Dirt Weekend @ Aling Tina's

Another dirt weekend at the bike track in front of Aling Tina's Eatery (San Mateo, Rizal).
Wiped out. Crashed. Overshot. Fun.

Cast:
+ charles
+ nikko
+ kublador
+ the other "wild" riders from everywhere (blue rims, pugak, buchokoy, etc.)

Charles + the last part of the track, shotgun, and the wall in the bg

the boys and the bikes under a tree @ 2PM heat wave

 ride til sunset.. happy weekend!

Tomorrow Comes Tonight

n00b chillout warmup ride for the weekend @ Dividend Street...

Scott's new Chain + Cogs

"my all rounder... keepin' it real!"   -nikko

Commencal Absolut SX

Yeti DJ

DJ - The Second Encounter

"Lean back..."  -buchokoy

Location: San Mateo, Rizal

Our second attempt at the bike track in front of Aling Tina's eatery. Had some rains a few days ago (some berms still have some water), but today is extremely hottttt. Ride's still slow, but a bit faster/improving (I guess) compared to our first.

Thanks for the Cloud9 and H20 Aling Tina :)

Cast:
+ nikko
+ kublador
+ spiderman (no pics, sorry.)
+ buchokoy (no pics, sorry.)

Aling Tina in her downhill get-up

knee and shin guards

nikko wit tha goats + shotgun in the background

 chillaxxx... with the ants.... fail!

goodbye chain

still ridin' without chains... ok!

dirty chain

the last of the dirt mound in the track

sprite and pandecoco time!

UPD Sunday Ride and Run

Sunday morning ride and run @ UP Diliman

Cast:
+ makoy
+ mariel
+ kublador

dirty shirt

reprezent!

Cast:

+ nikko

Test 720

Location: Project 8
Weapon: Mom's Xperia Neo V

Dust and Berms

 

Location: San Mateo, Rizal
 

This small bike track is located in front of Aling Tina's
Our first attempt
Poser style :)
Fun Fun!

Cast:
+ kublador
+ nikko

Food:
+ spanish bread (thank you Renneth!)
+ coke

+ h20

Thanks to the two downhillers from Marikina for the chillout chit-chat too!

"Live free, Ride free..."

the Messenger

Trek Chronicles: Maarat (video)

Trek Chronicles: Mt. Maarat from charles avengoza on Vimeo.

Trek Chronicles: Maarat

images from Charles' ipod touch
http://almostdslr.tumblr.com/day/2012/02/05

Warat sa Maarat

San Mateo, Rizal


Lots of fellow bikers as usual, it's a Sunday.
Trails are super dry.
No rain. Sunny hot.
Aling Tina's brunch.
Charles' first time in here (from Las Pinas with love).
Sub-Zero.
Berms.
All the way up to the table top.
Fast ride, happy ride.


There's a bike track in front of Aling Tina's. Looks good. Looks fun. Must try real soon.


Cast:
+ charles
+ nikko
+ kublador

The Bike Tree 

brunch @ Aling Tina's . menudo. meatballs.

 the WALL @ 12noon

Yeti ASR7 

Basic Trail 

Roxas Trail

 Table top

OFFROADERS vs DOWNHILLERS

Mt. Tapulao (2,037 MASL)
Iba, Zambales


"4x4 up...
  MTB down..."


Cast:
+ fry
+ kublador
+ the offroaders


By bus or by car, the trail head/jump-off is ~200 kilometers from Manila, so that's 4-6 hours of travel. Also known as the "high peak", it is the highest mountain in Zambales and in Central Luzon. Tapulao means "pine tree" in the local dialect.


Our first attempt to ride down this tough mountain as we usually hike it instead (9-12 hours hike up; 6-8 hours down). One good thing is water will not be a problem as there are a few sources. The temperature at the base camp / bunker goes as low as 10 deg C. Hardtails might really have a hard time here as the trails have huge and rough rocks along the way. We have the bikes loaded at the back seats (but there are no seats hehe!) of the Vitara as we go up with its 38" super swampers. It's raining a bit and the trails are a bit wet / rocks are slippery and so some trucks are having a hard time ascending. It looks like we're stopping at the 75% mark, the trucks cannot make it anymore and NO we're not willing to push/ride the bikes all the way to the top as it's still quite far (3-5 kms). I guess this is fine, let's go and start the ~10 kilometer adrenaline downhill. So let the radness begin.

lunch time at the middle of the trail...

i eat mud for lunch...

woooohooo!! 

wut? wut?

push!

good dog. smart dog. black lab.

fry + kublador + vitara... a few minutes before the adrenaline

yes, it is that high and that steep :)

winch!!!

downhill done! with our perfect DH attire.

manong's vitara

Had a few crashes.
We will spend the night at a place near the shore.
Corona Extra. Soup. Food. Beach.
Time to relax. Good night!

chillaxx...

we're not yet done haha!

tents are for kids...

Rise and shine tomorrow.
Thanks to everyone!