Let's kic♏k thing♑s off with Pieter Potter's Ridley Astr RS.

The 360 di🎃stance required riders to have lights, and many also opted for additional stora🥃ge.

CeramicSpeed oversized pulley wheels were🌟 two a penny.

Metal cages▨ were the norm, for better retention. Here though they 🧔are titanium, to save a few grams.

I don't think this Continental MTB tyre officially fits, but as we've 𝐆said plenty in recent months, ꧃wider is better, so many riders were really pushing the limits of their frame's capacity.

Having your computer die mid-race would be bad news, so a power bank on the ဣtop tube helps alleviate the risk.

Apparently this rear light was custom anodised.

While I didn't check, I'm pretty sure this saddle👍bag is some form of hyperlight dyneema.

This wasn't the only superlight saddle I sa🔥w, but it was the only bare carbon one. You've really got to know the shape works to commit this hard.

I was told these Time pedals were cut down with an angle grinder. Ev✤ery little helps, I guess?

Italian brand Palu isn't one we see muc🐽h of, but this was quite an eye catcher.𝕴

Another🍸 race bike, another s꧋et of mountain bike tyres.

A more slick rear is often the choice, but here it's als🥂o becaus🍌e smaller side knobs are less likely to erode your stays.

This is all about the paint for me. Alex Miller hails from Namibia𝓀, and has a truly wonderful national themed bike.

How can this not put a smile on your face?

Miller's Giant Revolt Pro was꧂ relativ♚ely by the book, with Cadex wheels from Giant's subsidiary brand.

Again, the capacity was maxxed 💙out with the Pirelli tyre🐓s.

Her🌜e's Chad Haga's Felt Breed. The old model, though, as Haga was yet to receive deli✨very of the new model, meaning this bike was on its second Traka run.

This isn't about the bike, but about the race numbers. No zip ties here, but pipe cleaners instead. 🐈Somewhat reusable, but more so they don't produce so much plastic waste.

Up front Haga ran a Maxxis Aspen mountain bike tyre, as big as his foཧrk w𓆏ould allow (can you see a theme happening here, friends?)

It's a pretty low profile tread, but even so it is cutting it🥀🌺 very fine.

At the rear he used the new Maxxis Reiver gravel tyre, in a smaller s﷽ize so as not to 'sacrifice paint'.

Carbon Arundel bottle cages were a bit of a rarity in the sea of metal𒁏.

Gee Schruers🎐 bef𒈔ore the start of the women's 360, where she sadly had to abandon following a crash.

Purple Industry Nine hub? Check. Gold SRAM cassette? Check. This🍸 rider had quite a trick Specialized Diverge.

While you're at it you may as well go all out and get purple jockey wheels and matching sꦓpoke nipples too.

Another rarely ꦐseen brand, this titanium Tritão hails from Portugal.

While mostly brushed metal, it hꦯad some subtle purple acceܫnts.

Capped off by a purple Chris King seat collar.

And, as ever, a🌃 set 🐻of Continental Race King mountain bike tyres.

This stainless Jaegher h🍌ad made its way💮 from Belgium to be here.

While not a new bike, the Team Amani Factor Ostro Gravel always draws the eye in a c𝔉rowd.

This colourway I was not familiar with though.

The head tube♎ was tiny on this small frame, and there is plenty of room for a larger ty෴re still.

This Guava is about as close as a bike could get to being a hometown hero, as Guava are based in the Catalan region of Spain, just down the roadཧ in Barcelona.

A carbon Gemini chainring - very nice indeed.

Here♛'s a bike that was piloted to third place in the men's 360 under Simen Nordahl Svendsen.

While the PAS Racing teamꦏ all wear the same kit, they each are eff𒀰ectively privateers and ride different bikes.

Titanium bottle cages again, tastefully anodiseꦗd to offset against the black.

A SRAM XX rather than the top end XO rear derailleur he💜re.

Zipp's new 303 XPLR super wide gravel wheels, shod wi🐠th (you guessed it) some Schwalbe Thunder Burt mountain bike tyres.

This Fara cockpit is very unusual, and was apparently matte to begin with but Svendsen has polished it smooth with 𒈔hours and hours of riding.

Ok, nob🏅ody tell the UCI and we can all get away 🐻safely.

A very neat ꩵExposure light mount, though I imagine this may have been illuminating more of the sky than the trail at this angle.

Svendsen wa🎐s unusuღal in that he ran a dropper post.

While it doesn't loꦓok the most secure the light was still attached at the finish.

Why are you taking a photo of someone's shoe, Will? Well, it's attacওhed to a pair of titanium Crankbrothers Eggbeater pedals which can go for just shy of €400, that's why.

Again, the not quite ubiqu💧itous but very nearly so CeramicSpeed solid pulley wheels.

And another very light saddle, this one 🤡from Berk.

Propped against a booth I managed toꦿ grab five minutes with Mattia de Marchi's Basso Palta. De Marchi not only raced the 360, but backed it up by riding the 200, too.

The deep purple paint was pretty lovely in ♌the Spanish sunshine.

While gravel grou🅘psets dominated, De Marchi was using a Campagnolo Super Record wireless groupset, which is t⛦he most expensive on the market.

I imagine he could make use of Ekar, Campagnolo's gravel groupset𒅌, but he'd then have to use cables which I think might be illegal in Girona.

This Supernova light was🔯 very neatly mounted under his stem.

Custom graphics were applied to his Fulcrum Sharq wheelset. I'm a big fan of these wheels; they're super stable in cr꧂osswinds and nearly silent too.

P🔯irelli tyres rounded out an extremely italian build.

The old sandpaper inside the bott✱le cages trick from time immemorial.

An afte🌞rmarket CarbonTi top cap and alumiꦉnium headset compression bolt were on show too.

Raw 🧔carbon has somewhat fallen out of fashion, but if you're still into it (as I am) you'll get a kick 🅠out of this 3T.

Adam Roberge did have the new Felt Breed, and was also using Tufo tyres, which🥀 we very rarely see.

Sarah Sturm rode t൲o a podium spot for the third year in a row, though by her own admission was pretty disappointed. Her S-Works Crux though🌄 had a beautiful paint scheme.

This Revelate Design🤪s bag had its logo sharpied outꦕ.

Alec Briggs of Tekkers Racing had a WRX Subaru Imprez𒁃a inspired Canyon Grail on show. Briggs himself used to own one, which goes some way to explaining the commitment to the bit.

Gold painted Lightweight wheels, and not even the grav🅘el ones. That'd be an expensive rock str𒉰ike...

Yep, that's a wooden bik♈e. It's made by Ornu🌜s bikes, based in Italy.

The joining work around thꦅ▨e bottom bracket is certainly impressive.

Lights were mandatory for the 360, and this wee little orange🐟 one was by far my favouඣrite.

I couldn't find anything on this 'Igไgy'. It's cool though, and was one of many bespoke 𓂃steel machines.

Rodagira, based in Portugal, are primarily a fixie bran𝄹d, but this was a ve๊ry tasty gravel machine.

A custom 🌜painted ENVE stem and fork matched tꦬhe frameset.

There were a few Posedla saddles kicking about. I have one on the way, and they can be custom printed to match your behind with a kit that comes to𝄹 your doo꧒r.

There were a few🍷 Canyon bikes with suspension forks hidden quite badly. Some🐼thing is clearly in the works here.

Ofဣ all the bespoke b๊ikes this was by far my favourite. The owner told me it was made by his friend in his garage.

An꧂other Gemini chainring rounded out a pretty trick build.

But it was this drive side chainstay arrangemꦉent that was the standout feature.

Plus the additional bracing goi𝓀ng on at the botto❀m bracket.

And fina🌱lly a very tastefully done integrated seatpostജ topper.

Berd nylon spokes were a rarity, but I saw at leastღ two bikes with them on.

If you a🔯ren't ma✅tching your Zipp 303 XPLR decals to your bike what's even the point?

Beach Club makes some incredibly vibey bikes, but they are a real unicorn s😼pot.

This was𓆉 one of the brand's first ever outputs I am told.

Just the right amount of bite.

While it's recently been updated to have a standard chainsta🙈y arrangement, the old Allied Able is an interesting bike to behold.

These pulley wheels on a𝕴 random 🐼Standert I haven't seen before.

A༺lex McCormack was the only rider I spotted using the new Wahoo Elemღnt Ace.

He rode the 560, but dipped out after some time and 'just had a 15 hour training ride'. Here he's running a suspension stem to help him stay in the skis on rough ♓ground.

His Fairlight Secan is apparently a hybrid model using the rear enꩵd of the old 2.5 and the front tubes from the new 3.0 version.

A solid Wolf Tooth chainring should at least be easier to clean the muꦏck off.

One for the #BikesOFInstagram albu🍬m, this, belongin🅘g to Jaime Pintado Ruiz of Pas Normal.

A𓄧 very sludgy Enve MOG left idly on a bike stand while its owneඣr got a beer.

And a very tasty Stelbel in the same situation.

While pastel shades and muted tones are the fashion, it's nice to see this Dolan o🐈wner sticking two fꦐingers up to that.

Danni 🅠Shrosbree was racing aboard a brand new, and custom painted, Argon 18 Dark Matter.

Rob Britton's Factor Ostro Gravel ༒was decked out in cartoonish grꦗaphics.

A bit of a graffiti vibe, maybe?

Taylor Phinney, a Girona Local, was also riding on an old Allied Able that (if I'm not mi🐓staken) he hand painted himself, at least over the orig🍒inal factory paint.

These white bags from POC aren't something I've ever see🐼n before,🅰 and were very 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Considering there was some hike-a-bike on the course barely anyon✱e opted for overshoes♌.

Here's a𒊎 closer look at that new Canyon x DT Swiss gravel 🅺fork.

I reckon we're looking at abo༒ut 30mm of travel, with a remot🐓e lockout on the bar.

This Ribble had 'PROTOTYPE' painted in large letters so as to be easily spotted by journalists, but I still only managed to get🌌 this shot before it was whis✤ked away.

And finally, away from the main event I spotted this very t🌺rick S-Works Crux leant up a✃gainst the wall of a pizza joint,

Superlight carbon bottle cages? Check.

Superlight Bjorn handlebars? Check.

Superlight Bjorn stem, custom painted🦹 to match? Check. Plu💙s a Bjorn computer mount.

Superlight Bjorn se🥀atpo🍎st and saddle combo? Also check.