A New Bike In My Stable
Cycling is much like equestrian. An equestrian rider can not excel on a bad horse, like a cyclist can not succeed on a terrible bike. No matter how good the rider is, nor the cost of the equipment is – the rapport of the rider with his bike is still the x factor. A cyclist can ride any bike, can perform tricks on other’s bike, and even win races on his teammate’s bike, but can not perform as well unlike on his own beloved bike.
I am a competitive cyclist for 16 years now, or more than half of my life. Although, I have a number of bikes and frames, about 10 different foreign brands and 5 locally custom-made, there are favorites and memorable that I treasured more than the others. These are the bikes I rode my very best and brought home with me success and honor. These are the bikes that I am most comfortable, I am most confident, and I feel most supreme. My winning bikes that brings sweet and victorious moments.
About five months ago, I have a new addition to my stable, a hand-crafted in the USA Six 13 ‘06 cannondale frame courtesy of a generous sponsor, Cannondale Philippines Washington Ong. It is an alloy of carbon and aluminum frame I set up with 10 speed 
campagnolo chorus on my R-500 training wheelset with vittoria tires during training rides, and mavic helium wheelset with Michelin pro race during competitions.
The first major local race I won on Six 13 Cannondale bike was the Valentines Day race in Tagaytay, participated by around 300 cyclists. It is the first major and crucial race of the year since it also served as the elimination race for the upcoming tour in April, and the 1st leg of the national open in the road racing category. Out of the 300 participants, I placed second in the general classification. I am quite satisfied with the result and my performance on the bike knowing that I am a week behind my training schedule before the said race. Another major race I won using the same bike is the yearly race in Mangaldan, Pangasinan. It is an important sign that I finally bonded with the new steed, since I am able win this race I used to win a number of times on one of my favorites.
Important notes in my training diary about the bike that should be pointed out are: its excellent ride on climbs that doesn’t require much out of the saddle or standing positions while pedalling; it is lightweight which makes it very competitive specially in climbs; excellent ride in flats and criterium race. I am looking forward on riding the bike in the upcoming tour this summer.
Ang ganda ng bago mong bike ah! May kasama bang Cannondale na crankset na sabi nilang mas magaan pa daw sa Dura Ace?
Comment by Jovan — March 9, 2007 @ 12:56 pm
as far as i know gawa daw ng FSA yong crankset na cannondale, i’m not sure.
Comment by rozel — March 9, 2007 @ 10:14 pm
kung maka-uwi ako ng pinas pwed ko ba makita ang koleksyon mo ng mga bisekleta? dadalhin ko din bisekleta ko at papa-autograph ako. hehehehe!
Comment by rozel — March 9, 2007 @ 10:18 pm
Magandang araw pare!!!
Ang ganda ng bike mo!!! Sana ang national team magkaisa na!!! Manalo para sa team at bansa natin…Ipakita natin at gawin natin ag kaya ng team…YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!
God Speed Pare…
Resty.
Comment by resty legaspi — March 13, 2007 @ 12:19 pm
hello again! i hope you get overall GC in this year’s summer fest! si lloyd lang naman ang kalaban mo sa overall eh!
i do my regular rides early morning weekends at macapagal… do you frequent the place…
Comment by rowel sison — March 18, 2007 @ 4:52 pm
jovan,
meron kasamang crankset ung cannondale pagbinili,im not sure kung fsa ang may gawa nun pero pareho ng porma nung sa campy na crankset.
Comment by victor — March 25, 2007 @ 8:39 pm
cannondale six 13 is a nice bike,very comfortable to ride and vey responsive in terms of stiffness cannondale is the best so every pedal stroke it will go to the cassete going to the road so every pedal you will go fast..and yuo can feel the difference while riding cannondale compare to other bike,kaya matulin c pare victor hehehehe..mag cannondale n kayo
Comment by rhyan — April 15, 2007 @ 10:32 pm
cannondale SI crank set and FSA SLK ay mas magaan kumpara sa dura ace ten POGI LNG TINGNAN dura ACE…..MORE POWER TO PARENG VICTOR
Comment by rhyan — April 15, 2007 @ 10:34 pm
mario cipollini ride a canondale bike before for saeco cannondale
Comment by henrix90 — April 18, 2007 @ 12:24 pm
sana naman umasenso na sistema ng sports saten,at ng umige na rin ang buhay ng mga siklista sten mula sa pyesa hanggang sa nutrisyon ng may maibuga naman tayo sa international competition.meron ng hapon at intsik na myembro na ng discovery.kailan kaya tayo makakakita ng pinoy na pumapadyak ng paris-roubaix?
goodluck vic sana meron pang sumuporta sten na mahihilig sa bisikleta ng makatikim naman ang mga siklista natin ng pitik ng record ikot ng campy bora double tap ng sram force stiffness ng ultra torque malamig sa ulo na atmos at komportableng assos o castelli.
mabuhay ang noypi!!!
Comment by yeng — May 3, 2007 @ 11:57 am
May bago nanamang modelo ang trek, ISP na rin at nkatago na ung headset gaya ng giant tcr, pero ewan kung ganun ang gagmitin ng discovery sa tour de france, pti ung electronic dura ace lumabas na rin sa wakas sa market pero gerolsteneirs plang ang gumagamit sa pro tour teams!kailan kaya magkaroon ng ganun ang RP TEAM?hehehe….sa atin tiagra o 105 set o giant tcr plang medyo bigatin na!
Comment by Billy-Nueva Vizcaya — June 25, 2007 @ 10:12 am