It was weird. Last Saturday I arrived at the usual meeting place of our group during our weekend rides, at the Daang Hari Police Station. From our group (Backout Boys and Team Prima) I was the first to arrive.

Text messages were previously sent to some of the guys asking if they would be riding. Only Borj replied with, “I’ll be riding this afternoon,” as he had a hang over

A passing car on the opposite side slowed down, then I recognized Archie.

“Who are you riding with?” he asked.

I shrugged, indicating both “no one” and “I don’t know”, then he pointed towards the Fernbrook parking lot.

So I gear up and follow him there. Arriving at the entrance I saw Bonggie and his son waiting. After small talk Archie arrives on his bike. We opted to join Bonggie’s group.

We did a mid-intensity ride around the Malipay trails. After the loop they had plans to eat at Mang Ding’s. Since we saw some of our friends at Tita’s Hardin de Malipay as we were finishing the loop Archie and I opted to meet up with them and get our refreshments there.

Still wanting to ride I kept trying to convince Tugel to ride the trails, since him and Benny only rode the Sisters of Mary Immaculate (SMI) hill — all road, but he always declines. So I move on to the others (Tantan, Theo, Daniel, Eugene, and Marco). They agreed to do a quick ride around towards the exit, but I got their interest when I told them I’ll bring them to a new section.

So we did a little bit of exploration but wound up in a dead-end by a creek. And that very short downhill portion was just lovely. Too bad about the dead-end. Short video follows:

2010 03 13 Malipay 01 – Dead-end Downhill from Francis Arellano on Vimeo.

After that dead-end, plus already tired from the earlier ride, we decided to call it a day — but we just had to ride the “Malipay Roller Coaster” before heading to the exit.

2010 03 13 Malipay 02 – Malipay Roller Coaster from Francis Arellano on Vimeo.

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