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The Peloton of over 30 brave bikers from Aloguinsan to Toledo during the Opening Salvo of AMTA's Annual Insane Tour held last June 4, 2017. The entire ride covered more than 100 Kilometers with more or less 8 hours riding time. Kudos to Kelvin Luigi Gepte of Team #Yotdaog for this selfie video.

The road to Insane Tour was formally opened last June 1, 2017 as announced by AMTA's Tour Director - Romeo Delima. The Opening Salvo was held last June 4, 2017, Sunday and participated by 33 brave bikers which already includes the guests. Guest bikers were from Cowboy Grill Bikers and Team Yotdaog. Rye Kido of Cebu Fixed Gear was also with us. Our route was more than a hundred kilometers- a mixed of flats, uphills and downhills. (Photo from Strava) We departed the AMTA Station around 6:15 in the morning and start pedaling to Carcar. Some late bikers came and caught up.  Majority of the bikers haven't eaten their breakfast yet and opted for a quick stop near Gaisano Carcar.                                                                                   ...

It was some time on February when I decided to participate on the upcoming Insane Tour - a round Cebu ride in 24 hours or less. It is an annual event organized by the Alliance of Mountain Trekkers and Adventurers, commonly known as AMTA. Then came the day of the tour - November 26. It was set to start at 4am from AMTA Station, Abuno Minglanilla.There were four (4) teams organized - Gurkha, Expendables, Warriors and Phoenix. I belonged to the Team Phoenix with 8 bikers. We started to pedal heading North and had breakfast in Danao at 6:30am. The other teams were ahead. We started pedaling a few minutes after a sumptuous meal. We took a quick stop at the foot of Emy Climb and grab some refreshments, it was 8:48am. Off we go and struggled our way on the hills of Emy. I kept on falling behind our pack since I frequently shifted to low gears during ascends while my fellow bikers stick to their gearings,  I opted for a quic...

Fool on the hill is an annual event of the Alliance of Mountain Trekkers and Adventurers (AMTA) which falls every last sunday of February. It is an AMTA holiday and a normal Sunday ride with a sum of approximately 155kms.  It is set to start and finish at the AMTA station in Abuno Minglanilla at 5:00 AM.  Route: Minglanilla - Carcar - Mantalungon - Aloguinsan - Pinamungajan - Toledo - Balamban - Transcentral Highway - JY, Lahug Cebu City - Minglanilla. Decent time of completion is 12 hours or less. This event is considered to be an internal race among fellow AMTA bikers. Guests are also welcome to participate in this traditional event. It was a good day to ride.  Around 50 bikers including guests, gathered together at the AMTA station.  The fool on the hill 2017 Officially started at 5:10am to give way to some bikers coming from farther towns. I rode with the 2nd pack of bikers ; a few kilometers from the starting line. I wa...

November 13, 2016 Sunday I woke up fifteen minutes before my alarm was scheduled to set off at 4:00am. I quickly got out of bed and prepared breakfast (rice and corned beef). Prior to that, my excitement already woke me up at 12MN and 2AM. My bike buddy Dennis started pedaling from A.S Fortuna Banilad at 4:00AM. We met at Star Mall, Lawaan Talisay and rode off at exactly 5:00AM. We had breakfast in Carcar (2nd time for me). We had a quick stop at Barili Milk Station ‘coz Dennis utilized their roadside comfort room. Most of the bikers heading South would take their breakfast in this along the road cafeteria   The famous Molave Milk Station of Barili. Right after the long descent of Barili to Dumanjug, I noticed that my right shifter would no longer function. We tried to fix it but to no avail. We decided to have it fixed by an expert. As we go along, we passed by a bike shop across CTU Moalboal and dropped by around 10am. The shifter is no longer r...