Ciclo Cycling Routes and Stories

Known as one of the more famed cycling routes in the Philippines, the Laguna Loop is on the bucket list for many Filipino cyclists. Its general route literally loops around the 911.7 square kilometer Laguna Lake, and can make for one of the most epic bike rides you can do in the country.

We think candlelit dinners are just too cliché. And we always want to take our date out to something we think is fun - a bike ride! Here are the five best places we think are perfect for any date by bike.

It's amazing how our bikes can bring us almost anywhere? Imagine, we only need our legs just to travel. One long weekend brought about the anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, we celebrated our freedom by riding our bikes to Caliraya, Laguna. One of the best places to ride in the Philippines.

Even if one is done on land while the other is on the sea, cycling and surfing have three things in common: balance, reading your way and your choice of ride. We rode with Team Loyola to San Juan, La Union experience the familiar in a different way.

How a two-day, 245 kilometer cycling trip to Baler allowed us to learn more about this side of the Philippines, and more about ourselves.

We were cheered on by shouts of, “Amore!”, referring to that blissful feeling we’ll get once we’re over the hill. Eventually, we all got to the top where refreshments and bananas were handed out of the back of our support cars. We were winded, but I did whisper to myself, “amore”.