{"id":988,"date":"2009-08-25T02:22:01","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T02:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/08\/25\/sta-rosa-bike-run\/"},"modified":"2017-02-11T15:06:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T15:06:16","slug":"sta-rosa-bike-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/08\/25\/sta-rosa-bike-run","title":{"rendered":"Sta. Rosa bike run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s a lot of loooong descents on both dirt and pavement&#8230; and we ended up circling back to where we came from.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.1 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"370\" height=\"208\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2hlMnWUhtM4\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>Pardon the shaky video&#8230; it&#8217;s the hardtail&#8217;s fault hahahaha. But at least I got it well below 10 mins to appease YouTube specs (annotations and HD toggling FTW!). And yes, <em>nagpaalam ako ke Ria isama yung footage ng hulog niya, hehehehe<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to the next ride!<!--more--><!-- \/\/ --><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/gallery\/set\/72157621999375663\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"You may click on the image for more details\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3577\/3850601488_948b15077a_m.jpg\" class=\"wb\"><\/a><div class=\"caption bottom\">click on picture to visit the gallery<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?t=h&amp;#38;hl=en&amp;#38;ie=UTF8&amp;#38;msa=0&amp;#38;msid=106466317332759697614.000471baf9c31566bc3c6&amp;#38;ll=14.232688,121.018181&amp;#38;spn=0.115975,0.157928&amp;#38;z=13\">Googlemap link<\/a> of the ride. I based it on Adel&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/connect.garmin.com\/player\/11755055\">Garmin route<\/a>. I&#8217;m not so certain about the exact locations though, so if anyone has a correction, just drop me a line.<\/p>\n<h1>Thoughts<\/h1>\n<p>As usual, just like on other occasions, there&#8217;s always some new thing(s) I notice\/learn on each ride. <\/p>\n<p>First, is that I probably would have more peace of mind if I go tubeless. My tires deflated during the cleaning at the end of the ride. The culprit was an extremely small thorn; about half a centimeter in length and as thick as a needle; that&#8217;s like NOTHING right? but enough to flat a tire. They say I probably got it during the &#8220;trail parts&#8221; (that would mean the Holy Trail &#8211; which was like halfway)&#8230; that means I was bombing down <em>Upak<\/em> with a compromised rear tire! I&#8217;m just glad it held up till the end and didn&#8217;t damage my rims.<\/p>\n<p>Second, would be that my Ergon grips work! My hands are totally fine &#8211; as in <em>totally<\/em> fine. Which is saying something because they tend to feel a bit <em>ngalay<\/em> after every long ride. Sta Rosa was similar to the long ride from UP to San Mateo and back &#8211; where my hands felt real sore afterwards <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_988_1('footnote_plugin_reference_988_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_988_1('footnote_plugin_reference_988_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_988_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_988_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">And we didn&#8217;t pass extended, super rocky portions like <em>Upak<\/em> during the San Mateo ride<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_988_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_988_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> &#8211; so I&#8217;d say that the grips do work as advertised! Very much worth the extra weight they put on my bike.<\/p>\n<p>Third, is that full gloves aren&#8217;t that hot <em>pala.<\/em> I bought full gloves since my [right] thumb would easily hit the release of my lockout remote and chaffing would occur on really long rides. I used it in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/08\/24\/camp-aguinaldo-bike-run\">Aguinaldo run<\/a>, but that hardly counts as a long ride. So I&#8217;m a convert&#8230; I won&#8217;t get any half-gloves anymore since they have no real [thermal] advantage for my use.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, the Selle Italia SLR saddle seems to like my ass! I got the 135g (lightest) so I was concerned if I should&#8217;ve gotten the [heavier] one just for the <em>gel-flow<\/em> tech &#8211; but it seems I didn&#8217;t have to \ud83d\ude42 Shifting to a Zero setback seatpost seems to have improved the comfort as well. The length of this ride was perfect to get a real handle on how the new stuff reacted with my body &#8211; and I&#8217;m liking the results. 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