The Hari ng Daang Hari race is tomorrow. As preparation I went to try out the track yesterday and today.
The track had quite a few huge humps and bumps, and short but sudden dips. Though it lacks technical sections it’s still a difficult and tiring, but doable, track — mainly because it is really a [...]

[ Sat, Jan 31, 2009; ]

Hari ng DAANG HARI

2nd Cycling Zone XC Mountain Bike Challenge
January 31, 2009
Portofino, Alabang Race Track

Categories:
Kids up to 12 y.o.
Ladies
Big Boys 200lbs up
18 – 29 yo
30 – 39 yo
40 above
OPEN

Medals, trophies, cash prizes and raffle prizes

Entry fee P500
On-site registration starts 7am
You can also pre-register at Cycling Zone

Thanks to:
Yellow Cab Pizza
Britanny
The Department of Tourism
Mayor Aldrin San Pedro
Councilor [...]

UPDATE, May 14, 2009:
This plan has been put on hold for now. The Backout Boys now has a new mission. Thanks for all the support (you know who you are) and the lack thereof (you SHOULD know who you are).
As posted in the Philippine Mountainbiking Forum: (click here for actual thread)
Hello all.
We, the Backout Boys, [...]

In the dark the couple sleeps. Suddenly the alarm goes off on the man’s wristwatch, joined together by the alarm set on his cellphone. It’s 4:00 A.M. He awakens, moves, reaches for his watch, turns off the alarm. As he reaches for his cellphone his wife groans from the noise. Snooze. Silence. Sleep comes back, [...]

By Rachel Spohn
Mountain biking can be an expensive hobby to get into and maintain, but enthusiasts agree: The thrill is well worth the price. But expert bikers will also tell you that their favorite sport is a lot more work that taking a few laps around the neighborhood. You encounter unforeseen obstacles and challenges that, [...]

4AM my alarm goes off. Having only 4 hours of sleep I wanted so badly to go back to sleep. But we were told we should be at the meeting place by 5:30AM for our trip to the La Mesa Eco-park where we will try out the mountain bike trails there.

Left to Tower 1!
This was [...]

I weighed myself this morning. 59kg. Before I started biking I was at 75kg. Being a proud mofo I announced it to my family’s mailing list. My closest cousin, who is now in California, jokingly replied he just needed another 20 lbs. then he’ll be moved up to the heavyweight division. Since he was online [...]

It was supposed to be a quick weekday ride. What should have been done in a relaxed 1-hour loop took up most of the morning, with us finishing around 11:30 A.M.

I was at the meeting place, at the police outpost along Daang Hari, at 7 A.M. Jun arrived at around 8 A.M., followed shortly by [...]