Mon, Jan 4, 2010 – 8:07 PM
At the Vitara Club of the Philippines Christmas party a few friends who also ride mountain bikes requested we organize a 4×4 Philippines mountain bike ride for us to get together again on our 2-wheeled rigs.
We decided to set the date 3 weeks away from when we first talked about it. Dec. 27, 2009, was [...]
By Francis Arellano
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Posted in Out-of-Town, San Mateo, Weekend Rides
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Also tagged 4-wheelers, 4x4, 4x4 Philippines, Basic Trail, Fort Bonifacio, newbie, Pestano farm, Philippine Mountainbiking Forum, PhilMoFo, PMF, The Fort, The Wall, Timberland, Vitara Club of the Philippines
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Thu, Nov 26, 2009 – 10:23 PM
I sent an email to Tourism Philippines editor-in-chief PKTan asking if he knows any mountain biking trails in the tourist destinations they feature. I knew it was a long shot mainly because I guessed he wasn’t a mountain biker, and I was correct. But still I tried.
In my email signature are 2 website URL’s: 1) [...]
Mon, Apr 6, 2009 – 6:55 PM
2 weeks prior this ride has been planned. March 29, 2009, Kenneth, a.k.a. KOS, set a date for a 4×4 Philippines mountain bike ride in Mt. Maarat, San Mateo, Rizal.
First post by KOS was:
New thread started (as discussed with Craw) to list/post MTB schedules trails. Maganda raw sana gawin nating regular etong MTB trails… (trans: [...]
By Francis Arellano
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Posted in Out-of-Town, San Mateo, Weekend Rides
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Also tagged 4x4 Philippines, Alain, Doc Raffy, Gilbert, Jayboy, Kenneth, KOS, Mt. Maarat, Rizal, San Mateo, The Wall, Timberland
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Thu, Mar 19, 2009 – 6:59 PM
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) [...]
Tue, Mar 17, 2009 – 3:17 PM
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, [...]
By Francis Arellano
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Posted in Weekend Rides
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Also tagged 4x4 Philippines, Backout Boys, Bokiko, Chris, Daang Hari, Frank, freak out, Kuya Ding's, Malipay, PhilMoFo, Rodel, Tubuhan
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Sun, Mar 15, 2009 – 5:38 AM
Via YM, KOS invited me to ride with them today at Timberland, where the Head for the Hills charity race and the Splash MTB XC Challenge were held (where the Head for the Hills Downhill race will also take place).
After finding out who the attendees were I was so tempted to join them: my 4×4 [...]
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I sent an email to Tourism Philippines editor-in-chief PKTan asking if he knows any mountain biking trails in the tourist destinations they feature. I knew it was a long shot mainly because I guessed he wasn’t a mountain biker, and I was correct. But still I tried.
In my email signature are 2 website URL’s: 1) [...]