More of JB pictures at Vigan ride from Ado Gonzaga's post

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
February 25, 2018

Some more of my pictures at  Vigan ride (it could be Viagra ride?)

                                          JB at far end (upper right hand corner) of the long table

                              At the short program of lunch hosting by Holy Gardens La Union

Still ecstatic over the Vigan ride

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
February 23, 2018

Isang malaking palakpak at pagsaludo sa mga brave at matiyagang mga Recyclists riders

500 km +    riders     MAMAW TO THE MAX    

                1.  Allan
                2.  Jeff
                3.  Peter
                4.  Gerry

297 km riders:

              1.  VM Jun Vic
              2.  Pres Luis
              3.   Jess Verchez
              4.  Exequiel Villadiego
              5.  Netoy Mariposa
              6.  Richard Ang
              7.  Master E
              8. Engr. June

224 km riders

           1.  Jimmy
           2.  Jorge
           3.  Pangskie
           4.  Ado

67 km +  riders

          1.  Sec. Noe
          2.  Jovencio Apran

CONGRATULATIONS FOR THIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT RIDE

When ever I recall theVigan ride, a smile emerges on my face and I feel happy over the ride   Why?

1. I finished the ride without having cramps or felling distressed.

2. I led the group for 50 km from Urdaneta to Rosario, Rosario to Agoo;

3.  It was the  first time I rode in this direction;  beyond Baguio and San Fernando La Union

4. There were many great things I saw:   wide open fields planted to tobacco corn peanuts.

5. There were long endless roads: flats and about 30 Bugarin type of ascents.  Which I was able to tackle without feeling tired or distressed.

6.  The Bianchi bike with its Jetfly wheels did well, and so with the bike I borrowed from Vhen with AmCla wheelset even lighter

7.  My training and my 5x long rides to Jalajala paid off.

8. Compared to Tagaytay, Atimonan, San Felipe, Baguio, Mt. Province rides, this was the best ride I had.  Mabilis pacing, di kulelat.  Malakas hanggnag huli.

Who would not be happy?!

More pictures

Credit to Ado Gonzaga FB post:

Day 1 February 16, 2018

                                                           Breakfast at Engr. June's house

                                                 In front of PSI ride about to begin

                                            Panalangin led by Deacon Exequiel  Villadiego

                                                 Resting at first scheduled pit stop at Agoo

                                        Approaching San Fernando La Union

                                                At Holy Gardens La Union for a pit stop, and lunch

Not merely to upgrade the bike but UPGRADE YOUR RIDE

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
January 3, 2018

I rode today to Km 58, fulfilling 30 km one way ride or 60 km.  Last night I watched at You Tube how to ride better and how to make your bike faster (inflating the tires correctly, keeping it clean, clothes, reducing your weight, removing the accessories (I put my tools in a rucksack)

I am preparing for Vigan ride and I am on track

I guess I was riding at 25 + kph today.  My religious bike rides are doing me good.  I am standing most of the time uphill up to 300 meters at times (mga 30 seconds)

I ate Lugaw at Simples at may nakasabay na friends great riders.  One had a dream bike:   a CF bike with Kysirium  wheelset,  and Durace group set.   I feared for my life. 

However when we rode out, I was nearly more than a KM ahead when I reached KM 57 and must have taken them 2 mins before they arrived.

So much for bragging

Solving missing shifts problem of Campy at my Fuji bike

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
December 29, 2017

I rode today up to Morong to fulfill my mileage requirements for the Vigan ride  I had 50 last Wednesday, and today 40 km. I rode on the Fuji Carbon

I was trying to ape Alberto Contador who boasted of standing up going uphill (on slight or medium hills) at 53 x 17- 19.  However, as I used the 6th gear (the 19 teeth) it jumped.   I tried to adjust the cable tension from the front adjuster, to the barrel adjuster, then the screw adjuster.  But the bad shift kept on.

I avoided the 19t and used 21 or 17t to experiment the standing up when climbing the hills (instead of 34 x 25) which was slower and lazier way to climb.  Surely such a practice makes one stronger and faster

So I peered at the gears and I suspected a broken 19t gear. (Whew where will I find a 19t spare Campy cog?) What is saw surprised me:  there is an uneven space between 17t and 19t.   So I removed the cogs from the free wheel.  The trouble was with the spacer.   The first two spacers with the groove was between the 25 23 set with 21 19, and  17.   I placed the flat spacers which caused uneven spacing.  When I rearranged the  spacers and the cogs looked of even spacing, I tightened the nut and tried to shift  It was perfect.

Without this observation and analysis, this problem would persist and the mechanic could have fooled me and recommended something expensive.