Sunday, February 12, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
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!
Our first attempt
Poser style :)
Fun Fun!
Cast:
+ kublador
+ nikko
Food:
+ spanish bread (thank you Renneth!)
+ coke
+ spanish bread (thank you Renneth!)
+ coke
+ h20
Thanks to the two downhillers from Marikina for the chillout chit-chat too!
"Live free, Ride free..."
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
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
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
Thursday, February 2, 2012
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.
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!
Rise and shine tomorrow.
Thanks to everyone!
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!
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