In Bacolod, I’d go straight home from a most rides. Here in Manila, the rush of traffic along Marcos highway and Katipunan takes away a bit of the good vibes from Rizal’s great climbs…a quick loop around the acacia lined streets of UP and its all back.
There’s an island in a lake in an island in this lake which is in this island I’m standing on…
“By one measure, a panini is just a romantic-sounding word for a little sandwich. But for some cyclists those triangles of bread and cheese and jam and ham are as evocative as embrocation, or a battered orangey-brown cycling cap that carries the name of a sausage company, or rain on Hautacam, or a stone memorial that sits about 2 kilometers from the top of Ventoux.” _Bill Strickland, Sitting In
(screencaps from La Course en Tete, an Eddy Merckx documentary
pinoy pro
Marcos Highway
Wham! Burgers today, Burger Project sometime this week..
a Dutch guiding a Filipino down some roads where the pinoy PROs ride
sweet asphalt w/ a nice constant gradient, great views of Laguna de Bay…its good to be back riding in RIzal.
This is the 4th time I brought my bike to Manila and this is the 4th time I forgot something…this time its chain lube.
don’t mind this shot from a VGA phone camera…it just means I’m back riding after more than a week off :)
I’m making up for it anyway: I’ve been playing with my girl’s Sony NEX-5N (had a lot of fun w/ the 16mm lens) and I still have a few more shots left in my toy cam.
Word. Spotted in the latest issue of #RoadBikeActionMagazine. #cycling (Taken with instagram)
Source: dopepedaler
If I told her all the books I wanted, I could have filled up another of her bags..
Book 1 in my summer reading list.
My sisters were roadside with Jojo Rinoza, Philippine cycling’s photojournalist. One of them took a shot of the shooter.
DNF.
I should have chosen some smaller race for my first mass start instead of the Ronda Pilipinas Qualifiers. Anyway, chalk it up to experience…I am addicted.
When can I hurt again?
I was in Manila for the weekend to try out for a stage race this summer.
