🇪🇸 GranGuanche Bikepacking Race [EP4] | Gran Canaria | I Was Very Sick 🤢

The GranGuanche Audax Gravel is a self-supported, single-stage, fixed-route, endurance cycling event across the Canary Islands. It’s not a race, it’s a collective adventure and a personal challenge to finish the route. There’s no cut-off time, there are no prizes, no medals, no brevet cards or finisher diplomas. The Audax is focused on the experience rather than the final results.
It’s a demanding route for experienced riders as it includes serious climbs, high mountains, and remote areas. Experienced means well-trained, technically skilled, and wisely equipped. Exhaustion, sleep deprivation, and night rides add even more risk to a challenging ride. Participants are fully responsible for their safety and logistics.
The Audax follows an extended version of the GranGuache GRAVEL route from Lanzarote to El Hierro for a total of about 800km and 17.000 mt climb.
The route mainly goes by on gravel roads and secondary paved roads but includes rocky single tracks, sandy sections and about 1-hour hike-a-bike. It’s open to any kind of bike, we recommend gravel bikes with low gearing and min 40mm wide tyres.
The Audax pace is the challenge to connect all the scheduled ferries in a non-stop ride, it’s only achievable by ultra-cycling athletes, the entry fee will be fully refunded to every rider fast enough to make it.
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- The Bike / Gear -
NukeProof Digger Factory 40T Front / 42T Rear
Shimano GRX810 1x11 groupset
Profile Design Legacy II Aerobars with 60mm risers
Garmin 530 GPS Cycling Computer
Tailfin Top Tube Bag, Aeropack and Fork Cage
- The Sleep Setup -
Inertia X Frame Sleeping Pag - amzn.to/3fYIWex
Naturehike Mongar 2 Person Tent - amzn.to/3ColHBZ
Vango Microlite 300 Sleeping Bag - amzn.to/3VgKtwC
Sea to Summit Reactor Plus Compact Themolite Mummy Liner - amzn.to/3SUMUDk
Collapsible Non-stick pan - amzn.to/3rIVbyx
Sea to Summit Collapsible Bowl - amzn.to/3yy7Sjh
Camping Windshield - amzn.to/3Cq8F75
- Video / Audio Stuff -
DJI Action 4 - amzn.to/3QpekT7
DJI Action Camera Wind Slayer - amzn.to/49Fwqqq
HoverAir X1 - Self-flying camera - uk.thehover.com/
ProStandard Grill Mount (mouth mount)
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[@jezlyons]

Shine your light at the car so they ‘get the message to f@ck off…’. ha, ha, ha. I actually laughed out loud.😂

[@BikepackingAdventures]

Yeah am still laughing at that myself 😁

[@mattjohn7700]

Brilliant video, the views are fantastic.

[@BikepackingAdventures]

Thanks. It just gets better and better on Gran Canaria! 🙌

[@liamtaylor1003]

Gran Canaria is stunning. I’m jealous you’ve rode it

[@BikepackingAdventures]

It was! It was tough as, but certainly one of the highlights of the race. Tbf so many highlights, but Gran Canaria was up there for sure!

[@jamesbrodhurst3566]

You were indeed very sick so was twice as admirable how you made it anywhere the rest of the day!
Good find that restaurant was!

[@BikepackingAdventures]

Am a Scorpio, if you believe in star signs it means am a stubborn bastard - that plays it's part! The restaurant was a gem. 💎

[@BikepackingAdventures]

Did you hear the bit at 3.17? "It's a hike bike!" Perfectly woven into the music 😅