Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Epoy Molina AIR!
Entry updated:
A friend, Kenneth, suddenly sent me a message on YM asking who Epoy was. After a short conversation he gave me a link to PEP.ph article about Epoy’s wife, with also a few details about what happened.
My original post below.
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Last Sunday, March 29, 2009, Mr. Epoy Molina passed away due to loss [...]
Tags: Baguio, crash, downhill, Epoy Molina, Jun, Kenneth, Migs, South Cycle
Posted in Baguio, Random Commentary
Fri, Mar 27, 2009
Just a quick post about the 2nd Karera sa Hacienda race which was held last March 22, 2009, at the Hacienda Escudero resort at Tiaong, Quezon.
The event falling on a Sunday I brought my whole family to the event. Instructions for support were given to my wife.
We met up with my fellow Backout Boys at [...]
Tags: Backout Boys, family bonding, Jun, Karera sa Hacienda, Migs, Quezon Province, Togs
Posted in Out-of-Town, Quezon Province, Racing
Thu, Mar 26, 2009
I apologize for the late post. As such I will just be posting photos my wife took with our camera, and a couple photos a friend of mine, Pong, took of me racing.
Notable facts about and what happened at the event were:
HUGE delay (a planned flag off at 9 A.M. [...]
Posted in Racing
Thu, Mar 19, 2009
As I was surfing I stumbled upon this short, funny blog post on Dirt Mag’s blog site:
There’s something that has bothered me for a while. I don’t know if it happens everywhere or just here. It’s the mispronunciation of SRAM. Click here for original post ยป
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Posted in Random Commentary
Thu, Mar 19, 2009
The decision to write this entry was borne out of a For Sale thread in the Philippine Mountain Biking Forum (PhilMoFo).
My reply to this 6-month challenge I’ve been reading about was first sent through PM to Mr. Bi_Atch, hoping I could convince him to keep his wrongly-sized PhilMoFo jersey and inspire him (and maybe others) [...]
Tags: 4x4 Philippines, inspiration, lose weight, Philippine Mountainbiking Forum, PhilMoFo
Posted in Random Commentary
Tue, Mar 17, 2009
Article title taken from Maroon 5′s song Sunday Morning.
After the freak out #2 moment I was sitting at my PC, checking mail, checking the 4×4 Philippines and PhilMoFo forums, and thinking of going back to sleep.
My cellphone then beeps at a little past 5 A.M. It was Frank. He’s asking if I would be riding.
Well, [...]
Tags: 4x4 Philippines, Backout Boys, Bokiko, Chris, Daang Hari, Frank, freak out, Kuya Ding's, Malipay, PhilMoFo, Rodel, Tubuhan
Posted in Weekend Rides
Tue, Mar 17, 2009
With the freak out moment I had last Saturday I wasn’t able to ride… that, and I didn’t wake up on time. So I went back to bed, fell asleep, and woke up at 7:30 A.M. Too late to join the regular weekend ride.
So I just decided to bring my tube to the vulcanizing shop [...]
Tags: Enet, flat tire, freak out, Philippine Mountainbiking Forum, PhilMoFo, PMF, Rodel, Ryan
Posted in Weekend Rides
Mon, Mar 16, 2009
Yesterday, being a Sunday, late afternoon my boys asked me if they could ride their bikes. I allowed them to, and to be on the safe side I told them to stay on the rough road section that connects to the main cemented road.
The undeveloped road runs just outside our gate and is very seldom [...]
Tags: Andrew Shandro, easy ride, family ride, Sam Hill, Steve Peat
Posted in Family Rides