From 4×4 to 2×1 – easy group ride!

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 [...]

Quotes of the week

Excellent quotes I’ve come across this week:

“hahahahaha!!! MISMO!!! putang inang PMTB yan!”
“sino nga kaya? baka si Mondy hahahahaha (nokia now banned in PMTB) hhahahaha” -Congratulations! This should actually be a milestone. Oh happy days!
“i am loving PhilMofo. after boycotting PMTB for months, i visited Philmofo 2 days ago and immediately liked it. good job!”

Did you [...]

Sweet dreams are made of these…

It was a Thursday night. The clock read 10:58 P.M.
With some prodding and negotiating I was able to secure a riding visa (from my wife) for the next day. Expiration is 10 A.M.
As it was late I sent a text message to a friend who I know would most likely be available to ride on [...]

Road Trip to Cardiac

Road trip. Most of the single track trails were still wet so we decided on staying on pavement (mostly) for this ride.
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[Video Blog] Philmofo Anniversary Ride 2009!

Here’s the video I took from my GoPro helmet camera of the first year anniversary ride of the best, the only, the REAL mountain biking forum for Filipinos by REAL Filipino mountain bikers: The Philippine MTB Forum!
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Aug. 23, ’09: The Philmofo Anniversary (Newbie) Ride

[ Sun, Aug 23, 2009; ]

Date: August 23, 2009 (Sunday)
Time: 7AM, Aling Tina’s Carinderia.

Copied the first post in the PhilMoFo thread by MountGuitars:

Mga Kapatid!

isang taon na tayo. hence, magkakaron ng konting pagtitipon tipon. magkakaron ng simpleng ride sa may maarat via shotgun to giant at may mga konting segway sa mga single tracks along the way.

purpose of the ride eh [...]

Effects of addiction

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) [...]

Sunday morning rain is falling…

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, [...]