Henry Lubong's Journal

Finally, a helmet mount that works for my Contour HD! Awesome! I can definitely use this for my bicycle helmet and motorcycle helmet. It can rotate 360 degrees and tilt side to side on a 180 degree plane. That means I can pretty much cover anything I want on a helmet point of view. I [...]

Clearing my head on a ride turned into clearing my lungs! I had an awesome ride. First time on Clayton Rd – my new favorite road. It’s a good 5 mile climb from the bottom all the way up to Mt. Hamilton Rd. Guess who I saw coming down that road? Sonny Bhoy

MTB at Quicksilver today. Who’s brave to ride the freezing weather? We are meeting at the parking lot and rolling at 9AM.

28lbs vs 1.65lbs Wheels vs Zoom ring Stability vs Sharpness Fast roller vs Fast AF Why is it that every time I wanted something for my bicycle hobby it ends up going for photography. I was eyeing on a 29er bike but a 17-55mm f/2.8 lens gets a higher priority this time. I wish there’s [...]

The other day while at the bicycle store waiting for my wife’s bike to be build, I tested a medium Specialized Rockhopper (hardtail) and a small Specialized Stumpjumper (full suspension). First impression on both bikes… AWESOME!!! And that was just riding on their parking lot. I didn’t really notice a big difference between the hardtail [...]

Picked up the bike today at GoRide Bicycles in Redwood City. I like this store. Service is great and the staff are friendly. We were originally looking to get her a Cannondale Synapse and also got her fitted on a Trek Madone but ended up on this awesome bike. I ordered a Cannondale Synapse online [...]

The other day, I had a close encounter with a mountain lion and today was a huge German Shepherd dog! And speaking of a close encounter, how about a man-size dog sniffing on my rear tire while I was still standing on my bike, helpless. Is that close enough? I’m not sure if these vicious [...]

This time, it’s really close, about 10 yards from where I was standing. This was on the newly opened Sierra Vista trail on Alum Rock Park. It was passed the gate right after the bridge. I was riding mountain bike alone and the sun was almost about to set but it wasn’t dark yet. I [...]

Good ride at Fremont Older today. It wasn’t muddy at all in spite of the rain last night. The trail was packed and not a lot of horse poop. We did two loops today and explored some of the trails we’ve never rode before. We’re done before 11am, great ride!!!

Good wet morning!!! The Pedalistas are heading to Tracy for a Windmill ride. Want to join us? C’mon, it’s only 45 degrees outside.

Yay, it’s Saturday, it’s bike day! Kings Mountain, 84, Tunitas Creek, 35, Canada… see you in a bit

It was a good ride this afternoon with my wife on Boccardo Trail in Alum Rock Park. We were gonna check out the new Sierra Vista trail but our pass from my mom is only for two hours My chain broke again on our way up but managed to fix it and luckily it held [...]

- My first close encounter with a mountain lion! – A fellow rider had a head on collision with a car and according to the witnesses he wasn’t looking too good! I thought it was my friend who got hit so that made me worry and had to ride back for him. Still, it was [...]

Going to ride with the Pinoy cyclists of norcal today. Riding up to Lick Observatory (again) for the 3rd consecutive time!

Completed another endurance training session – Rolling Hilly Course. This session always kicks my butt!!!

Date: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 8:35 AM Activity Type: Road Cycling Event Type: Fitness Distance: 37.34 mi Time: 3:20:05 Avg Speed: 11.2 mph Max Speed: 34.4 mph Avg Cadence: 67 rpm Max Cadence: 115 rpm Elevation Gain: 4,774 ft Max Elevation: 4,239 ft Calories: 2,332 Min Temperature: 66.2° F Max Temperature: 95.0° F Equipment: Garmin [...]

Let’s go mga ka-Pedal. We’re riding to Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton today. Wherever trails or road you guys are riding, be safe and have fun out there!

Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 10:14 AM Activity Type: Road Cycling Event Type: Fitness Distance: 18.51 mi Time: 1:46:38 Avg Speed: 10.4 mph Max Speed: 38.9 mph Avg Cadence: 62 rpm Max Cadence: 133 rpm Elevation Gain: 2,808 ft Max Elevation: 1,954 ft Calories: 2,297 Avg Temperature: 72.9° F Max Temperature: 82.4° F Equipment: Garmin [...]

Woah!!! Wasn’t expecting this today. Not only did I not stop but my best time today is 45 minutes. That’s 10 minutes drop my my previous time! That’s a huge difference. I’m so happy, yay!!!

At the top of Sierra Road. It always feels good overcoming this hill!