West Wales Trails bike hire, guided riding & holidays, skills coaching in Brechfa forest, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion & Pembs

Guided biking & MTB skills holidays Preseli mountains

Enjoy a short break on our farm, with Matt a qualified SMBLA guide and experience your own taste of adventure. We welcome all sorts from the complete novice with no kit to the seasoned biker with all the gear.

We welcome individuals, couples and small groups on all the weekends.

Non-cycling guests are just as welcome for a less active break with plenty to see and do in the area.

Food is the really special part and we feel quite proud to say that we source nearly all of our fresh ingredients from our organic market garden. Wholesome, vegetarian fare is the only one on the menu and rest assured that it will satisfy even the hungriest of carnivorous appetites.

Our biking breaks include 2 nights accommodation and 2 days guiding and coaching, full-board. We have a beautiful new green oak and stone cottage which sleeps 7 and a converted smithy which sleeps 19. Team participation, safety and fun are paramount when guiding groups so we have designed progressive courses to suit all abilities.

The Newbie

We see many people who've just got into biking on the trails with all the gear and no idea. Come on our course, ride in different environments before you shell out on kit you don't need or can't ride. See what bike and kit would really suit what YOU want to get out of mountain biking. We'll use our skills area on the farm to build the essential techniques then head out into the hills for some action and will cover:

Choosing a bike
Bike clothing and safety/repair kit
Choosing routes
Braking
Cornering slowly and at speed
Bumps and rocky trails
Gear selection
Ascending and descending
Controlling the bike at speed
Basic bike/puncture repair

Trail-Junkies course

This is aimed at those who love trail centres and want to get more out of them. Using the trails at Brechfa, Cwm Rhaeadr & Afan forest and other secret local trails, we'll make sure you get the most out of your break and will cover the following and more: Gorlech Berm

Bike setup
Body position
Effective braking
Line selection
Technical Descents
Technical Ascents
Cornering at speed
Railing berms
Tackling drop-offs
Getting air
Trailside repairs
Dealing with accidents

The All-rounder

This course will give you all the tools to become a great all round biker. We will ride every sort of terrain that Wales has to offer from mountain classics to rural singletrack, bridleways and a spattering of trail centre classics. Cambrian mountain singletrack on a near perfect day

Personal and group kit
Route planning
Navigation
Bike setup
Riding wet and loose tracks
Cornering
Technical ascending & descending
Rock drops
Bumps and jumps
Fitness and Nutrition
Warm ups and stretches
Trailside repair
Dealing with accidents

We just wanna ride

For organised groups of 6 or more who just want to ride, please enquire for short breaks at any time of the year. We'll take you out and show you the best that Wales has to offer, take you to the fun spots and just get on our bikes and ride. We can cover what ever style of biking you want; XC, Freeride or DH.

Bike maintenance courses

With years of building and tinkering with his own bikes, guiding and for the last 6 years running a fleet of hire bikes Matt is a very experienced bike mechanic, both in the workshop and on the trailside.

Look after your bike well and you wont spend £100's on new parts and services & every ride piddlin' about with broken gears, substandard brakes and bits falling off. We'll supply tools and a bikestand and let you loose on some of our (older!) hire bikes or tune up your own.

You can tag this onto one of the courses or contact us for availability, day or evenings.

1/2 day basic bike maintenance and trailside repairs - £45 p/p, max 6 people