Showing posts with label ascent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ascent. Show all posts

Monday, October 23, 2017

Peter kept on asking kung may salunga ba sa Tagaytay City ride yesterday, October 22, 2017

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
October 23, 2017




                                  Peter A in his elements


Si Peter Anonuevo panay ang tanong kung may salunga yesterday sa Tagaytay.  Of course there were.  The most challenging one was before PNPA.  The rest of the way it was easy.  It was a 22 km ride all the way from Balibago. Sta Rosa.   It took me nearly one hour from Balibago to PNPA

I was hesitant to ride this, because of many tall stories from other riders.  May heartbreak hill daw (may be that is the long climb up before PNPA)  And Joel said that when they rode it, he had to use his 44 gears (naglakad)

As for me, the frequent SCH practice ride using a road bike helped.   I did not have to use 39 x 32.  All that I used  were 39 x 19 to 23

I did not suffer nor feel any distress as when climbing up Tagaytay via Aguinaldo highway.

Nauna nga ako eh.  Nainip ako waiting for them for at least 30 minutes (some 2 km from the public market)  There were 4 whom we waited for being behind.

The other thing is when you bike in this place, you seem to be transported to another place.  One with nature and with all modern amenities.  Wow

As if you were re in Shang ri la

Kas Luntian in Tagaytay City by Alveo Land









                              Adventist University Entrance

                   Plenty of shade trees, wide 6 lane highway


                               Great landscaping


Casa Luntian by Avida





Monday, March 20, 2017

Video of SCH Antenna Ascent via Gate 2

Wheels of Happiness


















I used to own where the two antennas are.  Sayang naibenta ko







Sunday, February 21, 2016

A hard hill is a hard hill even with a lighter bike

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
February 21, 2016

I rode up San Carlos Heights with a lighter MTB.  I expected lesser effort and huffing and puffing. It was not the case. I could easily do that by shifting to granny gears.  I just used max 32 x 32 gears. Still lung busting and thigh burning effort.  But I did not stop.  The other younger bikers I saw on the road shifted to granny and rested on the first knee bend.

It is the practice, strength, the leg strength and speed that count.  May be the bike but secondary na lang.