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Shotgun: The Hill, now a crime scene

Published on Fri, Mar 23, 2012 By Francis Arellano

When I logged back in on Facebook late in the morning the image at the left was what greeted me. But what got my attention was the caption of the image poster (in all capital letters): “Pusang hilaw!!!!! Hinampas ako ng baril sa may paakyat ng Shotgun at ninakawan ako at kaibigan ko! (<Expletive>!!!!! I [...]

[Video Blog] Philmofo Anniversary Ride 2009!

Published on Sun, Sep 6, 2009 By Francis Arellano

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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Record breaker!

Published on Thu, Mar 12, 2009 By Francis Arellano

When I reached the gate marking the end of the climb I saw it was closed. How are we going to get through if it’s locked, I though, taking note of the huge padlocks. We’ll deal with that later, I though to myself then quickly and gently I hit the gate with my front tire, while braking, and I check my watch immediately. 11:32 A.M.

I do a quick calculation. 48 minutes? Against my old record of 49 minutes? I laugh out loud!

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The war is won

Published on Mon, Jan 26, 2009 By Francis Arellano

In the dark the couple sleeps. Suddenly the alarm goes off on the man’s wristwatch, joined together by the alarm set on his cellphone. It’s 4:00 A.M. He awakens, moves, reaches for his watch, turns off the alarm. As he reaches for his cellphone his wife groans from the noise. Snooze. Silence. Sleep comes back, [...]

Bang, bang, baby!

Published on Sun, Jan 4, 2009 By Francis Arellano

Today’s destination: The Shotgun Trail in San Mateo, Rizal (though, this isn’t the original plan, but it’s nearby). This will be my first time to ride this trail as it’s quite far from where I live and ever since I started mountain biking I always bike from home (I only started last year, almost the [...]

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