After more than 60 days of bikepacking and more than 2000 km of epic cycling from Germany to Spain, I arrived on the east coast of Spain where I am going to cycle down to the last southern frontier of the european continent – Tarifa, Spain.
This epic cycling odyssey which stretches over 3800 km, includes my ups and downs of such a journey, moments of joy and happiness but also moments of hardship. Let’s embark on this bikepacking trip and let me show you the world at the speed of a bicycle. #bikepacking #spaintravel #cyclinglife #biketouring
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – 00:49 Wildcamping & problems
00:49 – 03:20 Cycling along the spanish east coast
03:20 – 04:11 Crowded beaches around Tarragona
04:11 – 05:27 Riding alone & great chillout spot
05:27 – 06:32 Cycling to Calafat
06:32 – 07:50 Break & getting to chill with road buddies
07:50 – 08:44 Mosquito infested beach
08:44 – 10:00 Wildcamping spot for the 3 of us
10:00 – 10:43 The bicycle gang
10:43 – 11:50 Cycling to Benicarlo
11:50 – 12:40 Showering & washing clothes on the beach
12:40 – 13:36 Beautiful impressions and landscape
13:36 – 14:02 Buying a new air mattress
14:02 – 15:16 Arriving in Benicarlo with Pauline
15:16 – 15:58 The city & getting some drinks
15:58 – 16:35 Drinking & relaxing at the beach in the night
16:35 – 16:52 Outro
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COUNTRIES I CYCLED THROUGH:
Germany
Switzerland
France
Monaco
Spain
Gibraltar
I am going to post weekly episodes from my bike trip across Europe. Stay tuned and subscribe with the notifications bell on to not miss any of the uploads.
There is a lot to tell and show about this epic bike journey. I’ve had very beautiful and exciting moments but also moments of pain, frustration and misery. Traveling on bike for such long distances teaches you who you really are, what you really want in life and what you are made of.
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My Gear
Bike: TX800 from Fahrradmanufaktur
Panniers: VAUDE
Trailer: Burley Coho XC
Tent: Bessport Basic 2Persons
Air matress: Therm-a-Rest Trail Pro
Sleeping bag: Bessport 3 seasons outdoor
Solar pannel: BigBlue 28W
Drone: DJI Mini 2
Cameras: GoPro 7 black ; GoPro 5 black
Paraglider: Mescal 5
Harness: Woody Valley Vani 2
Helmet: Charly Insider Kevlar reinfroced
Vario: Skytraxx 3.0
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Good morning guys today is not a great start in the day because last night my dope awesome mattress inflatable mattress got it’s either a puncture or something inside ripped apart because now it creates like a big bulge when I am inflating it and the
More air I pump in the more I move on it onto it is like spreading that bulge around so I just have to inflate it to the medium size I would say but anyway I uh took my bike upside down I cleaned again the chain as good as I could I
Cleaned a bit the frame I pumped up the tires the tire from the trailer I am already here preparing my solar panel you know trying to make the best out of the sunlight but yeah that’s the start in the day let’s make the best out of it
I am now back at the beach I showered I finished eating the plan is for sure to ride at least again 70 80 kilm maybe even 100 who knows how far let’s get ready I’m on my way to the bank and then the supermarket and head into the wild
Once again I am on top of taragona now and this is the view here the beach pretty Dope o Hey I He And we arrived here maybe 10ks out of taragona today I’m happy that is uh glue toy day the sun is not really shining anymore through I’m not sure if this is dust in the air or if they are clouds like rain clouds but uh it’s definitely very good to ride
Today that’s so cool look at what they sculpted out of sand this beach is totally freaking packed oh my God I am back alone on the road Gregor chose another route but the road is pretty bad it’s a lot of gravel and stones and with my
Truck it’s much harder we share the life locations but I now it’s about pushing and performance exactly what the hell I freaking love time for a short break but yes obviously I am a bit faster because I’m riding on paved roads but he is as well
Much much lighter than I am so um that kind of evens out let me show you this nice view from up here from The Cliffs look at this cool that’s a secluded a more secluded beach for sure I am in freaking Spain sometimes I really need a bit of
Time to realize that I am in Spain for the first time in my life all by myself with my bike and a parag glider and sleeping in a tent while camping not in a camping site but while camping I’m just chilling here a bit now okay we are now back on the road
Together we had to climb here quite a bit 20 minutes long we are going back down to kalafat it’s a small City I would say small Direction uh [Laughter] Valencia My sweat is dripping from my chin it was one single Street going up 85 M altitude climb very short distance and brutally going high and as always this is the relief 5.6 km to my destination going to stop in a supermarket and drink a beer I am alone
Here I arrived alone going to buy something to drink definitely a beer I really deserve that after today’s ride especially the last 18 km then see when this guy comes the welld deserved break I got myself some water here some Doritos chili and a small beer and some whoops some Fanta woo
Cheers to you oh my gosh I am back to life guess what this girl Pauline saw me three times and now she finally reached me cuz I had a break here and she’s also traveling from Spain to where from France to Spain yeah to Valencia and the
Gregor also arrived here after like half an hour after I arrived and here are our bikes we are the bike gang look at Good morning last night we couldn’t stay on the beach we realized pretty soon that it was infested with mosquitoes that place so while I was in the air with the Drone I noticed that I feel stingy all over the place so I started looking down and I saw so many
Mosquitoes attacking me and uh I was then rushing away from the beach and I said I cannot sleep here so I started looking for another spot and this is actually more or less in the middle of the city not far away from the city center it’s yeah looking
Pretty good we have been quite undisturbed it started raining last night and uh here are all the other tents too like it’s mine in the middle these guys to the left and these girls to the right now I am going to pack up my stuff it’s already 8:30 in the morning which
Is pretty late I’m going to eat something and then continue the road to Direction Valencia I also have to see if I can maybe buy myself a new air mattress because mine got really destroyed okay anyway now it’s time to pack back to stuff and eat something this is how the morning
Started we are now on a field road a Sandy Field Road into a lagoon or surrounded by by water and we are trying to find our way to the next city guys let’s just check the map what the map says okay the map says we should go here straight we are now
In still in Lampa we are going direction peniscula we are traveling now in this heat today should be very very hot but let’s see how the day is going to develop okay we are back on the road it’s just me and poine now who are left
Here Gregor was uh now busy with trying to fix his camera he’s insta 360 and uh we split now eventually I will meet him after to Valencia again I’m not sure we will see but for now it’s just the two of us here riding to
The Deaton to Deaton to buy myself a new mattress but the basically direction is uh to the rototom Sunsplash regga Festival in a city I cannot remember Benny casim thank you very much uh yeah so that’s the road here now we are trying to reach the beach as
Soon as possible and uh ride along the the shore yep we arrived finally at the beach once again my shower for today I love this the east coast of the beach you have many many show hours and if you ask yourself how I’m washing my clothes well
That’s how I do I let the water flow wash my socks I also have some boxer shorts there and wash my body oh my gosh it felt so so so good um I washed now all my socks and there are the clothes just look at
This I just used the rope to hang all my clothes and we are heading to the sports store buy myself a new mattress and uh yeah just wanted to show you how you can do your laundry even though you are on the Bike Okay guys I really really hope to find the mattress that suits me and this going to be good for the rest of my journey just look at me that’s actually how wet I get when I ride but you cannot see it because of the other clothes that I have and we
Just go now inside okay so I had now to decide between this one which doesn’t have such a good r value which is about the temperature and the insulation this is 5 cm thick and this one 2.5 cm thick but has a better r value is a 2.7 but it’s
Looking like that and this one should be twice as big anyway yeah this is a Clear Choice I’m going to take this one it has a very very small packing uh size so it’s going to do it I think yeah yes guys I have now a sleeping pad so
Compact and so small and so light and we are now entering Benny Carlo which is going to be our final destination for tonight and look at this art here how real it is this has been drawn unbelievably detailed this is now the road we go along the harbor to the supermarket by
Some food for tonight and after that looking for a place to sleep has been a nice day right yeah really nice we found a place to sleep for tonight uh we asked some people on the field if we are maybe allowed to camp out there the guy spoke French Pauline
Speaks French anyway she’s Swiss French yeah he told us no problem actually he’s not his property but he is okay with that for us to sleep there no no no stress and now we camped already like we we pitched up our tents and everything is ready I even hang my clothes between
Two trees and now we are going in the city and have a beer or something to drink we just chill maybe 1 hour or two and then we can go and sleep it’s so weird to ride now without the paraglider cuz I I detached the trailer and the
Paraglider from the bike as you can see there is nothing anymore I left it there at the camping site with the wild camping site right and it’s so strange for me to ride now without we are heading now to a bar yeah this is the city this is the beach behind it’s very
Busy very busy area and we are entering now here maybe grab some beers from the fridge and uh go on the beach drink something I would rather want this cesa and lemon We can stop here yeah we can sit here on the Rocks I’m not sure if you can see anything but uh cheers Pauline cheers we are having a beer at The Splendid view of the city everything is well lit it’s crazy how you see this in real life so we are now
In which city again away I don’t know I forgot again the name um anyway cheers to you guys stay tuned like this video And subscribe if you like to see more this journey definitely surprises me every day I am very happy that I met Gregor and Pauline
And even if this is just for a short time it feels amazing to have some Road bodies for a change make sure to check the upcoming videos from this journey and join me on my Adventures see you on the next one
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After 60 days of cycling, I reached the east coast of Spain, heading to the south of the country… The last frontier of Europe. Make sure to check the previous videos from my bikepacking trip ❤
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