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Bikes Of PedAlma Madrid to Barcelona 2025
26 May, 2025
The bikes of Madrid To Barcelona by PedAlma gives you an insight into how riders plan to take on this route through the lesser known roads between the two largest cities of the Iberian Peninsula.
Éric Lechat
Age: 51
Location: Marseille
Bike: Lapierre Xelius SL 8.0
Key items of kit: Aero bars - sacoche arrière et sacoche de cadre
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Jav
Age: 28
Location: Alcover
Bike: Giant Revolt Advance 2
Key items of kit: Shimano
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: No
Peter
Age: 51
Location: Wettingen
Bike: Cube agree pro
Key items of kit: Back bag Small bag
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: Other
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Guy Gerrish
Age: 56
Cap number: 27
Location: UK
Bike: Litespeed Titanium 11-34 Black Inc 50mm wheels Pirelli 30mm tyres
Key items of kit: Handlebar bag with battery packs and cables Frame bag with nutrition Seat post bag with spare and warm clothing
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Titanium
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Eduardo Martin
Age: 45
Cap number: 104B
Location: Logroño
Bike: CANYON GRAIL CFR
Key items of kit: CANYON TT BAR SRAM RED XPLR WOLFTOOTH 46T CHAINRING CADEX 40M WHEELS VITTORIA CORSA 30'' HAMMERHEAD KAROO
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Txiki
Age: 48
Cap number: 17
Location: Barcelona
Bike: MMR Grand Tour 2018 +21000kms Shimano 105
Key items of kit: Touch pad in handlebar (food) Geosmina Bags on top bar (power bank, documentation, mobile,..., frame (clothes, food) and small saddle bag (tools). If meteo change, I will add a big saddle bag with waterproof clothes. Lights: sigma 850 front + normal rear.
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: No
Daniel Giraldo
Age: 33
Cap number: 38
Location: Sant Antoni de Vilamajor
Bike: Canyon endurace cf 7 axs
Key items of kit: Bolsa de sillín: Apidura 7L Tope tube: Apidura x Canyon 1L Luz delantera: Fénix BC26R 1600L Luz trasera: Apace Visión:
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Carlos García Rufo
Age: 31
Cap number: 31
Location: MADRID
Bike: Cervelo P5
Key items of kit: Wheel disc and hidratation
Frame type: Other
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Severin
Age: 51
Cap number: 114
Location: Switzerland
Bike: Hilite Titanium Bike
Key items of kit: Tailfin AP, Lupine Minimax SL
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Titanium
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: No
Víctor Rodríguez Fernández
Age: 47
Cap number: 07703
Location: ISLAS GALÁPAGOS 65 Mahón Menorca
Bike: RIDLEY HELIUM SLX
Key items of kit: SRAM Red etap Fulcrum Aluminium
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Sara
Cap number: 113
Location: Switzerland
Bike: Hilite Carbon Bike
Key items of kit: Swisside 485 Wheels, Ortlieb bag, Restrap Framebag, Apidura Toptube bag
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: No
Martin Aylward
Age: 56
Cap number: 60
Location: Brighton, UK
Bike: 3T Strada frame, SRAM Red/Force AXS 1x groupset, 44 x 10-36t gearing, DT Swiss ERC 1400 wheels, Continental GP5000 AS 28mm tyres, San Marco Super Leggera saddle, 3T bars and stem
Key items of kit: Wahoo Roam, Exposure Strada front light, Cygolite Hotshot Micro rear lights, Restrap and Apidura bags, Apidura hydration vest
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Kevin
Age: 36
Cap number: 82
Location: Swiss
Bike: Tarmac SL8
Key items of kit: Light race mode
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 35mm-39mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Sergi
Age: 50
Cap number: 08415
Location: Bigues i riells
Bike: Trek domane
Key items of kit: No
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: No
Dominik
Cap number: 131P
Location: Cologne
Bike: Canyon Endurance
Key items of kit: Apidura Bags Lupine SLX
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Guido
Age: 36
Cap number: 43125
Location: Parma, Italy
Bike: Canyon Endurace CF SL7 eTAP
Key items of kit: Topeak backloader, TopEak midloader
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Erwan
Age: 43
Cap number: 81
Location: Les Rousses
Bike: Specialized Aethos
Key items of kit: Short travel mode
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Kamil Redestowicz
Age: 42
Cap number: 21
Location: Tenerife
Bike: Enve Melee
Key items of kit: Cyclite bags: electronics and food in the frame bag, dawn jacket, rain jacket and emergency bivvy in the saddle bag, snacks on top tube.
Convoy S2 light in front, Varia and Wall-e in the rear.
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Francesc Melich
Age: 37
Cap number: 32
Location: CAMARLES
Bike: LA NAVE ESPACIAL: MMR Carbono del 2023, llanta carbono, rueda 700/28, Bolsa cuadro superior e inferior y 3 bidones (para anular mochilla camelback.
Key items of kit: Acoples: Ayuda a cambio postura, terrenos con viento y apoyar garmin y/o movil
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: No
Chris Jackson
Age: 65
Cap number: 56
Location: La Ciotat
Bike: This is my trusty Orbea Orca, 50-34 Ultegra mechanical with SRAM 11-36 cassette. 30mm tubeless PZero 4S tyres
Key items of kit: Son 28 dynamo with Son Edelux lights with Exposure lights in support. Plus a proven selection of bits and bobs to keep me going!
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: No
