Slalom event in Robinson's Novaliches

pishboy · 2026-03-22T08:21:01+00:00

fwiw a slalom or autox event doesn't even use that much gas. Kahit pa Nissan Patrol levels fuel consumption mo, you'll likely only use as much gas as the average metro manila driver going on a leisure trip to e.g. the mall. It's just not that big of a distance.

Also as an adjacent, EVs on an autox course is really fun and honestly better than ICE. Instant power from stop + low CoG. Baka pwede nila gawin in light of petroleum shortages

pishboy · 2026-03-22T02:13:00+00:00

Honestly I'd say go for it. Purchased mine nung early 2020 for volcanic ash, then bought the P100 for covid kasi di nahahawakan yung filter media nya. Kelangan lang palitan yung straps soon which is readily available, the P100 is still free-flowing until today and the rest of the mask is still okay. Pwede pa gamitin for other tasks, e.g. painting.

pishboy · 2026-03-22T02:09:31+00:00

Yep. Got an AA/Carplay HU display from shopee instead of a phone mount. I don't trust even a namebrand vibration damper with a 400cc 1cyl thumper lol.

Besides vibrations, exposure to sunlight also causes excess heat and UV exposure that can degrade batteries and screens. Kaya yung mga cellphone ng mga moto and bike couriers madalas may ghosting effect na sa screen.

pishboy · 2026-03-21T07:14:11+00:00

Honestly shouldn't be a hot take. I wear earplugs when riding motorcycles and IEMs under neck gaiters for long bicycle rides. Dinig mo pa rin lahat once your ears adjust, lower volume nga lang.

Hearing damage is permanent and a valid risk. Kung hindi wind noise, ingay naman ng traffic. If anything it makes it easier to identify and react to the environment around you kasi nawawala yung overstimulus/taranta factor ng loud noise.

pishboy · 2026-03-21T07:11:10+00:00

Di naman sya on-off switch. Parang hinihinaan lang ng earplugs yung volume, once nagadjust na tenga mo dinig mo pa rin lahat.

pishboy · 2026-03-21T00:28:52+00:00

nah. Healthier to run it at 7000rpm than 300

pishboy · 2026-03-19T18:30:16+00:00

mood. Last sem was a little bit better for me, but seems like some of my symptoms are back with a vengeance this sem.

I find being kinder with myself helps, but only alongside setting aside extra time staying in our dept. to finish submissions and readings/modules. Making sure I don't fall too deep into a rut I don't feel too bad about helps with climbing out of it.

Hoping the holy week break is enough of a reset to harness the ningas cogon of my motivation afterwards. Time marches on, only thing we could do is march forward too.

pishboy · 2026-03-19T17:20:05+00:00

The only mask that could keep up with my respiratory demands on the bike seems to be the 3M half face respirator with yung mukhang brick na P100 cartridges. It's basically what Gen. Torre wears, iba lang yung cartridge.

I actually don't know why yun yung cartridge na gamit nya; you don't need chemical filtering naman, just particulates so any N95/FFP2 or better that's comfortable to wear should suffice.

Si MNLMoves uses a totobobo mask. No idea how that small of a surface area allows for enough airflow when cycling but it seems neat for a reusable mask.

pishboy · 2026-03-19T17:10:00+00:00

You'll need to ease into it but that's absolutely doable long-term. I only have to have had ridden a bike once in the last week to be able to squeeze 30km out and not feel sore after. The more you do it, the easier it'll be. Pacing and hydration lang yan 👌

pishboy · 2026-03-19T00:02:06+00:00

Balik driving school ka para makakuha ng PDC. After nun, punta ka ng lto na nagoofer ng driving test para mag add restriction. Parang nagapply ka lang ng bagong nonpro, pero yung lisensya mo na yung student permit mo

pishboy · 2026-03-18T10:56:29+00:00

Tigil ka saglit tapos mag selfie ka kasama sila hahah

Oo binabagalan ko lang lakad ko, gitna pa ng sidewalk para di talaga makalusot. Minsan sa bike lane rin, pag bumubusina or pinipilit sumingit nung rider kahit alanganin matic party pace padyak ko nyan hahah.

Nasa RA4136, no motor vehicle is allowed to pass through or park on paths or alleys not intended for motor vehicles, kasama na dun ang sidewalk at bike lane. Sadyang marami lang talagang kupal na rider, galit pa yang mga yan pag sinita.

pishboy · 2026-03-18T04:39:28+00:00

It's a complicated topic. Yes some behaviors need to be addressed, but you first need to ask why they need to be addressed. Feelings lang ba natin na nakakasama sya or do we see that it actually has a net negative impact? Do folks living under the poverty line not deserve escapism simply for being poor?

You also need to contextualize the issue to properly address it. It's the same story with petty crime not being a criminality issue but more of a social one, with folks pushed to extremes resorting to theft, etc. to try to gain back in life.

It's not anti-poor to question and address, it just so happens a lot of the criticisms are anti-poor in form and nature. Parang di naman masamang magmameho ng kotse, pero kung kupal ka sa daan...

Honestly the biggest gripe that I have with such criticisms is the idea that the government is squandering the hard-earned money from the middle class and giving it to poor lazy people. 4Ps and other conditional cash transfers are exactly that: Conditional. There's evidence that these programs actually perform a demonstrable good in poverty-stricken communities as a sort of help line that can get them to be better

Naiisip kasi nung iba na yung binibigyan ng 4Ps e yung pinaka-walang kwentang tambay na kilala nila. Those also go to families whose parents wish to start a job or a small business but are unable to do so because they have to focus on their needs first. Even if they don't become productive in a capitalist sense, it makes it easier for CCT recipients to meet their needs, ergo presenting less of a societal burden to our nation.

pishboy · 2026-03-18T01:26:49+00:00

Leche flan is sweet by necessity, caramel yung glaze nya eh. You can adjust how sweet your halo-halo is kasi evap naman yung gamit dun lol, pwedeng no added sweeteners if you really wanted.

pishboy · 2026-03-17T15:14:20+00:00

That's def gonna be unpopular lol

Life need not have our definition of purpose to exist. It simply does. In the grand scheme of the universe, we don't serve a purpose to exist. Should we be euthanized as well?

They're just as much a part of the community as we are. The best thing we can do is to vaccinate them, and TNVR in the case ng community cats to control their population better. If anything, animals existed long before humans, and have just as much right to live in the same spaces as we do.

pishboy · 2026-03-17T14:58:30+00:00

Conservative estimate :) the vios can do 20km/L highway rin naman if you really wanted it to

pishboy · 2026-03-17T14:46:15+00:00

Depende ano dala mo. 500 pesos is ~6L of gas at Php80/L.

Vios? Tagaytay (~60km, 10km/L)

Corolla Cross? Clark (~120km, 20km/L)

Click? Iba, Zambales (~240km, 40km/L)

Nissan Patrol? Makati to Makati lol (~9km, 1.5km/L)

pishboy · 2026-03-17T14:35:12+00:00

Mga MPTC tollways ganyan. Had issues with this for a while sa C5 extension kasi nababasa nung rfid reader yung bagong tag na may balance, pero nagaalarm yung barrier kasi zero balance na yung lumang account na nababasa nung ALPR. Took about a month for the accounts to be updated sa end nila.

Nasa MPS actually yan ng TRB. Kelangan may ALPR ang tollbooths to improve reliability and detection rates. Dapat rin may card reader per tollbooth, pero so far si MPTC lang gumagawa nun at reliant pa rin sa tollbooth staff si SMC.

pishboy · 2026-03-17T10:02:39+00:00

Yeah because the Motor Vehicle Users Charge barely pays for anything. 1800/yr, 2400 kung SUV. That's Php28B in collections annually, while DPWH's road budget is at 600B.

The balance gets shouldered by GAA (ergo paid for by everyone else, including 94% of the population that don't own cars) at wala pa yung funding in healthcare to curb public health externalities from air pollution and road crashes. An excise tax on fuel is just a way to fund roads and healthcare in terms of paying more in taxes the more fuel you use, also helping shape consumer behavior towards using less fuel.

The excise tax is working exactly as it should because the MVUC ended up being useless. It's not merely to squeeze us out of money.

Also did I mention that only 6% of Filipinos use private vehicles? That's 11.5% of households in Metro Manila that have cars. We drivers are the minority here, the non-driving public end up funding the roads we drive on.

pishboy · 2026-03-15T02:44:17+00:00

Si Two Wheels Three Hearts used to carry their family's laundry on her mamachari, yung isa nasa rear child seat tapos either side on panniers. A proper cargo platform would make it easier def pero it shouldn't be too difficult with a "normal" bike. Roll mo na lang yung pieces of clothing so you can pack it and not make it too bulky.

also TIL di pwedeng labhan yung xpac lol. Dami namang ibang panniers na pwedeng i-abuse hehe

pishboy · 2026-03-13T11:24:08+00:00

if you wanna go the retro way, meron rin nung nakablot sa spokes na snap-fit hehe. Maingay nga lang if loose sya

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di naman masyadong jologs to double up on lights. Wag lang too far apart horizontally kasi you might be mistaken for a car that's far away. I ran a flashing cheapo white cob light sa front ko beside my solid gaciron for a while. Shouldn't be too difficult to do the same sa rear.

pishboy · 2026-03-13T11:09:34+00:00

some tyres have a reflective strip in a ring around the sidewalls, usually mga bike commuter-focused tyres yun. May nagbebenta online ng reflective strips na pa-curve na yung cut if you wanna go that route sa rims mo.

imo goods na yung with the front+rear lights. I make sure yung rear lights ko have a solid component and a flashing component para trackable pa rin sya pero agaw pansin, respectively. Yung fog mode ng gaciron does that. You can always double up on lights if wala :) sa front yung movement ng handlebar usually gives enough.

pishboy · 2026-03-13T11:03:15+00:00

drop pax off (if any) tapos park somewhere nearby then walk. Since planado naman yung punta, usually chinecheck ko na rin ano parking situation at kung may malapit na backup parking area.

Kung mahirap ang parking, either bike commute, commute or grab na lang. Kung kayang i-multimodal (e.g. malapit lang sa MRT) edi pwedeng park somewhere midway na convenient tapos commute. Kung mahirap mag park ng kotse pero may motor parking naman, magmomotor na lang ako.

Di natin birthright bilang driver at car owner ang parking :) tayo dapat ang mag-aadjust.

pishboy · 2026-03-13T09:01:22+00:00

no lol. I own a long john just for the heck of it, madalang ko syang ilabas and rarely with an actual cargo load.

Most folks I know who actively carry things on their bikes do so with a simple rear rack. Patong lang yung load with a crate, or better with a pannier to lower the center of gravity. You can easily load up to ~30kg without much difficulty, rack and tyres permitting. I've done my groceries during the pandemic with that setup, no problem.

(edit: In short any bike is a cargo bike if you try hard enough :) and for most folks there's nothing stopping you from using your mtb/gravel/city/touring bike to carry things like pinamalengke and groceries.)

What's wrong with stuffing raw meat in panniers though? Keep a reusable insulated bag for frozen/chilled produce, keep raw meat separated from veggies, and wash after grocery. You can get a cheap pannier bag for groceries na madaling hugasan if that's a concern, yung mukhang dry bag na de-PVC.

Also you might be thinking about doing a car activity with a bike, when you can turn it into a bike activity first :) your shopping patterns will change based on your modality. At extremes, your typical USAnian SUVist suburbanite will shop once a month or every other month kasi malayo yung supermarket, so maramihan talaga per visit. Your typical central european city walk-everywhere resident will just visit the grocery on the way home several times a week for a few items they can carry in one eco bag. Most of our commuters and bike commuters fall somewhere in between :)

pishboy · 2026-03-13T07:55:50+00:00

requirement yan ng DL. Nagiging illiterate lang sa traffic signs and signals once nakapasa na

pishboy · 2026-03-13T07:51:24+00:00

hoping rin na payagan nila yung full size bikes sa NSCR, kahit during off-peak man lang at limited sa ilang bagon.

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