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Friday, February 29, 2008

Rocka #1 bikeshop at SportsCrazy.net

i checked out what gives if i type rocka #1 bikeshop over the google...and came up with this link.

Sport… if winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?

Rocka #1 Bikeshop in the Philippines

Raymond, of Rocka #1 Bikeshop, and his daughter in beautiful scenery in the Philippines

Raymond runs a bike shop in the Philippines called the Rocka #1 bike shop. He asked me to link back to him in the cyclists blogs section of my blogroll so I went over to see what his place was about. I was really interested in a some things on the fledgling blog, especially when he tells the story of how they got started with the shop:

When we first thought of opening a bicycle shop in October 2005 we really didnt know how to go about it . I did a short informal feasibility study and presented it to my American brother-in-law in november of 2005. as it turned out…he didnt like the small earnings so decided to beg off.

in the beginning… business was slow. Clients were coming in to see what was on display and shaking their heads in disbelief… we wanted our place to showcase middle to high end bicycles and products so our product ranges from a few thousand to hundreds of thousands for a new bicycle. Nevertheless we soon caught the attention of middle income to higher income professionals…and soon the two onlookers became groups of 5, 10 and 20 cyclists.

Looks like they have beautiful scenery too - the picture is of Raymond and his daughter up at the Taal Volcano in Tagaytay.

for me the only way to avoid conflict with cycling time and family time is to hit two birds with one stone

I agree wholeheartedly - that’s the great thing about cycling as a sport - it’s easier to convince them to come out for a nice cycle than to head to a rugby match :)

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  1. radz
    September 11th, 2007 | 9:26 am

    do you deliver mtb and mtb accessories? hope you think about delivering these to other parts in the philippines.

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karera sa luneta :blog by headless spider


sometimes its nice to read another cyclists perspective on the on goings of a bike race. Here is one blog i found written by headless spider noel who is a memebr of the pinoyroadies.org


karera sa luneta

Monday, 18 February 2008 3:55 pm by noel
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litoyesterday was pretty unusual for me. i had to wake up early on a sunday to help out lito man the rudy project booth at the first leg of the 2008 hitachi national grand prix criterium race in luneta. he rarely asks for favors so why the heck not? that’s a no brainer. its a cycling race after all.

it was mostly cloudy and cool and there’s a breeze every now and then. a great day for racing. we set up the booth pretty quickly (i love these modular things) and had some take-out breakfast from a nearby bee house.

people started to pour in at around 7:00am. the road (maria orosa) was closed at around 7:30 and the first of three races started around 8:00. the route starts from m. orosa, right to tm kalaw, right at roxas boulevard, right at padre burgos and then right again to m. orosa.

bisikletaguy aka raymondbisikletaguy aka raymond was in the first race. i met this guy online at pinoy roadies and i introduced myself as “headless”. i’m glad i finally got to meet him.

i saw two women participating in the race. its great to see women join races and they were good too! lito and i were just saying that judging by the way they ride, they’d drop us five minutes into a race, 10 minutes tops. i truly hope that there would be more women who would take up the sport. cycling is not exclusive to men. you are already winners ladies. sorry guys, no pictures.

there were a couple of incidents in the race. nothing major though. one of the racers hit a cyclist bystander who’s bike wheel was protruding out onto the road. the racer went down and there were shouts from the crowd. it happened near where our booth was. another incident happened somewhere near roxas boulevard so we didn’t get to witness it. although we did see the rider who went down at the registration booth getting medical help. thankfully, he doesn’t appear to be seriously injured.

victor espiritu and teammatei was able to talk to vic espiritu for a little bit. yes! victor espiritu. he came back from round 3 of the track world cup in los angeles, california last february 1. i don’t think he’d remember me so lito sort of re-introduced me. okay, i blabbled a bit but hey, can you blame me? the whole team arrived on their bikes during the second race. the picture was taken when they were signing up for the pro-am race.

the first time i saw victor in action was during the baguio leg of the 1997 tour of luzon and i was amazed at his climbing skills. i still have a hard time climbing and its something that i really need to practice on. maybe this weekend. anyway, the next time i met him was when lito introduced me at the rudy project offices a couple of years ago.

this race showed, to me at least, his and the team’s years of experience in racing. i don’t think they were there to win the race but i do believe that if they wanted to they could. i would think that it was a fantastic experience for the amateurs — racing with the pros. its a great opportunity to learn important lessons especially if you’re an aspiring racer.

vic espiritu’s sixtoand then there were the bikes. there were lots of bikes! i got a chance to walk around and drool at these two-wheeled marvels. i got to see a pinarello prince, cannondale’s system six and super six bikes, a colnago dream, a cinelli carbon bike (i didn’t get the name), there were several vellums in attendance (i think the whole philippine vellum team was there), and a couple of italian steel bikes whose names escape me at the moment. giants and cannondales abound too. and of course there are the classic steel bikes. i didn’t get to see a fixie though. the picture shows espiritu’s cannondale system six which he aptly named sixto.

the third and last race — the pro-am series — finished at around 1:00pm. i didn’t stay for the awarding ceremonies any longer as i had to head back home. robin still needed some tutoring for his exams. back to reality.

the next stage is in tarlac sometime in march. i don’t think i will be able to go there.

all in all, it was a great day!

bisikletaguy at the starting line
bisikletaguy aka raymond at the start line in the first race.

here there be dragons
there was a dragon dance in between the first and the second race.

rudy project booth surrounded by bikes
the rudy project booth was always surrounded by bikes and there was a steady stream of inquiries during the whole morning.

pro-am race

pro-am race
these are pictures of the pro-am race taken at the corner of orosa and tm kalaw.

i was able to get a 21-second video clip at the latter part of the pro-am race taken at the same corner. i took it with my cell so its small and in in 3gp format. you can download it here.

8 Responses to “karera sa luneta”

  1. Al "tiger27" Figer Says:

    Very nicely written report there, Noel. I’m impressed by the modesty and sincerity of your writing.

  2. noel Says:

    thanks bro.

  3. OzRider Says:

    Thanks for this mate.

  4. noel Says:

    no problem oz. thanks for visiting.

  5. raymond see Says:

    bravo noel…i didnt know you have an interesting blog also…great job…nice report nice fotos..may our tribe of reporters increase…if we wait for newspapers to write our races…man that will take us forever…go to the races..write about the races..promote cycling and our country the Philippines.!!!

  6. noel Says:

    ey ray! you rock bro! fantastic ride reports. i’ve been into blogging for a few years now but mostly on tech stuff. but lately i’ve been putting almost everything here so it includes my other activities — a large part of which is cycling.

    i’d rather hear about cycling from a cyclist than from a newspaper. its more “involved”. more personal and therefore, more interesting. in other words keep those reports coming. you’ll never know and we can make a book out of it someday.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

XRC08 Inaugural race at Macapagal Manila Feb23-24 2008

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order of released of the different teams as organized by Mr Edmund Mangaser organizer of XRC 08

Race Ceremonies will start at 7:20 am. And Race proper starts at 8am. I suggest you be there around 7am.

For TTT, we will start with ladies, then Cat C, Cat B and finally Cat A.

Except for Cat C and Ladies, the order of release is based from last year’s team standing. The team with highest points last year is to run last.

TTT



TTT

Cat C





1

8:00

David's
2

8:02

Polo Tri
3

8:04

Gerry's Grill
4

8:06

Xycos
5

8:08

Excomm
6

8:10

Nescafe
7

8:12

Logic Gate
8

8:14

Rocka
9

8:16

Xterra
10

8:18

CNC
11

8:20

Paircargo


8:20


Break











TTT

Cat B
1

9:15

Seven Lakes
2

9:17

Paircargo/Aficinado
3

9:19

X Terra
4

9:21

Logi Gate
5

9:23

Rocka
6

9:25

Cycling Zone
7

9:27

Polo Tri
8

9:29

Microsoft
9

9:31

PLDT
10

9:33

Elixir


9:35




9:37


Break






TTT

Cat A


11:15

Auto Trend


11:17

Elixir


11:19

Logic Gate


11:21

Fitness First


11:23









Break



Please take note of your team's scheduled "release". Your time will start with or without your team at the starting line.

Criterium
8:00 am Ladies and Cat C
9:10 am Cat B
10:45 am Cat A

[Sprint points guidelines to be announced later]

For clarification, you may contact me at 0910-2135073.

See you all this weekend.

Edmund





Let the races begin...the start of the racing season 2008 for businessmen cyclists XRC 2008



the organizers provided this tents and we saw some of the riders like richard uy on his rollers warming up before their race.



team elixir bike shop on the rollers



team elixir bikeshop richard uy in his pink team kit emerges from the tent after his warm up




we have our own tent..but since we forgot to bring our rollers...decides to strike friendly conversation and foto shoot with the beautiful Ms Rush Sports drink who passed by our tent... Cheesy



"can i have a sticker on my arm?" asked tiboy



"miss i want my sticker on my leg" Grin Grin Grin" says my teammate..



"and whats your cel number again miss...err in case i need a six pack of RUSH sports water drink" i said...as miss Rush applies a body sticker ad on my arm Grin



"hi sir, i have to wipe the sunblock off your arm first because the sticker wont stick"



miss rush sports water drink gamely poses with teamrocka1bikeshop...thanks for being a good sport miss rush... Wink




team davids salon competed in cat C



foto shoot with team davids salon miss nina vera herself riding a cannondale system six with team davids salon beauties... Grin




foto of mr and mrs Boy Tiples...he is still wearing a sports style shoulder sling as he has a fractured collarbone..but that didnt stop him from racing in the Team Time Trial with team Caviteno Nuevo Ciclismo (team CNC)



here's another shot of team CNC with boy tiples leading his team after negotiating the u turn portion in front of Mcdonalds



team cnc (from team cnc)



thats Mr Michael Singh of team Logic Gate posing for the camera at the starting line with his ultra aero Rudy project Time Trial Helmet

this is team logic gate at the starting line




this is team Yellowcab Pizza



foto shoot with mr Joel Gironella of team Fitness First , the moderator of peca and coordinator for RP team participating in Tour of Egat



team Fitness First Eric Carandang and Leain Cruz



team Fitness First Rune on the rollers



this is the new team EXCOM



foto shoot with Q baterna who will ride Tour of Egat with me in MAy...



this is team Seven LAkes at the starting line



this is the new team Pair Cargo of my friend dennis Tojos



the new team kit of BIKE KING..thats the proud owner Mr RAul Cuevas the dealer of ORBEA



foto of team PLDt on the starting line with my good friend Doctor Butch Ydia 2nd guy from left



foto of team Polo Tri with white team kit by Nalini at the starting line.



foto of team Xycos (foto from pinoy roadies)



Businessman Deon James from South Africa rides with team X terra with his beautiful Raleigh TTT bike near the starting line



foto of team Pair Cargo at the starting line



foto shoot with Mr Winston Chua and Abby from team XTERRA



thats cathy wong of the famous "cathy wong group" under the umbrella...brella...brella Cheesy



team rocka1bikeshop has a full fil chinese businessmen line up..thanks to my fil chi friends Tiboy reyes, Albert Cua, Philip Go..thanks so much for riding under teamrocka Cheesy



this is the shot my wife took of team rocka being overtaken by totally aerodynamic team polotri (in the white team kit) ...the polo tri riders showed their splendid aerodynamic form in this foto... Shocked



foto shoot of the team vehicle of the new team Gerry's Grill




for the XRC criterium stage last sunday..my team rocka couldnt make it . dennis d menace out of shape...jun juganas had to attend a christening...oliver couldnt make it...while teamrocka filchi group decided to organize fil chi team's long ride in preparation for Egat..Pililia Pagsanjan Pililia.
(see the succedding report)

thanks so much to wonderboy leian cruz for sharing his story on the criterium stage..im posting his story here..thanks leian..CONGRATULATIONS FOR WINNING THE XRC CRITERIUM!!!! Bravo Leian!

hi Roz, Arden, Frank;

A few notes on the ToM (Tour of Macapagal) the first 2 stages of the 2008 Subaru XRC Executive tour just held over the weekend with 31 registered teams

Met Ron M. over the weekend (visiting from California for his kid's birthday) as well as Al Villamil. Ron had a fantastic race for the cat C event. he took third on the road race and i believe his team also took podium spot on the TTT cat C

As for Fitness First, we had a good weekend too. everyone was expecting the team to do well, specially with all the hype about the sponsors from Phiten (http://www.phitenusa.com/), SEVEN (http://www.sevencycles.com/) and Fitness First (http://www.fitnessfirst.co.uk/).

We had to run the entire full length 40km TTT on Saturday. Extreme wind gusts made it very difficult for everybody forcing an echelon type of time trialling and some extra special coordination to avoid crashes. The first teams off the block posted strong times on the first half (Logic Gate, Elixir, Auto Trend), besting Fitness first on intermediate time checks. but as the kilometers wore on, teams started struggling with the wind, and as planned and expected this was when Fitness first started to step up the speed.They started to accelerate eventually overtaking 4 teams and breaking their own course record posted last year by a whooping 2mins, 30 seconds. 4 consecutive years TTT champs





author Leian Cruz just came back from the USA ...to be with his team in the inaugural race XRC Paranaque



foto shoot at the Fitness First camp...thats Eric Carandang and Leian Cruz with their team on the rollers prior to their release. Congratulations to team Fitness First for breaking their own personal best records and winning the Category A of the XRC TTT inaugural stage in Paranaque
making it 4 wins in a row for this team

eric and leian


eric rune and leian



The second day saw a stronger field on the crit race - 1 hour of crit riding on a 5km course plus 2 laps. With the inclusion of elite riders as guests who have qualified for the National tour team, the speeds were outrageous - from a mere executive rider's point of view of course. despite numerous attacks from the field even seeing two or three break aways, coming in to the last 20kms, all attempts were neutralized. My job as a domestique class C (bec for this time of the year i had the least km on my legs) was to make sure no breaks would succeed and bring our team sprinter Eric Carandang to the line who was very much in shape contributing 70% of the team's TTT success the previous day. I was having a crappy week as i could only manage 20% of my normal training time due to work load and recent work assignments in LA and San Francisco. As it was, i was in front checking breaks at the start (first 15kms), rested in the middle part, then re assigned in the front again on the last 15kms

Eventually, the peleton was resigned for a mass sprint finish with 10 kms to go bec no one could break the leash with all teams active. But in a slight turn of events, with 5kms to go approaching the 2nd to the last U turn, I managed to slip thru the u turn fastest (thanks to the bike's precise steering and insight from our best support person George Carag) and with no effort saw my self in front of a long strung out peleton - a position i was not ready to take (I was supposed to be policing our sprinter) since i immediately had a 20 meter gap from everyone.

From there, i was able to check the most crucial attack from another team (Elixir), followed the wheel - greeted my teeth to stay in contact, and when i looked back, we had a 100 meter gap from the entire field. eventually, a three man break was inevitable and with 3kms to go, my two break companions were bent on making it to the line -as my job was just to tag along if eventually my team's sprinter is brought back by the peleton. in the last 1.5km, we were able to drop a rider from team PLDT leaving 2 riders for the finale.

What was left then was Philip from Elixir cycling (who was clearly fit) and I tagging along from his slip stream. He sprinted past me in the last 500 meters and i thought that was it- he gapped me 30 meters. but i found my legs and was able to catch him in the last 200 meters and just stayed put. he accelerated again standing up with a burst of speed which i clearly could not match. all this time i was sitting down - observing the speedometer reading - comparing it with my leg's power & i was happy the lactic acid was not creeping up yet! eventually I saw his speed plateau with 50 meters to go (now we were running at 55kph versus the head wind). that was my cue. i knew i only had to jump 1km/hr faster and with the strong head wind, i predicted he will not be able to re-accelerate again or will run out of road if I jumped at the right moment. Timing was crucial to beat a fitter rider. with 20 meters to go, i did just that and lunged my best sprint of my year and won by a wheel. I could not believe I won a race that was not my race - as a domestique and helper and with 80% of my training done in the gym for 2 months. But i had to be thankful. the team was very supportive and actually stopped the race as soon as they saw i had a gap with 5km to go.


team Fitness First with Mr George Carag (far right) owner of Velo City bikeshop the dealer of SEVEN cycles USA and sponsor of team Fitness First....inset shows Leian Cruz winning the XRC criterium race in paranaque Feb 24, 2008





Overall, great race for the team. next stop, the 4 day Tour of Subic


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Good Photos Ninong. I din't notice you & the team on the 2nd day crit? Personally it was unexpected race result. Was Ill prepared, 80% of the prep stuck in the gym. Surprisingly - was able to salvage the day. Good to see the group getting bigger and the fitness higher. see you in Subic Smiley


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domestique...hope you can ride with us in Egat...i have 20people on my list with the plane ticket reservations...for sure egat will be interesting Grin

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TTT Champs


Breaking the course record



Day 2 Road Race:


Last lap:


Sprint finish


Podium

Post race chatter with Shintaro Elixir


Podium Crit




Post race pho -op


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nice pics domestique and congrats! btw, do you have 2 seven bikes? noticed one bike had campy and the other dura ace 9. anyway, what happened to your sram? Huh?


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BEAUTIFUL PIX, RAY AND DOMESTIQUE!!! THANKS!!


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BEAUTIFUL PIX, RAY AND DOMESTIQUE!!! THANKS!!

Too bad AL coz I cant see the pics coz photobucket is blocked in here. Sad


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hdreynolds,

open the following link..check if you can see


http://rocka1bikeshop.blogspot.com/
Rocka1bikeshop news


good luck


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Nice pics Ray, and Domestique. Im really amazed how you guys race there. You guys are like pros... Thats what you call passion for the sport.... Wink