w/ Ria, Vic, Cyn, Arnold, Jingle, Elbert, King, Joby, Kiko, Ali, Arnel, Joy, and their daughter
YouTube was muting the audio on mine because of the soundtrack. I tried switching soundtracks with the same result. After 3 uploads of 450MB files, I figured “fuck it, I’ll just use Vimeo for this one” It’s slower to load, but at least it’s not finicky about matching background audio.
Gallery here, and full footage of one of the trails below. Read More
As I have announced, I’ve switched to a tubeless setup. Thankfully, my rims are UST ready (actually, so are Cris’) so all I had to invest in was the new tires (Schwalbe Jimmys) and sealant. Furthermore, I still had credit on the shop I got the tires from (from stuff I had them sell for me) so I really just spent 500 bucks on the new set of tires 🙂
A bunch of friends have been asking me for the reason why I preferred to switch to tubeless despite the weight penalty… and some are even wondering about all this tubeless hulaballoo altogether. So I guess this post would also make a good reference of my understanding on the matter.
I’d normally put it in the Orbea Alma post; which I’ve updated to reflect the upgrade, but this topic requires more discussion to get a real handle of issues one might have to consider in making the decision of going tubeless or not.
Before anything else, it’s worth mentioning that this whole discussion applies mostly to off-road riding. If you’re a roadie, a tubed or tubeless setup isn’t much of an issue; you just go with what’s lighter and more practical for you and be happy. On MTBing however, this can be a cause of concern depending on where and how you ride – which is why I’m posting this entry. Read More
Ria hooked me up with her rider friends (Alabang and Sta Rosa peeps). We had an awesome 13-mile run. The nice thing about the route is that there’s a lot of loooong descents on both dirt and pavement… and we ended up circling back to where we came from.
Pardon the shaky video… it’s the hardtail’s fault hahahaha. But at least I got it well below 10 mins to appease YouTube specs (annotations and HD toggling FTW!). And yes, nagpaalam ako ke Ria isama yung footage ng hulog niya, hehehehe
Looking forward to the next ride! Read More
Last friday afternoon (2009.08.21), I took a long break from work, picked up Cris, then joined Bruno, Alan, Paul, et all to try out the Aguinaldo track. Then after, I went back to work until the evening hahahaha. Talk about making time for cycling.
This is first use of my HD helmet cam… and my first attempt at After Affects (since I found out it was installed along with CS4.
This is a “how-to” post; particularly how to “marry” a Fox Remote RL cable holder assembly fork-mount with a Topeak A1 [front] Air Fender.
I’m a Topeak whore. I just love the bicycle accessories they produce; as they are really useful. One of the most useful accessories they’ve got are what they call “Air Fenders” – which are basically removable, inflatable mud-guards. Naturally being inflatable, you can deflate them; and wrap them up and store them in your bag – which is exactly why they’re awesome…
… until I changed my fork to a F-Series F100 Remote RL.
You see, the rear fender connects via a seatpost collar clamp, while the front fender mounts inside the fork-tube from below. The latter was hindered by the fact that the cable holder assembly of the new fork was in the way.
After a few weeks of riding. I thought about it, and confirmed with the Fox service center that taking this assembly out is of no consequence. So that’s exactly what I did – but that wasn’t the end of it. Read More
