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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
Jesús
Age: 36
Cap number: 58
Location: Madrid
Bike: Aurum Magma V2
Key items of kit: HighLevel HL3 wheels Vittoria Corsa Next 28” tires Geosmina toptube and tube bags iGPSport devices GOBIK clothing KASK helmet KOO sunglasses
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Vincent van de Mortel
Age: 31
Cap number: 29
Location: Deurne - Netherlands
Bike: Canyon Abroad CF SLX (2025)
Key items of kit: aero bars
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
David Roca
Age: 44
Cap number: 86
Location: Madrid
Bike: Factor Ostro VAM SRAM Red 48-35 + 10-36 Black Inc wheels 48|58
Key items of kit: Apidura bags Supernova Airstream front light Garmin Varia rear light Black Inc aerobars with Leap Components blips Quadlock mount
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Sergio García
Age: 46
Cap number: 127
Location: Tomedo
Bike: Van Nicholas Skeiron . Sram red XPLR.
Key items of kit: Una bicicleta buscando la sencillez al máximo. Monoplato, cuadro de titanio indestructible . Pero sin olvidar un toque racing
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Titanium
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Juan Miguel Diaz
Age: 51
Location: Madrid
Bike: Factor Ostron Vam
Key items of kit: SRAM red , wheels bikeahead
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Pedro Reinas
Age: 41
Location: MADRID
Bike: Cannondale synapse
Key items of kit: Bolsa superior cuadro. Y soporte trasero para alforja de 15l
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: No
Sibrand Houtman
Age: 57
Cap number: 26
Location: Nederland
Bike: Breadwinner allroad bike, made in Oregon from Columbus tubing, mounted with SRAM Force
Key items of kit: Maybe the Garmin 840 edge, by which I mean that GPS changed the experience of exploring the world by bike
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Steel
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 40mm-44mm
Electronic shifting: No
Philip Seipp
Age: 41
Cap number: 132P
Location: Berlin
Bike: OPEN MIN.D
Key items of kit: Sram force AXS, Zipp353, MCFK Handlebar & Stem, Conti SP5000 TR 30mm, lot of love
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Sibrand
Age: 57
Cap number: 26
Location: Nederland
Bike: It is a breadwinner, made in Oregon from Columbus tubing, type allroad. Great bike for long distance cycling.
Key items of kit: Son Dynamo and edelux II light makes the road well visible at night
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Steel
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 40mm-44mm
Electronic shifting: No
Luis Alaix
Age: 47
Cap number: 25
Location: Madrid
Bike: Specialized Aethos Comp
Key items of kit: Aerobars Zipp Vuka Clip Evo 70 Carbon Ruedas Dr. Wheel Bolsas: Cyclite aerobag (manillar) y Apidura expedition (sillín y toptube) Luz delantera Ravenna pr2400, trasera de AliExpress
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Jordi
Age: 49
Cap number: 109
Location: Barcelona
Bike: Orbea Lobular
Key items of kit: Carbon fork Ultregra 9 speeds Adamo seat Fast forward wheel set
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Aluminium
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: <25mm
Electronic shifting: No
Mikel Ortega Mendibil
Age: 47
Cap number: 44
Location: Errenteria
Bike: Cannondale SuperSix EVO Hi-MOD 2017 Campagnolo Bora WTO 45
Key items of kit: Fjällräven frame bag Manufacturas GES saddle bag Decathlon top tube and handlebar food bags Knog lights Garmin Edge 840 Solar
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: No
