Out-of-Town

Philmofo XCM-MIM 2011

Posted by on Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:06 pm

[ Sun, Aug 21, 2011; 4:30 AM to 8:30 PM. ]

Starting point will be at Boso-boso Cycle Park. Open to non-members of Philmofo.org

Date:

Sunday, August 21
4:30am - 8:30pm

Categories:

All Men
Mixed

Events:

120KM event (start time @ 5:00 A.M. sharp)
200KM event (start time @ 4:30 A.M. sharp)

Prizes:

All finishers, regardless of their distance event, will get a Finisher’s Medal.
Winners’ prizes:

All Men: 1st @ P5,000 | 2nd @ P3,000 | 3rd @  P2,000
Mixed: 1st @ [...]

Another Crazy Akrigg Video!

Posted by on Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:53 pm

I love the way Chris Akrigg of Mongoose rides. I love watching his videos. Makes me wanna get out and ride. Thanks to Chucky, the Team Prima captain, I can do that using the loaner bike he lent me.
Anyway, when I’m watching videos like this I just try not to think of the stuff I [...]

Aimless, Part 2

Posted by on Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 2:20 pm

Read Aimless, Part 1 here.
Another impromptu decision was made as we approached the corner that leads to the top part of the Maguyam trail.
“Diyan sa kanto na yan papuntang Maguyam trail (That’s the corner that leads to the Maguyam trail),” Doc told me as we pedaled towards it.
Then a light bulb flashed on.
“Saan ang bagsak [...]

Aimless

Posted by on Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 1:51 am

Last week plans were made with Tugel for a Cardiac Hill climb in Sta. Rosa today. The whole day Monday not a word was heard from him. I was looking forward to this ride as I haven’t been riding lately — not by choice. Weather’s been $#!t.
Monday night I sent out a text to Tugel [...]

Bato-bato-pick

Posted by on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 3:53 pm

“Wanna do Tagaytay tomorrow?”
That’s the message I got from John. I verified if he was thinking of pedaling all the way to Tagaytay. He said yes. So I started wondering what the heck he has eaten.
I have my doubts as he has been saying how much he hates uphill climbs (as with any newcomer to [...]

DH Day

Posted by on Sun, May 23, 2010 at 9:28 am

It started out with a tweet. Me expressing a thought, saying I wanted to try downhill riding, but at the same time hesitant to do so.
With Ian’s assurance it will be safe I finally agreed. He assured me we’ll be riding the most newbie-friendly downhill tracks. Plus, he promised to lend me complete safety gear: [...]

Newbie Killer: The Movie

Posted by on Mon, May 17, 2010 at 2:13 pm

Excerpt: “We’ll be riding in La Mesa this Sunday. Find me a bike.”
My wife suddenly blurted that out last week. I had to make sure I was awake. I had to make sure she was awake.
***
Read The Newbie-Killer, the “novel” here
Finally, I was able to upload the short video of this [...]

[VIDEO; Extended!] Theo’s 2nd Cross-Country MTB Adventure Challenge experience

Posted by on Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:29 pm

I kind of messed up with the first video I posted of Theo’s first-hand review of the 2nd Tagaytay Highlands Cross-Country MTB Adventure race which was held last April 24, 2010.
So here now is the extended version of the first video. Enjoy!

2010 04 24 EXTENDED First-hand Tagaytay Highlands race experience by Theo from Francis Arellano [...]

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