Catalan gravel, in one place.
Gravel cycling deserves a proper platform.
So we're building one, event by event, route by route, rider by rider. Other sites aggregate and leave you there. We ride first, verify with the organiser, and put the people going in one place.
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Routes
Ridden first, with the information you need.
70
Events
Verified, not aggregated. See who's going and coordinate transport, accommodation and meet-ups.
351
Gritliners
The riders you'll meet and coordinate with at the same events.
Grit on the ground. Line on the map.
Routes
All routes
Local RiderThe Montserrat Loop
Parc Natural de la Muntanya de Montserrat
69 km1800 m
Gritline OriginalThe Guilleries Loop
Espai Natural de les Guilleries-Savassona
74 km1785 m
Local RiderThe Empordanet Loop
Baix Empordà
51 km368 m
Local RiderThe Baix Empordà Loop
Baix Empordà
47 km580 m
Gritline OriginalThe Pedraforca Loop
Parc Natural del Cadí-Moixeró
68 km1780 m
Gritline OriginalThe Sakya Tashi Ling Loop
Parc del Garraf
91 km1610 m
Gritline OriginalThe Serralada Loop
Maresme
65 km1015 m
Gritline OriginalBarcelona's Backyard
Parc del Collserola
57 km1662 m
Gritline OriginalThe Maresme Crest
Maresme
94 km1368 m
Gritline OriginalGarraf to Foix
Parc del Garraf, Parc del Foix
153 km2823 m
Next on the calendar
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Spotlight
Ian J. Whitmore: Slow enough to tell the story
A photographer, videographer, and bikepacking filmmaker in Barcelona. Five years on gravel after eight off, and a ten-day Rome-to-Tuscany trip on the calendar for October 2026.
Spotlight
Peter Kostov: Never less than 50mm tyres
A BMX kid from the US and a former bike commuter in the Netherlands, now two years into gravel between Spain and Bulgaria. A Traka 200 finished, the Pyrenees next.
Spotlight
Sanjhoy Beltrán: Coffee before, during and after
A Colombian rider three years into gravel, with a Transpirineica finish behind her and El Piri on the calendar for next year, who rides for the same feeling of freedom she found on a bike a decade ago.
Spotlight
Trevor Macdonald: A cinematographer whose first proper bike was a gravel bike
An American cinematographer whose first proper bike was a gravel bike. Eighteen months in, riding out of Barcelona, and already Barcelona-to-Girona in his logbook with frozen fingers.
Spotlight
Paula Soler: An artist, a photographer, and an ultra-distance cyclist
A Bogotá-born artist and ultra-distance cyclist who rides out of Girona, keeps a home loop on each side of the Atlantic, and has learned to find joy through discipline.
Spotlight
Gritliner Spotlight Series Issue 04 - Coen Hagens
Coen Hagens splits his year between Barcelona and Amsterdam, builds his own wheels, runs 55mm tires, and finished the Traka 360 on the day the plan held.
Guide
Two things are closing Catalan forest right now. They work differently.
Fire risk and swine fever shut different places, on different timelines, under different rules. What each one means before you ride.
Story
The Tour started in Barcelona. Here's the other side of Catalan cycling.
The 2026 Tour de France started in Barcelona but Catalonia's other cycling scene runs on gravel. The routes, the calendar, and where to ride it.
Spotlight
Gritliner Spotlight Series Issue 03 - Judit Muñoz
A primary school teacher, a cycling editor, and the night through Brunyola that taught her to ride long days as experiences, not challenges.
Story
First on the line: Guava is Gritline's founding bike partner
Seven weeks after Gritline launched, we have a first bike-brand partner. Guava is Barcelona-built, gravel-only, and sits closest to how Gritline reads in writing: bold, honest, made for the rider who chooses and commits.