“Is Riding a Bike Just Riding a Bike?” That’s the title of my first article published in the 2nd issue of Mountain Bike Philippines magazine.
It’s a short article on my journey from being a naive non-biker (my initial impressions, how I got started) to a mountain biking addict.
Here’s an excerpt from the article:
A change in Darna (my bike). From a used-and-abused front end to a more indestructible weapon. View video here:
Whole body crouched. Head buried between arms. Hands gripping the back of the head. Face contorted in a pain-like expression. Eyes tightly closed. Mouth wide open as if shouting. The sound of groaning in the air, almost a whisper… almost not. Exactly how I was feeling.
Hey Junkies,
As you may have noticed I haven’t been sharing any of my latest adventures. Reason being is the lack of riding opportunities — mostly because of rain.
Weather’s too messed up right now. Most of the time when I’m free to go out on a ride, even a short one, and solo, rain would either [...]
That’s one of the main problems bike commuters in the Philippines have. Ours being a third world country it’s no surprise our streets are suddenly being populated by bike commuters from all walks of life – from people who only have a beat up and wiggling bike as their main and only form of transportation [...]
Email subject: 2010 Top Blog!
Huh? I asked myself. Spam? Scam? Sham? I clicked on it to open the email.
“Congratulations!” That’s the first word (OK, first word after the greeting) on the email I got last Friday, which I only saw last Monday since I had a tiring Saturday of riding and hiking (hike-a-bikes!) at Mt. [...]
Morning errands done. I fired up the PC and opened TweetDeck to check what’s happening with my Twitter friends. Then a tweet jumped out at me, with my name. Coming from the official Twitter account of Nema International (@nemabrand):
Congratulations to Francis Arrellano [sic] for submitting the winning name of our 2nd 2011 jersey: The Equalizer! [...]
After quite a long time of not riding in Malipay (quite, as I usually ride there at least 3 times a week), I rode there again last Tuesday. It was partly work, but I’m not complaining.
The ride required us to do the whole Malipay loop. This excited me as this will be my first time [...]
