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Old 04-19-11, 11:28 AM
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great info

Originally Posted by wcoastbo
I believe I saw your post in PCN and hope you were able to get some of your questions answered, if not send me a message or email me. I visited Las Pinas this past Oct/Nov and did some city and mtb riding. After riding 80kms within Manila I was able to figure out the traffic patterns enough to be comfortable on the streets. It's an organized chaos, so there is some predictability. One should be confident or auto/jeepney/bus drivers will be merciless.

I rode near the Alabang/Muntinlupa area and the traffic is not any less snarled. Fortunately the cycling culture, road and mtb, is very much alive in the country. If you can get in touch with the right people you'll have a great time riding there. I prefer to ride the trails as opposed to the streets because of the congestion and smog, but few of the trails are marked. Make some friends and they will show you the trails. There are also group rides that do 100-150kms rides out to the countryside, so try to hookup with them.
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