Wheels of Happiness
September 7, 2015
It was my second ride for the week. The other one was to Antipolo via Morong and Teresa. I met the other riders: Ado and Vhen at Calumpang diversion. Vhen had a flat tire and said he was with the group that included Richard, Pangskie, Jess. So I waited for them. We were together until boundary of Cardona and Morong but then, Ado overtook me. And Vhen did likewise when we were near the market place.
Well I arrived some seconds later at Maybancal. Over there were Ernie, Tito Fabay, Erning Mariposa, Master, Gerry Y, Nolite, Pres Luis,Pangskie, Richard, and then of course, Ado and Vhen. They said we were going to Punta Jalajala (that would be 100 km out and back from Angono)
And so after having the Lugaw, I started out following Nolite. As I reached Pisong Kape, I went on to Jalajala. On the way to Punta, Weng and Erning and I was surprised when Weng touched my arm past Jalajala town proper. That was about 10 am.. They went on probably to do the Jalajala loop but I stopped hoping to see the others come. They did not.
At 1030, I went back and was at Pisong Kape by 12:00. I arrived home 1:30. It was a satisfying ride because I was strarting to develop my aerobic capacity and leg speed for spinning
Monday, September 7, 2015
New emerging class of bikers.
Wheels of Happiness
It used to be just roadies and mountain bikers. (MTB) But there is a new emerging class of riders:
1. The fixies They are growing in numbers (despite the apparent dangers) and they come with fluorescent colored bikes and sometimes racing with traditional roadies
2. The cyclocross. I would be one of them. They have road bike frames handle bars but have MTB gears changers. They would have typically gears up to 11 to 36. They would have doubles for cranks and even triplets (I have triplets in front) They ride roads, but go to places only fitted to MTB.
So there are now four classes of bikers
It used to be just roadies and mountain bikers. (MTB) But there is a new emerging class of riders:
1. The fixies They are growing in numbers (despite the apparent dangers) and they come with fluorescent colored bikes and sometimes racing with traditional roadies
2. The cyclocross. I would be one of them. They have road bike frames handle bars but have MTB gears changers. They would have typically gears up to 11 to 36. They would have doubles for cranks and even triplets (I have triplets in front) They ride roads, but go to places only fitted to MTB.
So there are now four classes of bikers
Bike rides to Antipolo via Teresa
Wheels of Happiness
I have done several bike rides to Antipolo via Teresa. With my hill climber bike, it looks like a cinch now. I do the climbs using 44 x 17 or 19. It is spinning more or less with plenty of developing pedalling rate and aerobic capacity. I do not stand and stay seated during the climb The idea is not to speed up but finish the climb maintaining the rpm as much as possible.
I find it easier to do the climbs. I see out the outer lane, to lessen the effort. There is less panting and grunting as I use my hill climber. Surprisingly, the climb takes less than 30 minutes. It used to be more than that
I have done several bike rides to Antipolo via Teresa. With my hill climber bike, it looks like a cinch now. I do the climbs using 44 x 17 or 19. It is spinning more or less with plenty of developing pedalling rate and aerobic capacity. I do not stand and stay seated during the climb The idea is not to speed up but finish the climb maintaining the rpm as much as possible.
I find it easier to do the climbs. I see out the outer lane, to lessen the effort. There is less panting and grunting as I use my hill climber. Surprisingly, the climb takes less than 30 minutes. It used to be more than that
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