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: [...]
Diego (taken before the March 14, 2010 ride)
Late this morning Diego G. and I did a quick heatstroke ride in the Malipay trails. As I couldn’t ride early we were able to start at around 10 A.M. (now you know why I call it a heatstroke ride; damn weather!)
Since I have a full day (ride, [...]
Thanks to Hatch who showed me the eroded part on the right side of the track is now rideable. After the ride when he showed us I tried it out during one of the weekday rides Borj and I do.
This section of the Malipay trail network is the part that leads from the main Malipay [...]
The day my wife finally rode with me on a loaned mountain bike (thanks Bong!) was the first time I’ve ridden the Nuvali mountain bike tracks, though I’m pretty sure we weren’t able to ride the complete tracks as we were adjusting to match my wife’s riding level.
But as we were done with the first [...]
This was on Valentine’s Day 2010, the first time my wife, Jam, tried mountain biking (on a loaned mountain bike; thanks Bong!). With us on this ride were Ian (fellow Backout Boys member) and his wife.
Ian knew we had to adjust to make this day’s ride enjoyable for my wife. Lei, his wife, was just [...]