definitely be using these activities in my future riding. Thanks!

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks. Hey that’s KZbin for ya. They just put them there!

[@OhNoItsPaul]

8:07 what's your Snapchat? And great video!

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks!

[@cristobalmunoz9222]

A like yuor video guy Lewis Buchanan in the Skill Drills session's good bike of enduro sig intos goods videos in the Tweed Valley and algu a Carre in yuor paid team's series way not guy? 🗣️yyaa for not a burn thes videos.

[@LewisBuchanan]

Thanks!

[@trialsiain]

Common sense but hopefully people who try this move the rocks afterwards. Not great for the log lorry tyres!

[@drschnudi]

cant watch the slowmo and read the text at the same time.. kind of annoying. ;)

[@oscarmoon9284]

if only you could click a button to pause the video....

[@xJamo98]

mate you need to sort out your spelling in those notes

[@LewisBuchanan]

I see zero spelling. Care to elaborate? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@SquadronLeadr]

As a certified pedant I can confirm, no spelling errors.

[@LewisBuchanan]

🤙🏽🙏🏼