Packing. Head to PHL tomorrow

Testing a footprint.
Ready to Fly N Ride!

Welcome to Barcelona!

Arrival day in Barcelona

Waited for a hotel, check-in, napped a bit, and stayed up as long as we could to reset our clocks for tomorrow. Great dinner at Can vilamarí nearby the H10 Itaca hotel.
Nightly Social Hour

The sippin.
Hop on, hop off bus tour of Barcelona

This is a grand old city, you could spend a week or two here, touring around a different areas and enjoying the food.
Our Pyrenees Ride Map

Barcelona Day 2

Spent our second day on the Barcelona “on and off bus” touring around the city. We stopped and took a gondola ride up to the top of the mountain overlooking the harbor. We toured the old fort,Read more
IMT BIKE RIDE BRIEF AND DINNER

Met our group leader Ali and van driver Paolo. Checked out our bikes at IMTBIKE FACILITY - they look great. We had the pre-Trip brief at the hotel, and then headed out to a great dinner for someRead more
Day 1 Staging and setting off

At IMTBIKE receiving our bikes, getting briefed, putting our custom stuff on our bikes, etc.
Day 1- Not a great start.

It takes about half an hour to get outside of the city of Barcelona, halfway out of the city one of our riders dropped his bike while stopped at a red light and cut his foot. Now he’s at a hospitalRead more
9/7/24 Day 1: Barcelona to Costa Brava

128 Miles. We made it to the hotel by 630 ish. We are ON THE Mediterranean Sea! Great roads, we cut the day a little short due to one rider getting injured and needing stitches. Dinner was great andRead more
Day 2: Costa Brava to La Seu D’Urgell

9/8/24. 157 Miles. Fantastic day. Although rain slowed us down a bit in the am, Riding was fantastic, coffee stop was fantastic, lunch was fantastic, dry afternoon riding was fantastic, hotel in LaRead more
Day 3: ‘Rest Day’ at La Seu D’Argell

9/9/24. 88 Miles. Amazing. Some of us headed out on a twisty ride to Andorra. Some did sight seeing around the town. I took the ride. Good time. Hard getting dinner before 8 pm here but some of usRead more
Day 4: 9/10: La Seu D’Urgell to Ordesa

About 200 miles. Today and tomorrow Ali needed to change our ride plans due to two landslides up in France that prevented us from going up there. But the good news is we did it later in the trip! TheRead more
Day 5- 9/11: Ordesa to Perdido

158 miles. Great ride!
Day 6: to San Sebastián via France

Best ribs sever at lunch! Capella de Santiago!!
196 miles.
Ride to San Sebastián via France today. A little cold and wet until lunchtime, just overcast, but not raining from lunch into SanRead more
Day 7, 9/13/24: rest day, San Sebastian

Chose not to ride today.
Ali had scheduled a short 2 to 3 hour route outside the city, but rain was forecasted in the morning so we skipped it and decided to tour, especially since the weather wasRead more
Day 8: 9/14-San Sebastián to Pamplona

124 miles.
Beautiful sunny and crisp day. Great riding. Great coffee. Great lunch. Again. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
Day 10 9/16:Vall De Boi to Caldes de Boi

146 miles. Some more great riding. Great coffee. Great lunch.
Day 9 9/15: Pamplona to Vall de Boi

Another great ride, great weather. 278 miles! FRANCE REVISION! Awesome!!!
Day 11 9/17: Caldes de Boi to Barcelona!

Last ride day. 😔. 128 miles. Included writing through Montserrat. Amazing!
Another great day. Celebration at IMTBIKE MTB.
Day 11: celebration at dinner!

Team celebration at dinner, plus some of the photos that Paulo took of us individually and as a group.