Back to Insanity!

Evening of Feb. 17, 2012, my phone beeped. “Where are we riding tomorrow?”
That’s the text message I received from Frank, my long-time riding buddy.
We both got back on the saddle at the start of this year.
I was forced to stop due to the trauma of my bike-jacking at gunpoint experience (I haven’t written about this, [...]

Prima riders bag two golds in 2011 Singapore Open

* Original article here.
Manila, Philippines – The Prima Cycling Team, representing the Philippines, pocketed two gold medals and one silver medal in the recent 2011 Singapore National Open Cycling Championship at the Kent Ridge Park in Singapore.
The father-and-son tandem of former Philippine downhill team coach Frederick Farr and rising junior cyclist John Derrick Farr outraced [...]

Team Prima @ The SG National MTB Championships 2011

Congratulations to my fellow Team Prima/Isuzu/South Cycle teammates for dominating the XC (cross-country) and DH (downhill) categories at the Singapore National Cycling Championships held last weekend, July 3, 2011, at Kent Ridge Bike Park, Singapore.
(Video & link to Facebook album by team captain Chucky below)
Team Prima results are as follows:

JM Mapacpac: Silver! XC 19-34
Eboy Farr: Gold! Men’s DH [...]

[CONTEST] What the Heck?! Round 2

Time for round 2 of this site’s contest: What the Heck?! Prize would be a copy of the maiden issue of Mountain Bike Philippines magazine.

Congratulations!

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. [...]

[June 12, 2010] Phoenix Freedom Ride

[ Sat, Jun 12, 2010; 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM. ]
Route: Phoenix Daang Hari >> Pala-pala Dasmarinas >> Trece Martires Phoenix >> Tanza >> Kawit Phoenix >> Phoenix Daang Hari

Phoenix Ride for a Cause – community relations-building with residents of the Malipay trail network

June 12, 2010, Saturday

6:00 am: Assembly (Phoenix D.Hari) fellowship breakfast (light snacks)
7:00 am: Take off (via Paliparan, SM Dasma, Governor’s drive to [...]

[CONTEST] What the Heck?! Round 1

Here’s what you need to do. Identify the photo below. First correct answer via this site’s comment section will win a shirt from either Nema or Bike Statement.

The Equalizer

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! [...]