Bike blessing at Antipolo

...with my TSP (Tiklop Society of the Philippines) group happened last September 28, 2014...

As I woke-up late, I just followed and meet them at the church compound.

Here's the only photo I took along the way;

And the Strava route...

Till my next ride adventure...

TSP - Super "HOT" Thursday Ride

...coinciding 01May2014 Labor Day with a scorching heat of 36.4 °C...

The usual drill... Allow me to share some snaps, but this time, also with grabbed snaps from some of my co-TSPeeps...

Starting point - UP Diliman (LSD meet-up area). Pic from Dello St. Michael...

Starting point - UP Diliman (LSD meet-up area). Pic from Josef Reyes...

2nd stop - Rajah Sulayman Park (MAD meet-up area). Pic from Josef Reyes...

2nd stop - Rajah Sulayman Park (MAD meet-up area). Pic from Jojo Leng...

3rd stop - R.O.X. BGC (TNF meet-up area). Pic from Josef Reyes...

4th stop - Ortigas Park (WET meet-up area). Pic from Abner Sapien...

5th stop - Q Plaza Commercial Center (T3 meet-up area). Pic from Abner Sapien...

Then back to UP Diliman (LSD meet-up area). Pic from Cesar Platon...

And headed to Laurel St. for some refreshments. Pic from Michael Baroma...

My "bike porn" snaps;

While enroute to UP Diliman...

At R.O.X. BGC...

At Ortigas Park...

Strava route;

 

Till my next ride adventure...

Errand Ride

Route;

Home-Holy Spirit-Kaliraya St.-"Mental" aka Tapa Supreme-Holy Spirit-Home

Total Distance - 44.6 KMs based on this Strava route;

 

And my first time to go and eat on this place that what my co-TSPeeps are calling, "Mental"...

One of the meals that is classic to my fellow co-TSPeeps, "baconsilog";

The "leaf" and the "bird" (Moi's Dahon Metro and Edward's Peugeot Birdy);

Till my next ride adventure...

Project Neos 2.0

This Neos 2.0 RD (rear derailleur) has been with me for quite some time since I begged (Trans: "Arbor") for it from a friend and a co-biker/co-TSP, Edward P. Santos.

Being bugged (and having almost always doing RD tuning) with the "stock" RD on my KorEnda (Enda Leo 16" folding bike) since I acquired it sometime November last year, I decided that I really need to make provisions as my Enda Leo doesn't have "drop-out" to install this or any other after-market RD.

So last Saturday (February 22), prior on my (our) ride, I passed-by to some machine shops along "Killer Highway" (Commonwealth Avenue) and look for a shop who can do the provisions I need. After dropping-by for two (2) shops, alas there's a shop who had the "special" threading bit whose diameter is almost exact with the mounting bolt of the said RD.

I was able to fix/install it the next day as I am too tired when I went home after our ride. So here goes the result;

Hopefully it holds true what it says that it's actuation is 1:1. Same with SRAM. Let's see...

TSP - Raiders of the Lost Ark 2 Ride

...and this is my 3rd time to go to this historical site. First was last August 18, 2012 then the second was last April 5, 2013.

As usual, allow me to share some snaps as we go along the way;

Kilometer reading from my home place to our meeting place...

1st rest-stop...

TSPeeps...

Paying respect before heading down...

Moi with TresCinco...

At Petroglyphs...

Snack break before going back to the meeting area...

Strava scrrenshot...

The complete album...

Till my next ride adventure...

 

Calinawan Cave Ride

http://www.strava.com/activities/112308663

Aside from my Tanay Parola (+ Tanay Cathedral) and Daranak Falls bike rides, added to my "bucket list" is this Calinawan Cave bike travel/exploration...

This time we were 6 (bike buddies from TSP namely - Alvin Lim, Angelo Amparo, Chris Alvarez, Eli "Winter Knives" Chacon, Phi Añez and myself) who conquered the scorching afternoon heat on the way to the said cave.

Original plan is to also include Daranak Falls but wasn't able to do so due to time constraint.

Again, allow me to share some snaps as we go along the way;

Photo-ops before riding out. Photo by ©Angelo Amparo...

At Teresa view deck...

Other angle...

Our usual refreshment/snack area after the descent at Teresa...

with Drew Arellano! Photo by ©Angelo Amparo...

Lunch break!

Photo by ©Phi Añez...

With Angelo, Phi and Alvin...

Almost "half-way" of the road leading to the cave...

More to go, literally...

Harkor (hardcore) Angelo! ;-P

Group hug at the bridge. Photo by ©Angelo Amparo...

This time, the views from the cave;

The "cavers"...

The guide said that the rock formation on the right looks like a face. And I think it's true!

Rock formations...

Shining... Shimmering... Splendid!

Some other rock formations...

Passageway...

Used to be bats home/nest...

The exit...

Group hug. Photo by ©Eli Chacon...

Complete album set..

This bike travel not only explored what we saw on the road, rather the history behind Calinawan Cave. And surely we will go back as what our tour guide Jhepoy said, that they'll start opening levels 3 & 4 of the cave comes March.

Till my next ride adventure...