Fmr Usec Catalina Cabral died at Bued River along Kennon road - the route we usually take to Baguio City ride

Wheels of Happiness

We condole and sympathize with family of fmer Usec Secretary Ma Catalina Cabral yesterday.  

She was alleged to have been pushed, jumped off the cliff.   Ms. Cabral holds the keys and clarification on many flood control project anomaly and the budger insertions.

Sad day for Phil politics and search for justice.

Feeding stations at Angono Baguio City ride last February 20 to 21 2015

Wheels of Happiness

Angono, Rizal Philippines |February 24, 2015

          Breakfast at Jollibee Urdaneta on February 21, 2015
Master E, JB, Richard, Meong, Vhen and Chito

We resupplied and retanked our fuel tanks as we rode at the following areas:

February 20, 2015

1.  SM Marilao   8:00 am  breakfast

2.  San Fernando City crossing -  11 am snacks

3.  Dau   12 am  -  lunch at Abis place

4.  San Manuel   8 pm -  snacks at 7 11

5.  Dinner-   Maxs Urdaneta (kami ni Sir VM, Matmat, and Master

   Eating bibingka, egg and bananas at SM Marilao parking

                  The bibingka is Joels contribution

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               Group pics after taking candies and soda at San Fernando junction

             Abi was the main attraction at lunch at Dao.  The food servers were wondering where we came from because we asked urgently for food and water.... (We asked which way to Batangas?}

           Having been fed and hydrated ready to ride again

February 25. 2015

1. Urdaneta City  -  Breakfast    6:00

2.  Shell Select -  Sison Pangasinan  -  7:30

3.  Camp 6 -  Snacks    11:00 am

4.  Lunch   Baguio City Inn   3 pm

 x                   Lining up for their turn at Jollibee:  Vhen, Echo, Netoy, Master, Gerry - mabilis itong linyang ito.   Sa line ko 3 lang kami inabot ako ng 30 minutes

             Meong, Gerry, Jimmy, Netoy and Vhen enjoying their breakfast.

At Urdaneta City Jollibee

                Rommel, Luis, Weng, Tito, Joel, Gerry, Echo

                        Verchez brods

                   An all M table:   Joel Gerry and Diego

                      Our sponsors:  VM and Mat2

                      Chito, Vhen, and JB

                   Master, JB, Richard, Meong, Vhen and Chito

                       Richard tending his bike

At Shell Select, Rosario, La Union

                        VM

                        JB

                       Pres Luis

                 Junjun,  Richard, Chito, Jess, Jeff

       Smith, Joel, Luis  Tito, Meong, Gerry, Echo, Val and Jess

                            JB now seated; included in the photo

                     Echo fixing something on his bike

                      JB and Val;  old companion in BC ride

                        Jess and Chito

At Camp 6

        The first 8 Gerry, Diego,Tito, Chito, Richard, Jeff, Echo, Netoy

  We bought plenty of food:  biscuits, water, soda, pakwan, energy drink, P5 for CR use.

                         JB now part of the first 9

At Baguio Inn

          We had our lunch at 3 pm.  we were so hungry I bet we could have eaten wood.  We had sinigang na baboy, pla pla and pakwan

What is in my mind, how did I feel as climbed Baguio for the 3rd time?

Biking and health

 Baguio City, January 26, 2013

One of our fellow bikers, a veteran of 4 climbs, quit today at Camp 6.  Baguio City is just but 8 km away.   He looked pale and tried to motivate him:  shamed him, appealed to his sense of past achievement.  He said he felt differently;  he was not very prepared.  He felt something else:  dizzy etc.  I advised him to eat bibingka (sweet rice cakes courtesy of Joel who had birthday yesterday).  Well he said enough is enough.  Richard told him just to ride easy.  He had a low geared mt. bike and could easily scale up Kennon road. It was a hearbreaker!!

Nobody could help him budge a millimeter from his decision.

I guess everybody feels the same at this stage:  hungry, dehydrated, butt sore;  your hand and your feet feel numb.  Your thigh muscles are in knots ready to go into cramps.  You must have climbed 40 hills and incline and more are to come.

I actually dismounted at the concrete road.  My legs gave up and when I put on the cleats back, I could not turn the wheel.

At the switchback at Lions Head, I also dismounted relaxed my legs a bit and pedalled on.

Before the view deck, there were two turns:  one to the left and the final right hand bend which looked like heartbreaker.


But when you reach the Kennon view deck, you feel elated that you conquered Baguio again.  Nothing could beat that.

Well the heartbreaker for me is that:   my gear did not go down to the last biggest gear # 25.  I failed to adjust it right that is why the climb was a little bit stiff.  But I did it.  I got there on my own power, at 6l, 280 km distance and at Kennon rd, the steepest gateway to Baguio


Our old photo at Kennon road (our camera batt failed at this point)