This ride takes us to Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte at the northern end of Luzon Island here in the Philippines. I will be joining a community nutrition project of Bike Scouts ILOCOS/Pagudpud Bike Bros Unltd. that will be part of a video being produced (tentative release date: April 2023) by Our Better World Singapore which is an organization that has the goal of sharing the stories of people who are often unnoticed while doing good in their own communities, and Bike Scouts fits perfectly with this.
DAILY RIDES goes to Singapore! But beyond the scenes of riding bicycles and the many different ways that cycling can be experienced, there is a much better and more important story about the community behind this series. The Bike Scouts is a cycling-focused community where everyone is welcome, whether you ride or own a bicycle is never the point. The Bike Scouts community works as a network of support where everyone can participate in making a real difference in the world. The part where we ride bicycles is just a bonus that helps us experience the world better using the most resilient form of mobility. This is a story that is as much about riding bicycles in Singapore as it is about the impact that each and every single Bike Scout has made over the past nine years of the community's existence. The trip to Singapore was not even meant to be a cycling story. I was there at the invitation of Meta and its Facebook platform for an exclusive event for the world's biggest social platform's global partner communities - which now includes Bike Scouts. This video is the simplest way I know to share the experience of being a small start-up community and social platform for doing good invited to share our story in front of an international audience of partners and fellow founders inside the offices of the world's biggest social platform. It was a truly amazing experience, to say the least. And for which, I am forever grateful to everyone in the Bike Scouts community whose courage to do the difficult, inconvenient, and impossible things to make a difference in their own communities is what's making it possible for the Bike Scouts to grow and make an impact beyond my wildest imagination.
Quick morning ride to Amadeo in Cavite (Coffee Capital of the Philippines) for strong coffee and breakfast before heading up to Mount Sungay and Palace in the Sky on the way back to Nuvali and San Pedro via the "Reverse Palace" route. Note: we asked for permission from the guard at the UCI/Philcycling facility to use the pump track. The guard said it's opened to the public, but on a personal note always make sure you ask for permission before using the track - and be respectful of others that are using the facility especially professional skaters and cyclists.
Sights and things to expect on a (clockwise) Laguna Loop ride. Our ride started in San Pedro, Laguna where we took the Manila South Road to Alabang before turning right into the coastal road that connects to C6. From there, we rode through Taytay, Angono, Morong, Pililla, Bugarin before descnding back into Laguna via the Mabitac road. This video shows some of the different waterways that connect to and from Laguna Lake.
This is Part 1 of a video series about our 600-kilometer ride that marks the return of the Bike Scouts to its traditional annual long rides across the Philippine islands to organize meet-ups and events that bring together local Bike Scouts teams, partners, sponsors, and the communities where we live and serve as Volunteer Bicycle Messengers for disaster response.
On this ride, we got to meet with local partners in the different islands we visited and met with new Bike Scouts teams for the first time since the pandemic. We ended our ride in Cebu where we had an amazing series of events and meetings with partners old and new. It was a very successful five days of riding to connect and reconnect with the growing Bike Scouts community across the Philippines.
PART 2 of a video series about our 600-kilometer ride that marks the return of the Bike Scouts to its traditional annual long rides across the Philippine islands to organize meet-ups and events that bring together local Bike Scouts teams, partners, sponsors, and the communities where we live and serve as Volunteer Bicycle Messengers for disaster response.
On this ride, we got to meet with local partners in the different islands we visited and met with new Bike Scouts teams for the first time since the pandemic. We ended our ride in Cebu where we had an amazing series of events and meetings with partners old and new. It was a very successful five days of riding to connect and reconnect with the growing Bike Scouts community across the Philippines.
Last part of a trilogy about our 600km ride from Manila to Cebu in the Visayas region of the Philippines passing through the provinces of Batangas, Mindoro, across the islands of Panay and Negros (yes, that is the name of the island given by Spanish explorers in 1565). We used Decathlon gear and apparel on this ride!
A quick but super-fun coffee camping ride in Davilan to watch the sunset and to test some of the awesome camping gear we got from Decathlon for our upcoming bicycle expeditions across the Philippines. We also got to test the amazing Lumos helmets sent to us by our friends from Liberty & Co Cyclerly. We love the Lumos helmets we got to test because of the very high visibility they provide with large LED blinkers and headlights. Though slightly heavier than a standard helmet we think Lumos is a great way to add a layer of safety when riding at night, we especially love the helmets' LED turn signals that are used with a very convenient handlebar-mounted controller. We also love the Forclaz one-man tent we set up because it's super lightweight, easy to set up, folds up into a very small size, and comfortably fits an adult when on the go during bike camping trips.
A day ride up the steep slopes of Mount Banahao in Quezon Province in the Philippines.