How To Corner A Mountain Bike - Better Flat Turns In 1 Day

Cornering is the most important skill to learn in Mountain Biking and with the drills I teach in this video I promise I can help you turn better on your bike!

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00:00 Intro
01:25 Aprils First Runs
02:14 Overview Of What We Will Work On
03:19 Bike Setup For Cornering
03:59 Drill #1 Overview
05:09 Explaining Weight Balance
06:21 April Drill #1
07:28 Drill #2 Overview
08:12 April Drill 2
09:28 Talking About Forward Body Position
10:22 Drill #3 Overview
10:38 April Drill 3
11:22 Talking About Body Lean Angle
13:20 Drill 3 Wrap Up
14:05 Corner Line Choice And Brake Zone
15:06 April Final Runs
16:06 Final Wrap Up
17:42 Blooper

[MbanziSD]

My wife was just watching over my shoulder and remarked: "If you had that much patience teaching me I would have been a downhill racer". Keep up the good work!

[christopherebeling]

"anyone can go fast into a corner, good riders go fast out of corners". That's the quote of all time.

[merrittsquared]

I’m a therapist and biker....you do an incredible job reinforcing behaviors and keeping things positive while giving feedback and coaching. You have a natural ability in teaching and coaching. Love the videos and I’m learning a bunch from the two of you!

[los]

For anyone wondering if Kyle and April are like this in real life... absolutely! Genuinely nice people who truly support our local MTB community.
I’m grateful to see these videos getting such a great response. We’re lucky to have them here!

[itisdanl]

I’ve seen countless how to MTB videos. You are, in my opinion, the best teacher on YouTube. Thank you...

[AprilRideMTB]

I really hope you guys find this video helpful :) it was a lot of information to try to cover in one day / video so if you have any things you would like to see in part 2 let us know in the comments! Thank you all for being so awesome! we love our crew!

[SydDante]

Also, you two are relationship goals. I hope I one day find someone who looks and smiles at me the way April does to you haha!

[appalling]

Cornering at speed is one thing that's really holding my MTB fun back, especially on flat. I saw this last night and then spent this morning on tarmac doing the drills above and it's *insane* how much more rooted I felt to the ground. Hit a trail afterwards and was so much quicker and more confident, now I've just got to figure out how to hit the jump after the last corner about twice as fast as I normally do!

[donotrobme]

Best private coach on YouTube. I can’t even imagine what this would cost to hire u per hour. Thank u for the time and knowledge u two give. I love the comment of “anyone can go into a corner fast, only pros leave a corner fast”. To be honest, it cut deep and made me re evaluate. Thx!! 😀

[mattrohr]

I've never seen a better instructor or student, Kyle is really gifted in communication and technique. And April has great focus and attitude. Thank you for these really helpful classes

[nicolebennett]

This is the best cornering video, which clearly explains the body positioning and gives great drills. Thank you!

[jasonchenier]

Guys, this is exceptionally done.
Everything from technique, teaching strategies, to just being kind to one another.
Brilliantly done.

[steveroadsalt]

I must say you are one of the most patient and helpful instructors on YouTube ! I’ve leaned more from your videos so far than from 100s of others I’ve watched. Thank you for your incredible instruction and keep ‘em coming. Fantastic series!

[Tzuau]

Being such a noob (first trail yesterday), I can’t believe how helpful and on-point these vids are. I really appreciate the work you guys put in to these!

[trackie]

He mentioned going to the basketball court to fool around. I always suggest to people that when they are waiting for other riders to show up, spend the time playing on their bikes instead of just sitting there. Practice anything, track stands, bunny hops, see how small a figure eight you can ride. It’s all good!

[alannacaldwell]

This video was the most helpful of all the cornering vids I've watched. I recently took a clinic where we focused on these cornering techniques, but I became frustrated for not getting it quicker. This vid helped to reassure me that this takes a ton of practice and may not be mastered in a few hours. I plan to persevere with pilons in the parking lot. Thank you!

[quelorepario]

Lol this channel is next level, this is a masterclass on how to make dating tax deductible.

[debs_wheels]

I LOVE the Kyle and April video series. I’m learning so much! The way you structure these videos totally aligns with the way my brain works.

[DaisyStanton]

What's so valuable to me about this video is seeing how a true novice would perform a technique poorly, and then seeing it visually compared with correct technique (the annotated stills are fantastic!)

So often skilled instructors show you the right way of doing something, and when they try to imitate the "wrong" way, it just looks odd, because they can't do it naturally. :-)

Huge thank you to both of you for using this invaluable pedagogical technique so that we n00bs can really see what can go wrong and how to improve on it.

[dixonkim]

Kyle and April, I'm kind of a newbie to mountain biking and I've learned so much about how to corner from this video. However, the most important lesson I've learned is seeing the love, patience and understanding that you display as a couple. I think if there were more like you two, there'd be less divorces in the world.