Saturday, December 19, 2015

5 best bikes for 2016

Wheels of Happiness

Five best bikes for 2016 -  high tech, high te

1.  Trek Madone (only 950 grams.  Whole bike weight only 7000 grams) Has specially Bontrager brakes integrated into the frame

2.  Cervelo R3

3.   Trek Venge (over 1000 grams carbon fiber frame

4.  Scott (only 13 lbs for full bike)











Cannondale Hardtail Carbon Fiber MTB with Hedshok

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
December 19, 2015




It will soon be Christmas.  Merry Christmas

Two days ago, my cousin PMd me a carbon fiber MTB for sale.  My cousin who runs a hardwade and construction and supplies business .is now into bike business focusing into high end MTB.   They just opened to business two weeks ago and is located in Manila East Road in Pag Asa.

I went yesterday to see the bike.  It is very slightly used MTB Cannondale brand, carbon fiber with Hedshok (the shocks are not in the fork but beneath the head post -  they say it is costly and hard to repair when worn out.) Schwalbe tires   It weighs just under 10 kg (very light) but the price is hefty too, although  it is at a bargain now.  Only P60t vs original cost of P100t.  The owner wants out to use the money again in business.   I told my cousin it is out of my budget.  Although that bike is nice to have. It is handsome and light.

From bike radar - problems with Cannondale hedshok


P.S

I checked this morning with August, the father of Dondon if the Cannon dale was sold because somebody wanted to buy this at P58.  I tried to see the bike again.  Except for the Hedshok, I found this to be the ideal MTB:  with Schwalbe tires, upgraded to dual chain ring all ready and treck ready.  I said I will think about this until Saturday.  I have bought a SAVA all ready.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Hard and long ride yesterday November 30, 2015

Wheels of Happiness

Angono, Rizal, Philippines
December 1, 2015

Christmas is just around the corner.  Merry Christmas

Yesterday, I rode to Jalajala, a distance of nearly 90 km, returned via Cardona diversion with only 34 x25 gears, and did at least 10 sprints including the early part of the ride where this post tried to outride Richard at Cardona (near Queen Mary Hospital and Namay in Morong)

Couple that with very warm conditions.  And you could just imagine why the rest of the afternoon, I was dead tired and asleep.

I could say that I improved a lot with my riding by the at least 3x a week ride, sprinting and interval training suggested by Pablo tsinelas. It is not about the bike but about the rider (although I rode the Fuji carbon yesterday - one of the rare occasions I did)