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The wheels on the ground type and how to keep speed and control all the way to the bottom.","thumb":"","id":24990},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-24.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-24.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Graeme has tweaked his technique after Ed called it \"shit\"! Now he has it nailed perfectly :-)","thumb":"","id":24992},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-26.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-26.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Everyone gets their cameras out on this little boat journey. We have a few hours of cycling, on amazing coastal singletrack, before we arrive at the beach in San Sebastian. We dumped the bikes in the van, which Dave drove there, had a swim and a beer and then I took everyone for a tour of the pintxos bars.","thumb":"","id":24994},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-27.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-27.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"On our \"day off\" Ed and I decided we needed to get radical. 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I have ridden this quite a lot of times before but even still I needed to stop just to take in how beautiful it all is.","thumb":"","id":25000},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-35.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-35.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Then it gets really, really rocky. It's amazing and the exposure just adds to the sense of location.","thumb":"","id":25002},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-36.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-36.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"The rocky exposure just keeps on coming, and coming and coming. If you don't think that this looks like fun then you aren't going to enjoy this trail one little bit!","thumb":"","id":25005},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-39.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-39.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Ed keeping his composure and carrying a bit of speed despite the exposure!","thumb":"","id":25007},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-40.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-40.jpg","width":800,"height":449,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Slagg Valley: It sure is pretty!","thumb":"","id":25009},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-41.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-41.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"For the first day of the second week we started with some coastal uplift. We looked at line choice and body position. It was amazing to see the different lines that people took, purely because they weren't confident moving the bike over some rocks. After some skills from Ed everyone was taking more direct, faster and smoother lines.","thumb":"","id":25011},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-42.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-42.jpg","width":800,"height":449,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Ian was fast today, it really looked like he had done this before and it turned out he had been on one of Ed's courses before! Still there were things to work on though and he was so much faster and smoother after some tips.","thumb":"","id":25013},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc00062-790x1024.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc00062.jpg","width":790,"height":1024,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Jon with his face of concentration as he really throws the bike into this rocky section on All Along the Watchtowers. Ed tweaked his bike set up after this because his bars were just too wide and were forcing him to do strange things with his shoulders in the corners. It was impressive to see the difference it made.","thumb":"","id":25015},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-43.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-43.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Jim trying the new lines on this slightly wider rocky section.","thumb":"","id":25017},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-45.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-45.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"And Jim's partner Esther nailing it as well.","thumb":"","id":25019},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc00064-793x1024.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc00064.jpg","width":793,"height":1024,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Another angle of Esther riding the rocky sections.","thumb":"","id":25021},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-47.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-47.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"And Jon really working this rocky section with some aggressive body positioning.","thumb":"","id":25023},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc00092.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc00092.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Climbing into the start of Celtic Flo.","thumb":"","id":25025},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-4.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-4.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Ed leading Elizabeth down UHR, one of my favourite trails at the moment. 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You basically unweight the front wheel to get over the rut and up on the bank before coming off the brakes and accelerating down into the singletrack below.","thumb":"","id":25035},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc00095.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc00095.jpg","width":800,"height":565,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"More work on Celtic Flo, here is Jon riding the steep switchbacks. He got it the first time but then couldn't repeat it, really frustrating for him. He nailed it though and I think he would get it almost every time from now on.","thumb":"","id":25037},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc00099.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc00099.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Toby spotted some mushrooms on the trail, keep your eyes on the prize Toby!","thumb":"","id":25039},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-51.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-51.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Toby gives it his all...","thumb":"","id":25041},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-52.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-52.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"... but his first attempt doesn't end well!","thumb":"","id":25043},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-53.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-53.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Ed hits it with his always-perfect style.","thumb":"","id":25045},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc00108-768x1024.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc00108.jpg","width":768,"height":1024,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Toby railing it round some proper singletrack corners.","thumb":"","id":25047},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mountain-bike-skills-1.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mountain-bike-skills-1.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Ed playing at skipping in the woods. I didn't know he was doing this until I saw the photo!","thumb":"","id":25049},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-55.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-55.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Jon tackling a very difficult section on our big point-to-point from Gipuzkoa to Navarra. Perfectly done!","thumb":"","id":25051},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-56.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-56.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"And it's Jon again, this time riding the horse tracks which contour the hills around here. 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You need to carry momentum, choose good lines and really work the trail to make progress here. A pedal clip is always millimetres away and you have to think about almost every pedal stroke and watch your pedal position. Pumping is almost always better than a ratchet with the cranks. Here we have Ed leading Toby down the trail.","thumb":"","id":25059},{"status":"active","src":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-63.jpg","title":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","link":"https:\/\/www.basquemtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/basquemtb-63.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"alt":"Great Rock Mountain Bike Skills Holiday","caption":"Once we get off the exposed mountain tops we drop into a the trees, still on contour singletrack. 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