Idol Ed Valdez tried the Audax route and even the young ones, the best of the best bonked out

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
March 14, 2016

Idol Ed Valdez and I talked about the Audax ride this coming Saturday. He and two other young riders tried this route. It took them 7 + hours from the 5 hour start to finish at the Paradise Hotel.  They averaged 26 kph for the entire ride.

It was he said one of the most difficult ride he experienced, even worse than the Marcos Highway ride to Baguio City.  At the last portion from Sampaloc to Sierra Madre, the champ young riders who rode with idol bonked out.  They were dead tired.

Should I join the ride?

Exciting bike rides of Ed "Idol" Valdez to inspire us

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
March 3, 2016

I had a conversation with Edgar "Idol" Valdez who is from Cubao.  We had conversation on the software company which he established and then our conversation drifted to biking.

1.  Will the Recyclist have a bike ride this Holy Week?  Yes to Baguio.  Who are joining,  Jeff, Gerry, Val, myself

2.  What were his bike rides:

      1.  Centurion Challenge at Marcos Highway from Mang Vic,to Jarels Peak (that is all ready Real Quezon) a total distance of 164 km (100 miles hence centurion) which he covered in five hours plus.  That means he did this ride mostly uphill in a little under 30 kph!   Centurion Challenge at Facebook

                              2015 Centurion Challenge

     2.  The Kaybian ride via Pico de Loro then Nasugbu, Tagaytay, Silang and home base, 246 km all in one day in 8 hours plus.  He did this at 30 kph

     3.  There is the Audax  Rizal challenge.  Vics again, to Sampaloc, up to Jarels peak, down to Sampaloc up to Shell and then up to Real, u turn and  and going back to to Boso boso. Wow.  Audax though is not a race but riding a predetermined distance.

Reminders for Audax ride on March 19, 2016

History of Audax

Audax Rizal ride information

This guy Ed Valdez (Idol) is a great guy

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines   | December 23, 2014

All I know about idol is that he and Jeff rode to Baguio last Holy Week and Jeff, one of our strongest rider, was no match for Idol.

I later learned that idol represents a software company, and has done a lot of research on radiant energy (the Tesla principles) as source of free energy.  We hear and see about these in the movies.   He says he has done 15 years of work on this.

But you should admire how he practice.  He says a training ride for him is 100 km stop.  After we came from Real, he returned to Cubao via Sampaloc.  Great

We are supposed to meet today for a presentation, but he did not come.

Bike ride to Real Up to Cell Site yesterday (December 21, 2014)

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines  | December 22, 2014

                             Happy birthday Gerry

This rider unexpectedly joined Idol (Ed Valdez) and Angel Balubar in a bike ride to Real Quezon (up to the cell site tower after about a mile long steep ascent after the quarry.

I started out with a plan to only ride to Morong and probably join the group up to Pisong Kape.   I joined Master after brief stop at Sacred Heart Parish in Tayuman.  He was on ride/spinning mode and was in no hurry.  We ended up in Morong at about 7+ am.  It was the birthday of Gerry Y and all the lugaw and mountain dew were on him.

Happy Birthday, Gerry (he said the age is a secret)

Jeff and Idol (Edgar) rode tandem to Baguio City last Holy Week

Wheels of Happiness

Teresa Rizal, Philippines  |  April 27, 2014

I knew  before that Jeff and Idol rode to Baguio last Maundy Thursday and Good Friday (Holy Week).  They rode up via Marcos highway and had to walk 1/2 of the way from the tunnel to Green Valley.  I understand Jeff's gear is 53 x 23.  That must be hard climb for both them.

They slept in Tayug Pangasinan, I understand.

Congratulations and God bless Jeff and Idol.  Idol kayo pareho