Vino Fontana

Shawn, Nikko, Dale, and Ally

Red Wine donated by Bong

Ride and Surf

Painting/poster located inside Blackbeard's Seafood Island.

Laspag sa Batlag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj3SMagxqZI


Batlag Falls
Tanay, Rizal


"it's all in you..." -iration


Cast:
+ jap
+ ben
+ glen
+ manong
+ kublador
+ kuya juvy
+ nikko


Mainit at madami-dami rin na uphill, madami din naman downhill
Zero casualty pero flat tire galore (4x)
Bihira water source kahit sa mga tindahan
Vulcanizing 101 with tabo
Big Ben marunong na din magpapicture sa wakas
Ang sarap talaga ng flattops
Ahon na naman! Ahon pa din!
BOOM!!!
29er tire tube pinagkasya sa 26er, berigud!
Nagamit din ang "kadena gadgets" ni Glen, ang lakas kasi ni Jap eh!
Trail food , lunch , meryenda = tuna paella + jollibee regular yum
Team Backtrack (hindi kasi namin sigurado kung tama yung dinadaanan namin hehe)
Jap's first bike trail experience (sa uulitin ha!)
Kapagod. Uwian na!


Maraming salamat po sa mga taong nagturo sa amin ng daan, lalong lalo na sa mga bata na tumakbo at naglakad papunta ng falls.


Masaya pa din talaga at ginabi pa din talaga kahit maaga haha!


Tenkyu Lord! :)


Next Ride: wala muna pramis!
Lesson Learned: magdala ng madaming tire tubes kahit na may patch kits

Batlag Falls (10m high)

Nikko in action. Hunter mode.

DIY rock formations

Big Ben. "Norzagaray? Matindi yun!"

Jap

wilderness tire

trail vulcanizing 101

Batlag Falls (10m high)

Manong

kublador + big ben + nikko + manong + glen

+ kuya juvy + jap

Sun Ringle Single Track

Rims just right.
Not too wide, not too narrow.
Not too expensive, not too cheap.

Trek Chronicles: Puray, Rizal

by Charles
http://vimeo.com/35300649
http://almostdslr.tumblr.com/

Maxxis High Roller II

26x2.4 3C MAXX GRIP

* image courtesy of the owner

psy

http://dirtybikespilipinas.blogspot.com/2012/01/boys-night-ride.html


video by daughaus420

Puray Falls

Puray Falls
Rodriguez, Rizal


Cast:
+ manong
+ kublador
+ nikko
+ charles
+ kuya juvy
+ glen


Fail ride na sana, kaso mapilit at natuloy pa. Sobrang daming river crossing. May mga ilang ahon din. Walang ulan at hindi masyadong maaraw/mainit. Push lang ng push! Nandito na tayo eh.


Sige padyak lang, kailangang makarating doon kahit anong mangyari.


"Aray! Limatik!" habang buhat-buhat namin ang aming mga bisikleta papuntang Puray falls. Ilang minuto na lang ay nandoon na tayo. Sobrang laki ng mga bato, dahan dahan lang.


Napakaganda ng Puray falls. Sulit na sulit. O picture picture! Solid.
Halika na, umuwi na tayo habang may konting liwanag pa.


Teka, take five muna, pahinga muna tayo ng konti at kumain na din ng konti bago tayo umuwi para dere-derecho ang padyak.


Heto na nga at ginabi na nga tayo. Mukhang hindi na uubra. Ano nang plano? Punta tayo doon sa waiting shed at magtanong baka may mga tricycle pa.


O, ikarga na yan! Uuwi na tayo.

Sobrang sobrang sobrang maraming salamat po sa mga lokals na pumayag para ihatid kami sa Montalban pauwi gamit ang kanilang motor/tricycle. Kung hindi dahil sa kanila, malamang kinabukasan na kami nakauwi o di kaya ay pumadyak kami sa kadiliman ng ilang oras kahit na wala kaming pagkain at tubig.


Walang injury. Walang nasiraan.
Solid yung mga pagkain sa karinderya.


Napaka-swerte pa din talaga. Maraming salamat po Panginoon :)


"hindi na ako makakain..."
"kayang kaya niyo yan, maliwanag ang buwan!"

4X

Lutong Kalabaw

Khing's Tinolang Kalabaw @ Project 8, Quezon City

well, it tastes like beef...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinola

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabao

ROAM. by The Collective

"They say that the journey can be more important than the destination. In   

   mountain biking there is no destination... just the bike, the rider, and the   

   place to ride."

these videos are definitely not ours. just found them in youtube.

Ellsworth Enlightenment

2012 ellsworthbikes.com, All rights reserved

Boys Night Ride

"Two hot Green Tea Latte and one Caffe Americano please..."


Cast:
+ dale
+ charles
+ kublador

2011... the final chapter.

Sabina's Christening, Max's Chicken, Charles' new Trek 3500, Year-ender ride at Camp Aguinaldo, What else could we ask for to end the year 2011?

:)

"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right."

video by daughaus420
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZkHMK8yXOk

Raindrops

one of our early inspirations...
"just like raindrops, even though you're a million miles away..."



Raindrops
by Filme von Draussen
http://vimeo.com/16271299

Ash

with Shawn in the background...
:)


"The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
   Do good anyway."

Corregidor Island

It's raining probably due to a low pressure area while aboard in a Sun Cruises Ferry from Manila Bay; it takes 1 hour to get there. Tourists can stay in the hotel or can have a quick day-tour all over the island. Neither of these is done as we have the bikes with us to roam around freely wherever, whenever. So the tourist guide hands over a paper place mat thingy (these could be the place mats used in their hotel) to each of us, it's the map of the Corregidor Island so we would know where to go. Good thing there's a small store near the shore and hotel so we can buy foods and liquids as our small bike bags are only filled with the dry and clean clothes to get home, money, tent, mobile phone, and camera. We take our usual coffee and brunch before we start the ride.


Unexpectedly, there are some uphills here too. The island is about 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) long, and it is about 2.0 miles (3.2 km) wide at its widest point with a total land area of about 900 hectares.


Quite exhausted after 7-8 hours of pedaling. The ride is over as darkness falls. Chillaxin' at the shore with the island guard. We pitch the tent to spend the night here with lots of mosquitoes and the sound of the crashing waves.


Time to get some rest with minimal clothes as it's still wet. Lights off at this cold midnight.


...........


Rise and shine even if there's no sun. It's our second day in this island, and still raining quite hard. No ghosts encountered so far while sleeping. We will now head back to Manila at 9AM after this humble breakfast. Another bike ride on our way home.


Cast:
+ kublador
+ fry
+ lakadmalaya


This adventure will surely be impossible without the help of Riah Almodovar. Thank you!


"Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul    
   them down.."


http://www.corregidorphilippines.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corregidor_Island