“What a beautiful creation the mountain bike; what else can circle so many hard to reach places within an embrace of so many kilometers.”

This Saturday we were treated to an amazingly epic mountain bike route in the southern foothills of the Pyrenees. I could claim that this was research for my Spanish Pyrenees holiday, and indeed it was, but more than that it was about riding bikes with friends. This part of Spain is famous for its rock-climbing but the mountain biking is equally good here, and the scenery is spectacular, like something out of the wild west. The area is around and hour and three-quarters from San Sebastian so is a little bit far for our San Sebastian based mountain bike holidays, but it is possible to do as a day trip or with the option of spending one night here during a weeks holiday. Read on for more pictures and a description of the route. Read the post »

Our current tops in action.

We are about to order a new batch of BasqueMTB mountain bike tops. Some of you who have visited us for a mountain bike holiday may have seen the tops, or you may even have one! This years tops are of the same design however we are going to use a new company to produce them. Read on for photos, designs and order information.

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A historical village at the top of a mountain.

Another day mountain biking in Spain. This time I left the Basque Country and drove south into Spain, towards Pamplona. The trail was a remote mountain, around an hour and twenty minutes from San Sebastian. My friend Javito had a holiday so was joining me, partly to show me some trails and partly to do some trail finding. We rode until the sun set, I crashed 4 times and we rode some of the finest singletrack I’ve ridden in a long time. Throw in war heroes, plane crashes, mountain top graveyards and it all adds up to a fine day mountain biking and somewhere we might take you on your mountain bike holiday. Read the post »

Biking high above Spain and France with the Pyrenees in the background.

As the economic crisis rumbles on my friend from Pamplona, Antonio, finds himself with a holiday every Tuesday. So, Spain’s loss is our gain and we plan to use his holiday for mountain biking each week. This Tuesday Antonio told me he had a new route from a mountain which sits on the border with Spain and France, around equidistant from San Sebastian and Pamplona. I had taken my bike there previously and not found a route but Antonio assured me that this descent was one of the best he knows. That was enough to convince me! Read on for more about how we spend Antonio’s Tuesday holiday… Read the post »

Happy New Year from BasqueMTB We wanted to wish everyone the very best for 2012. We hope that it holds lots of good stuff, not least biking, for everyone. Hogmanay is also a good time to take stock of the previous year and plan for the new year. At BasqueMTB we have been doing exactly that. 2011 was a great year for us, it was the first year that we were properly busy and it was important to us that everything went well and we enjoyed it. Some of you will have played a part and for that we thank you sincerely. We have been very lucky to spend our time with so many nice and interesting people since we opened.Some things will change for 2012 and other things will stay the same. Read on to see what we are planning. You can also sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.   Read the post »