Why US? Well, apart from the fantastic sunny weather, the incredible trails for mountain bikers, roads straight out of the Tour of Spain route book, the friendly Andalucian people, the food, the scenery and so on and so on, we aim to offer something new and different.

Graham Lee

Dominic James

Barrie Clarke

Our main objective is to offer personalised training weeks and cycling holidays geared to rider development and that means that not only do you get to ride in one of the most picturesque areas of Europe but you become a better rider at the same time.

Each rider and group of riders is assessed from information supplied on booking, and again once you are riding with us, so that the rider is grouped with others of similar fitness level, ability and training goals. That means that if you want a week of high intensity speed work, low intensity volume work or just want to have a week away from the stresses of work, we can tailor your week accordingly.

To help us achieve these aims we have enlisted the help of qualified coaches, professional cyclists from road and MTB, and importantly, we believe, we have listened to many riders who regularly attend training weeks or take their bike on holiday.

An example of this in practice is our successful partnership with TORQ Fitness. Owner and qualified coach Matt Hart runs fitness and development weeks with us for both MTB and road here in Andalucia.

Here are a few comments from our guests:

“What a week! After collection from the airport by Graham -- our local guide and trail King – we checked in to our hotel, re-built our bikes and hit the trails straight away to warm up our legs with some technical coaching from Matt – fitness coach and mtb’er extraordinaire. This provided an invaluable reference point throughout the holiday against which we regularly measured progress.

The second day was devoted to fitness testing during which we were each individually tested for lactate threshold levels and maximum power performance over a 30 minute interval. The results were then analysed and e-mailed to us enabling us to calculate our own individual training zones. This data will also provide a useful benchmark for year-on-year fitness levels.

By the third day we were ready for some volume riding and boy did we get our just deserts. Starting with some hugely fun single track which climbed progressively higher and higher, we arrived at the base of a fearsome mountain. One hour of steep, loose climbing later and with legs screaming for relief our ordeal was over and we assembled at the summit for our souvenir group photograph. Now for the descent – follow me said Graham! Disappearing into the bushes the next 30 minutes was an eye-popping heart in the throat exhilarating and sometimes scary adventure down goat paths, across rock gardens, down drop-offs and around challenging switchbacks. Matt was the only one to complete the entire section on two wheels - the rest of us resorting to 2 feet on occasions!

Day four saw a 75 km volume tour around the beautiful Coin district and outlying villages mainly on fire roads and single track.

Day five was scheduled to be a rest day but we all wanted to get back out on our bikes. We were joined by some local riders and spent the day with more technical coaching and practice. We all benefited hugely regardless of our pre-existing ability.

Days six was race practice day in which we circumnavigated several laps of a technical and challenging cross country course at maximum speed. After lunch we headed over to some more technical single track for some more laps and practice of our new-found technical abilities.

Day seven was in many ways the highlight of the week. We loaded the bikes into the trailer and headed off deep into the mountains. We spent the whole day traversing goat tracks and fire roads up and down some of the most magnificent and rugged mountain scenery in Europe - arriving back at the hotel exhausted but elated. Most of us fell asleep in the car on the way back!
Day eight arrived all too soon and marked the day when we must all return to our day jobs. However, early afternoon flights meant we could snatch a bonus hour or two back out on the single track and cross country course for one last blast.

This was one week I shall never forget. The sun shone every day, the riding was challenging and rewarding, the scenery was magnificent and the trails were perfect. I arrived back in London mentally refreshed and physically exhausted ready to apply my new-found skills to some local trails and race-days. I'll be back there in March.” Richard Mills.

“Just a short note to thank you for providing an excellent week of mountain biking and fitness training. It was hard work, but I truly enjoyed the riding and the company. The legs don’t feel too bad – so the TORQ Ribose must work. Of the various mountain biking holidays I have been on, this trip rates alongside my favourite in Sardinia – you have found some great singletrack and the fitness and technical training element is really unique in my experience. From a leisure perspective I know that a number of the riders I have met on other trips would really enjoy the singletrack and technical training elements.

I shall be emailing various of my contacts over the next week or so and giving them your web-site details, with a view perhaps to putting together a team for your event in March’06. Please let me know the dates for that fitness week and race so that I can check my diary and look at confirming my participation (at least on the fitness week if not the race itself) as this should provide an incentive to do some real training...” Ken Mutchell.