A little rain (or even a heavy downpour) could not stop us on our Saturday bike runs. Weather forecast last weekend as grim: dark clouds, heavy rains, and thunderstorms. We decided to bike anyway. The trail : our favorite Litex -> Macabud -> Licao-licao -> Tungko -> Fairview loop.

The first leg of our bike starts from Caloocan to Novaliches Bayan to Litex. We started at 6AM (1 hour late of our usual 5AM ride off) and the rains were unceasing. By the time we got to Litex I was already soaking wet. One of us even got his rear derailluer out of commission. His rear wheel locked up for some reason, busting the locks. Along with it some parts for his derailluer. Good thing a bike shop in Litex was already open (he was 500 pesos poorer when we continued on).

We took pictures along the way whenever possible (when the rains eased up).



After the concrete section of the road in Macabud starts a nice rolling hills terrain. If you are heading to Licao-Licao the barrier wall of the La Mesa Eco Park is to your left. When we got there it the fog started to thicken, reducing the visibility to a few meters.




From Licao-licao we proceeded to Tungko via the private road passing through the "Brick City" - an old deprecated bricks factory (Manila Brickwords Inc).




From Brick Town its mostly downhill to Tungko. There is a portion of the trail called the "Jackhammer trail". You have to ride it to know why its called the Jackhammer Trail :).