Visited the Church of St. Francis de Asisi last Friday, as we did Laguna loop (in a car)

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In the last leg of the Laguna loop (which we did in a vehicle we visited the bamboo church of Macamot of Binangonan, which had a grand plan of building a Cathedral.  We promised a big support in case we closed a project nearby.  Its parish priest Fr. Castillo celebrated his birthday last May 4.  This post felt obliged to help the church building vision even in a small way.   Over the last 4 decades in business, we helped at least 4 churches in their construction projects.   It was late almost 7 when we arrived at Macamot and we nearly did not recognize the goood Father.

We felt good doiing this.

Bamboo Church, Saint Francis de Assisi, Macamot Binangonan

My OEM bike project taking shape

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Rizal Phililppines
February 22, 2018

                                              Installed na direct mount ultegra brakes

Four twos in a date. Seems a lucky date.

My OEM bike frame which arrived last Saturday, after 3 weeks or nervous waiting (the communication with the supplier based in the Visayas was erratic and it started after I made my full payment) is slowly beginning to take shape.

I still lack the following:

     1. A crank that has spindle of 100 mm or more is needed.  I have to get a Shimano.  The Red which is
         very light, will not fit because the spindle length being designed for BB 30 is only 74 mm;  Kaya
         pala walang pumapatol  maski very light.  The crank is BB 30 specific (the BB shell width) It wont do
         for threaded or 865 or 90 mm shell

    2.   A drop bar

    3.  Stem  50 mm

    4.  86.5 bb which is available at Bikezilla

I will sell a bike just to get a 6800 group set.   It will be heavier by 100 gms because I have to use a 600+ grams Ultegra  crankset.  Ibang Red gagamitin ko:  STI, rd, fd.    and still get a respectable weight.  Maybe 6.6 kg.

                                                 Mukhang peke ba o orig?  What do you think?

My new bike CG project coming to life

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Rizal Philippines
February 19, 2018

                                                  Worth the wait.  I retained the bubble wrap
                                                       to avoid scratches...

The owner of a bike shop in Cebu who handled the importation of my OEM bike arrived in Manila Saturday morning to treat his wife to a concert in MoA (which I later learned was cancelled) He would leave today.  So I cancelled part of my ride, just to take personal delivery of the frame.  Its delivery since its arrival in the Philippines was delayed by 3 weeks all ready:  reason?   The courier company upped their charges 3x what they used to charge.  So delivery charge would be P6,000 up from former P2,000.

And so he checked in the bike frame, hoping he would send this by courier or meet me personally.  I I cut short my ride to Paoay, and tried to get an early ride from Vigan to Cubao.  I got one by 6 am Partas.  However the road condition was bad and I reached Cubao by 5 pm, and MoA by 6:40.   The guy with the young and beautiful wife arrived at 7:10.  The box was big, so I had to pay extra for one passenger in the bus that unloaded me at Robinson Galleria and the van from Galleria to home.

Since I did not have time to unload and look for the parts, I took note that:   the insert was missing, there seemed to be no headset and the headset plug extender.    I texted the guy, and the part, the insert to tighten the seat post, could not be found.  Lo and behold, it got mixed up with the packing syropor.  The head set was the in the frame.   The BB was wrong.  The BB shell is 86.5 mm very much wider than the normal shell, and the SRAM crank would not penetrate till the drive side;  so the GXP 865 bb would really need to be bought at P2k at Bikezilla or life cycle...

I installed the brake all ready the seat post, and temporary for the fork.  It still weighed very light.

                                                The fork being held in place by masking tape

                                                         Seat post and seat all ready installed

                                                        The box that arrived from Cebu which
                                                                I lugged from MoA by commute

                                                   Styropor boards and carton that protected
                                                              the bike frame.

#Windfarm at #Bugarin, Pililla

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From Philstar on Pililla Windfarm Project

From Chinabank

Wind Farm in California



Rizal Philippines   | November 27, 2014

By this time you would have noticed the tarp signs announcing the soon to be inaugurated wind farm at Bugarin, Pililla.  There are 27 in all. The new roads being built lead to the Wind farm with 67.5 mW capacity

This is the first wind farm to be financed by FIT (Feed in Tariff) and aptly called #PilillaWindfarm Project.  It was financed locally with BDO as the lead underwriter for $130 million with a term of 12.5 years.   This reflects the local bank's confidence in renewable energy.  The project broke ground last June 2012 and expected to be operational late 2014.

It is a joint project of a company founded by Fmr Secy Vincent Perez and Kepco and Meralco PowerGen

The power output from the Pililla Windfarm project is priced at P8.53/kwh

Individual Photo Pic Project by Sec Noe during the 2014 Bisikleta Iglesia

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Angono, Rizal Philippines |  Good Friday, 2014

When we were about to leave the Tanay church, I noted that there was a long line and when I searched for my camera, I thought I have lost it.  Naiwanan ko pala kay Sir Sec Noe and there he was patiently taking pictures of all the Recyclists with their bikes.

Thank you Sec Noe for the initiative and the imagination.  Here are the pics (nagkulang ang nasa FB di ko ma edit, di kasi photo album ang ginawa kong post.  Sorry for those 2 di nakasali)

 Sec Noe, ang promotor ng project na ito

 Joel Tsalaptalap with Richard's bike