My second century ride

Together with another golden biker, Arci, I made my second century ride. The route was Novaliches to Tagaytay via Amadeo, Cavite and back to Novaliches. This is my longest ride so far with a total of around 180 kilometers in 16 hours.

Meet-up at Petron Station - Philcoa

Arci and I

Arci's young friends, Nelson and Siegfred, joined us in Rosario, Cavite









Nelson's rear derailleur broke. It's temporarily fixed.





One kilometer more

Finally, we arrived Mahogany Market for our lunch of bulalo and crispy tawilis

My first century ride and first 5,000 kilometers

I've set a new record - doing a century ride. A century ride is 100 miles or 160.9 kilometers.

It was my ride from Novaliches to Silang, Cavite and back to Novaliches with a total of 104. 4 miles or 168 kilometers. I've done it in 10 hours and 30 minutes. With this ride, I also surpassed my first 5,000 kilometers.

My other long distance rides of 100 kilometers and more were:

• Candelaria, Zambales to Burgos, Pangasinan and back to Candelaria - 100 kilometers on April 2, 2010
• Novaliches to Balanga City - 110 kilometers on April 9, 2010
• Novaliches to Sierra Madre loop and back to Novaliches - 131 kilometers on September 25, 2010.

Except for the Sierra Madre ride, these rides were done solo.

On my next long distance ride, I'd be attempting the Laguna loop with more than 190 kilometers. Better to start my training.