Egan 2025.27 - Ultimate Penultimate

Egan 2025.26 Ride results

Pavlo T was rider of the day with all 9/9 PRs. Robin Betz took the top spot for the women with 2 PRs and 2 top 10s while Wil Gibb took the top spot for the men with 4 PRs and 2 top 10s!

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2025-26

AV Summer Picnic

Show your support to the club which puts on the Egan ride! The AV Summer Picnic will be at Huddart Park 3pm this Saturday (9/13). It will be catered by Sancho’s Taqueria and is open to both AV and non-AV members. Click HERE to register.

Egan 2025.27 Ride Announcement

We are down to the penultimate ride just before the final Egan on 9/16! For the occasion, we’ll take a more completionist’s route through south Los Altos, including two of the sister climbs of the Egan classic, Oxford, on our way to a scenic finish on Mora!

• EE group - 5:45

• A/B group - 6:05

Route: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=3397753033761746376&s=1315771,659027,640149,6664213,711223,1105444,1105558,1105588,617901

Strava route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3397753033761746376

Summary: 15 mi, 1500 ft

Segments:

1. Valley View from Border - https://www.strava.com/segments/1315771 (33s / 46s)

2. Plateau Ave Climb - https://www.strava.com/segments/659027 (37s / 45s)

3. Arboretum Drive - https://www.strava.com/segments/640149 (1:15 / 1:41)

4. Sierra Ventura - https://www.strava.com/segments/6664213 (55s / 1:12)

5. Highlands Circle (east) - https://www.strava.com/segments/711223 (39s / 59s)

6. Regent Dr - https://www.strava.com/segments/1105444 (20s / 32s)

7. Andover Way - https://www.strava.com/segments/1105558 (23s / 34s)

8. Oxford Dr (West) - https://www.strava.com/segments/1105588 (15s / 25s)

9. Mora: Trail of Tribulation - https://www.strava.com/segments/617901 (1:54 / 2:38)

Ride Rules: For ride safety rules, please visit https://www.altovelo.org/riding-etiquette

Waiver: https://www.altovelo.org/waiver

What: The Egan Ride meets at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce parking lot every Tuesday at 6:00pm and leaves at 6:05. We regroup and recover after every climb; if you can do OLH in under 25 minutes you should have no problem keeping up.

Where: Los Altos Chamber of Commerce. 321 University Ave, Los Altos, CA 94022

How: Remember, pace yourself appropriately, there's lots of hills to climb! Pay attention to traffic and don't hog the road. Riders are encouraged to wear garishly colored socks on the Egan Ride, and riders are discouraged from riding Egan if they wear conservative socks.

Egansite: https://altovelo.org/egan
Egangram: www.instagram.com/eganrideclub
Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/eganride

Egan 2025.26 - Egan GP

Egan 2025.25 Ride results

Jackie Dulken was rider of the day with 10 PRs and 1 top 10! Marc Osswald top the top GC spot for the men with 7 PRs and 2 top 10s while Jen Tavé took the top spot for the women with 6 PRs, 2 top 10s, and 2 QOMs!

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2025-25

Egan 2025.26 Ride Announcement

After Matt’s nonsensical 6% route last week, we can finally return to a true sprinter’s delight: the infamous Egan Grand Prix. With the days getting shorter, we’re closing in on the end of Egan season—the final ride of 2025 will be on 9/16. Until then, the routes will begin winding down in distance and complexity, but not in fun. This week we’re keeping the momentum rolling with a fast, punchy version of Egan GP: plenty of smooth, rapid segments for the sprinters, with a few short climbs sprinkled in to keep things spicy. Bring your speed, bring your legs—it’s Grand Prix time. 🏁

• EE group - 5:45

• A/B group - 6:05

Route: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=3397694812031525560&s=1247601,3010957,10249847,619616,35204659,610571,1664991,771633,4312996

Strava route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3397694812031525560

Summary: 15 mi, 1850 ft

Segments:

1. St. Francis to La Cresta - https://www.strava.com/segments/1247601 (48s / 59s)

2. Horseshoe Ct - https://www.strava.com/segments/3010957 (31s / 48s)

3. Purissima — Arastradero to Viscaino - https://www.strava.com/segments/10249847 (1:30 / 1:53)

4. Viscaino West Side - https://www.strava.com/segments/619616 (50s / 1:18)

5. The Best Part of Purissima - https://www.strava.com/segments/35204659 (47s / 44s)

6. La Barranca Rd - https://www.strava.com/segments/610571 (25s / 31s)

7. Edgerton from the bottom - https://www.strava.com/segments/1664991 (1:25 / 1:51)

8. Briones climb - https://www.strava.com/segments/771633 (44s / 1:00)

9. Boronda View Sprint - https://www.strava.com/segments/4312996 (46s / 56s)

Ride Rules: For ride safety rules, please visit https://www.altovelo.org/riding-etiquette

Waiver: https://www.altovelo.org/waiver

What: The Egan Ride meets at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce parking lot every Tuesday at 6:00pm and leaves at 6:05. We regroup and recover after every climb; if you can do OLH in under 25 minutes you should have no problem keeping up.

Where: Los Altos Chamber of Commerce. 321 University Ave, Los Altos, CA 94022

How: Remember, pace yourself appropriately, there's lots of hills to climb! Pay attention to traffic and don't hog the road. Riders are encouraged to wear garishly colored socks on the Egan Ride, and riders are discouraged from riding Egan if they wear conservative socks.

Egansite: https://altovelo.org/egan
Egangram: www.instagram.com/eganrideclub
Strava: https://www.strava.com/eganride

Egan 2025.25 - 6% Suffering & Women’s Group

Egan 2025.24 Ride results

Last week 79 riders completed Hannon’s inaugural Moody route, with 475 PRs set. Rider of the day was tied between Colin Vignon and Kai Yee, both with 10/10 PRs, 1 top 10, and reaching the top 10 on GC! Din 🦩 took the top spot for the women with 8 PRs and 3 top 10s while Matthew ! took the top spot for the men with 6 PRs and 1 top 10! Lundy Grind took the honors of most achievements with 11 top 10s (men + women) set during the ride.

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2025-24

Egan 2025.25 Ride Announcement

It’s time to dust off the aero kit. This week we have a more accurate and honest version of the classic “5% Fun” from prior years: “6% Suffering”. This time, only one climb will violate the 6% claim, with most in the 4-5% range. This also means that 24% of the entire route by length is a segment this week (compare to 13% from last week)! GLHF

• EE group - 5:45

• A/B group - 6:05

• Women’s group - 6:05 <- note an earlier start

Route: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=3394904332876655488&s=627427,4243560,610570,638963,1324513,10534914,678219,15025857,619680,3588820

Strava route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3394904332876655488

Summary: 20 mi, 2300 ft

Segments:

1. Miranda Hill - https://www.strava.com/segments/627427 (57s / 1:05)

2. La Paloma from Westwind - https://www.strava.com/segments/4243560 (57s / 1:05)

3. Elena Rd to Natoma - https://www.strava.com/segments/610570 (1:31 / 2:00)

4. Black Mtn Rd. - https://www.strava.com/segments/638963 (1:32 / 1:56)

5. Byrne Park - Deer Springs - https://www.strava.com/segments/1324513 (57s / 1:15)

6. Stonebrook from Priscilla - https://www.strava.com/segments/10534914 (45s / 59s)

7. Hilltop Drive - https://www.strava.com/segments/678219 (1:26 / 1:57)

8. Magdalena - Dawson to Stonebrook - https://www.strava.com/segments/15025857 (2:05 / 2:27)

9. Stonebrook to Prospect - https://www.strava.com/segments/619680 (41s / 50s)

10. Altamont - Stop Sign to Crest - https://www.strava.com/segments/3588820 (3:57 / 4:59)

Ride Rules: For ride safety rules, please visit https://www.altovelo.org/riding-etiquette

Waiver: https://www.altovelo.org/waiver

What: The Egan Ride meets at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce parking lot every Tuesday at 6:00pm and leaves at 6:05. We regroup and recover after every climb; if you can do OLH in under 25 minutes you should have no problem keeping up.

Where: Los Altos Chamber of Commerce. 321 University Ave, Los Altos, CA 94022

How: Remember, pace yourself appropriately, there's lots of hills to climb! Pay attention to traffic and don't hog the road. Riders are encouraged to wear garishly colored socks on the Egan Ride, and riders are discouraged from riding Egan if they wear conservative socks.

Egansite: https://altovelo.org/egan
Egangram: www.instagram.com/eganrideclub
Strava: https://www.strava.com/eganride

Egan 2025.24 - In the Mood(y) for Mor(a) (foot)Hills

Egan 2025.23 Ride results:

Last week we received some punishment from Jerome, french style. in the form of the classic La Punition.

Rider of the day was: Mattheüs Johnson with 9 PRs, 5 top 10s, and a XOM to boot. Jen Tavé won the Women’s GC, while Quinn Fëlton won the men’s GC with 2 XOMs, 3 top 10s, but only 8 PRs which are what really count in this game.

Egan 2025.24 Ride Announcement

I’ve been shouting at you all for a few weeks, but I haven’t made a route of my own yet, so I strung together a few of the Egan greatest hits for us to enjoy.

-Hannon

Leaders: The Egan Collective (Matt, Hannon, Jonathan, Brandy)

Start Times: Tuesday at 6PM meet up at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce. Early group rolls at 5:45 and the second group at 6:05PM. Start times as follows:

• Early Egan Group @5:45 Matt

• Egan A Group @ 6:05 Hannon

• Egan B Group @ 6:08 Jonathan

• Women’s Group @6:10 Brandy

Route: Egan 2025.25: In the Mood(y) for Mor(a) (foot)Hills

Strava Route Link: https://www.strava.com/routes/3392375669682877518

Summary: 36.47km, 874m

Segments:

1. Quinhill from University (Egan Official): https://www.strava.com/segments/20659253 - (33s / 48s)

2. Lundy Grind: https://www.strava.com/segments/9184244 - (11s / 17s)

3. Mora: Trail of Tribulation: https://www.strava.com/segments/617901 - (1:54 / 2:38)

4. Dawson Road Wall: https://www.strava.com/segments/631065 - (48s / 1:09)

5. Stonebrook to Prospect: https://www.strava.com/segments/619680 - (41s / 50s)

6. Rhus Ridge Road: https://www.strava.com/segments/730153 - (2:11 / 2:39)

7. Old Snakey Rd - Off Moody Rd: https://www.strava.com/segments/1184408 - (33s / 51s)

8. Tanglewood Lane: https://www.strava.com/segments/9055326 - (31s / 37s)

9. Moody - New "Official": https://www.strava.com/segments/6445920 - (2:21 / 3:11)

10. Foothills Park Vista Point (Egan Official): https://www.strava.com/segments/20963377 - (2:11 / 2:47)

Ride Rules: For ride safety rules, please visit https://www.altovelo.org/riding-etiquette

Waiver: https://www.altovelo.org/waiver

What: The Egan Ride meets at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce parking lot every Tuesday at 6:00pm and leaves at 6:05. We regroup and recover after every climb; if you can do OLH in under 25 minutes you should have no problem keeping up.

Where: Los Altos Chamber of Commerce. 321 University Ave, Los Altos, CA 94022

How: Remember, pace yourself appropriately, there's lots of hills to climb! Pay attention to traffic and don't hog the road. Riders are encouraged to wear garishly colored socks on the Egan Ride, and riders are discouraged from riding Egan if they wear conservative socks.

Egansite: https://altovelo.org/egan
Egangram: www.instagram.com/eganrideclub
Strava: https://www.strava.com/eganride

Egan 2025.22 - Twin Peaks

Egan 2025.21 Ride Results:

Last week, rider of the day was Alex Obrand with 9/11 PRs, 6 top 10s, and 2 XOMs while also taking the top spot of the women’s GC! Top of the men’s was Wil Gibb with 8 PRs and 1 top 10!

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2025-21

Egan 2025.22 Ride Announcement:

This week we don’t need to make any compromises - we get to do Blandor AND mega Blandor on the same ride! While there may be 12 segments, 2 of them nearly outweigh the other 10 in terms of GC time, so choose your efforts wisely!

• EE group: roll 5:45

• A/B group: roll 6:05

Route: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=3252140893608646078&s=931998,29199832,1847115,10534914,34802507,686220,913443,1315771,659027,934161,2190242,739865

Summary: 34 km, 900 m / 21 mi, 2900 ft

Segments:

1. Deerfield Drive up - https://www.strava.com/segments/931998 (26s / 36s)

2. Wildcrest to 2nd White Gate (Egan Official) - https://www.strava.com/segments/29199832 (48s / 1:15)

3. Vinedo Lane (to summit) - https://www.strava.com/segments/1847115 (59s / 1:06)

4. Stonebrook from Priscilla - https://www.strava.com/segments/10534914 (49s / 59s)

5. Olive Tree from Stonebrook - Egan Official - https://www.strava.com/segments/34802507 (4:52 / 5:27)

6. Quinnhill from Summerhill - https://www.strava.com/segments/686220 (33s / 40s)

7. Border Hill - https://www.strava.com/segments/913443 (1:12 / 1:32)

8. Valley View from Border - https://www.strava.com/segments/1315771 (33s / 46s)

9. Plateau Ave Climb - https://www.strava.com/segments/659027 (37s / 48s)

10. fulll Whitham Avenue - https://www.strava.com/segments/934161 (48s / 1:05)

11. Loyola with Berkshire sidetrip - https://www.strava.com/segments/2190242 (2:28 / 3:14)

12. Base of Blandor to Olive Tree Cul de Sac - https://www.strava.com/segments/739865 (3:06 / 3:44)

Ride Rules: For ride safety rules, please visit https://www.altovelo.org/riding-etiquette

What: The Egan Ride meets at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce parking lot every Tuesday at 6:00pm and leaves at 6:05. We regroup and recover after every climb; if you can do OLH in under 25 minutes you should have no problem keeping up.

Where: Los Altos Chamber of Commerce. 321 University Ave, Los Altos, CA 94022

How: Remember, pace yourself appropriately, there's lots of hills to climb! Pay attention to traffic and don't hog the road. Riders are encouraged to wear garishly colored socks on the Egan Ride, and riders are discouraged from riding Egan if they wear conservative socks.

Egansite: https://altovelo.org/egan
Egangram: www.instagram.com/eganrideclub
Strava: https://www.strava.com/eganride

Egan 2025.21 - A Little Bit Country Clubbin’

Egan 2025.20 Ride Results:

Rider of the day was Ben Fiennes with 14 PRs on all 14 segments! Sue Lin Holt took the top spot for the women with 5 PRs and 1 top 10, while Wil Gibb took the top spot for the men with 11 PRs and 2 top 10s!

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2025-20

Egan 2025.21 Ride Announcement:

This week we continue our tour with some classic Egan climbs and some of my favorites. To keep the groups well-spaced, please note the following roll times:

• EE group: roll 5:45

• A/B group: roll 6:05

• Women’s group: roll 6:08

Route: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=3245266965700359252&s=12597337,628214,676449,610570,1664991,2083915,1727466,21331441,20917732,994786,491203

Summary: 17.86 mi, 2874 ft

Segments:

1. Quail Beotch - (0:29 / 0:44)

2. Westwind (E side) - (0:18 / 0:23)

3. Viscaino Rd (East side) - (1:25 / 1:56)

4. Elena Rd to Natoma - (1:31 / 2:00)

5. Edgerton from the bottom - (1:25 / 1:51)

6. Altamont_Circle KOM - (1:14 / 1:40)

7. Alexis to Country Club - (1:46 / 2:16)

8. Bandera Dr (Egan official) - (0:40 / 1:00)

9. Laurel Glen to Top of Alexis (Egan official) - (2:26 / 3:24)

10. A little bit Country - (0:52 / 1:10)

11. La Cresta - (2:56 / 3:39)

Ride Rules: For ride safety rules, please visit https://www.altovelo.org/riding-etiquette

What: The Egan Ride meets at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce parking lot every Tuesday at 6:00pm and leaves at 6:05. We regroup and recover after every climb; if you can do OLH in under 25 minutes you should have no problem keeping up.

Where: Los Altos Chamber of Commerce. 321 University Ave, Los Altos, CA 94022

How: Remember, pace yourself appropriately, there's lots of hills to climb! Pay attention to traffic and don't hog the road. Riders are encouraged to wear garishly colored socks on the Egan Ride, and riders are discouraged from riding Egan if they wear conservative socks.

Egansite: https://altovelo.org/egan
Egangram: www.instagram.com/eganrideclub
Strava: https://www.strava.com/eganride

Egan 2025.08 - Top Performers

This week we had 99 riders come out to wish Simon well on his move and upcoming Egan sabbatical. In his honor 761 PRs were set, a coveted XOM claimed, and ~1200 mosquito bites endured as many of the squad awaited his arrival at the top of Mora. À bientôt, Simon!

Ride of the day was Hannah Chen with all 11 PRs and 4 top 10s! Top of the women’s GC was Rachel Hwang with 8 PRs, 7 top 10s, and 1 XOM while Greg McCullough led the men’s GC with all 11 PRs and 3 top 10s!

Reminder: The Egan store is open once again until 05/22: 2025 Egan Store. There are 1 more $100 coupons remaining so to participate, join AV and show up at the next Egan.

Official Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2025-08

Note: If you’re wondering how to show up in the results, here’s how it works:

• Upload your ride that evening (the results are tabulated early Wednesday mornings)

• In your privacy controls, make sure that everyone can see your activities (if you’re worried about privacy, Strava has other settings such as restricting your profile page to followers and map start/end point visibility)

• You have to complete all segments to show up in the GC

Photo courtesy of Dirk Bergstrom (album)

Photo courtesy of Christophe Testi

Egan 2025.05 - Top Performers

It’s starting to feel like summer and it shows in the turnout. For this 5th installment of Egan, we had 86 riders with a total of 548 PRs and 3 XOMs - more than half of the completed segments were PRs! Special thanks to James R for volunteering to help improve and run the results script!

Adam Beliveau was rider of the day with all 10 PRs, 2 top 10s, and 1 XOM! Rachel Hwang took the top spot of the women’s GC along with 6 top 10s while Yann . took the top spot in the men’s GC with 2 top 10s!

Reminder: The Egan store is open once again until 04/22: 2025 Egan Store.

Official Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2025-05

Note: If you’re wondering how to show up in the results, here’s how it works:

• Upload your ride that evening (the results are tabulated early Wednesday mornings)

• In your privacy controls, make sure that everyone can see your activities (if you’re worried about privacy, Strava has other settings such as restricting your profile page to followers and map start/end point visibility)

• You have to complete all segments to show up in the GC

Egan 2025.03 - Top Performers

With 120 riders and 390 PRs, the 3rd Egan of 2025 proved to be 20% <insert your favorite comparative adjective> than last week. The summer-like weather was no doubt a factor in increased ride attendance, although the B group was a bit too large compared to the A. The Egan leadership needs your help next time making sure the groups are more evenly divided, so we can prevent situations where many riders are crowded into small spaces.

Phillip Maier was rider of the day with PRs on all 8 segments. Jen Tavé took top spot in the women’s GC as well as a QOM on Boronda View Sprint, while Matthew ! was the GC crown holder for the men.

Official Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2025-03

Thanks to Christophe Testi and That Dirk Guy for the action photos.

Note: If you’re wondering how to show up in the results, here’s how it works:

• Upload your ride that evening (the results are tabulated early Wednesday mornings)

• In your privacy controls, make sure that everyone can see your activities (if you’re worried about privacy, Strava has other settings such as restricting your profile page to followers and map start/end point visibility)

• You have to complete all segments to show up in the GC

The Foothills Park Vista Point climb never gets old. Photo credit Christophe Testi

Yours truly. Photo credit Dirk Bergstrom

Egan 2025.01 - Top Performers

With 86 riders and 258 PRs, the 2025 Egan season started strong despite the cool and windy weather. Thanks to Mark Filer for providing popsicles at the top of Madonna Way! (Yes, these were in fact the same popsicles that Mark served for the Egan finalé last year, and he has assured me that his freezer is top quality).

Official Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2025-01

Adam Beliveau was rider of the day with PRs on all 7 segments. Steph Hart took the GC crown for the women and Wil Gibb for the men.

Next week’s Egan (March 18th) will be special! There will be a “Pop-up Trunk” at the Lincoln Ave parking lot (https://maps.app.goo.gl/9oMLW8czFVLHMrNZ6) from 5:00-5:45pm where you’ll have the opportunity to meet our sponsors who’ll be showcasing their latest innovations:

• Derek Wiback, founder of Eliel Cycling. Derek will show off some of Eliel’s latest technical garments.

• Whitman Kwok, founder of KAV Helmets. Whitman will bring a couple of his latest exciting helmet designs.

• Nicolas Perpere of Duke Racing Wheels. (650)-492-9633. Nicolas will feature some fancy carbon wheels.

• Jen Tavé, chiropractor and Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner

In addition, we’ll be distributing over 90 pairs of pre-ordered Egan socks designed by Defeet. You can still purchase them online and pick them on 3/18. Be sure to arrive early to claim your socks!

Note: If you’re wondering how to show up in the results, here’s how it works:

• Upload your ride that evening (the results are tabulated early Wednesday mornings)

• In your privacy controls, make sure that everyone can see your activities (if you’re worried about privacy, Strava has other settings such as restricting your profile page to followers and map start/end point visibility)

• You have to complete all segments to show up in the GC

Get your Egan socks! Mix and match!

A Brompton can do Egan. Who knew it was possible?

Egan 2024.28 - Top Performers

With 119 riders, 363 PRs, and a variety of costumes, the Egan finalé for 2024 was a memorable experience. Thanks to Mark Filer for providing popsicles at the top of Madonna Way!

While Egan is officially over for 2024, don’t be sad because there’ll continue to be Eganesque rides through the fall/winter season, in particular Dirk’s Climbing Ride. Also stay tuned for more info on the end-of-season banquet to be held at the usual Egan watering hole, State of Mind in Los Altos.

Our women’s group has grown in popularity over the season and will be returning at least monthly next year. The leaders have a goal of growing this group even more, so you have all winter to get your female friends into cycling so that when next summer begins we can convince them that hills are fun.

Official Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2024-28

Jack Lund was rider of the day with PRs on all 7 segments and a KOM on Stonebrook from Priscilla, as well as top GC spot! Jen Tavé took the GC crown for the women!

Note: If you’re wondering how to show up in the results, here’s how it works:

• Upload your ride that evening (the results are tabulated early Wednesday mornings)

• In your privacy controls, make sure that everyone can see your activities (if you’re worried about privacy, Strava has other settings such as restricting your profile page to followers and map start/end point visibility)

• You have to complete all segments to show up in the GC

Jérôme le super héros (photo credit Christophe Testi)

Amsterdam or Los Altos? (photo credit Dirk Bergstrom)

New Egan fashion helmets (photo credit: nearly everyone on the ride)

Egan 2024.27 Egan GP Top Performers

Instead of watching Tuesday’s political debate, we attended the long awaited inaugural Egan GP with plenty of fast rolling, low grade non-Egan segments. Fortunately, the dogs, cats, deers and turkeys were spared but not the Egan riders. We achieved 400 PRs! The A Group did two extra bonus segments on West Altamont and Almaden Court.

Next week for the last Egan, get crazy & dress-up your bike. Here are some ideas. Something with a bit more flair here.

Official Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2024-27

Yash S. was rider of the day with PRs on 8 segments and 2 top 10s. Once again, Rachel Hwang took the top GC spot for the women (and hydration technique) while Matin Massoudi took the GC crown for the men as usual.

Note: If you’re wondering how to show up in the results, here’s how it works:

• Upload your ride that evening (the results are tabulated early Wednesday mornings)

• In your privacy controls, make sure that everyone can see your activities (if you’re worried about privacy, Strava has other settings such as restricting your profile page to followers and map start/end point visibility)

• You have to complete all segments to show up in the GC

Photographer: unknown.  Photo touch-ups: Christophe Testi.  Chloé in full effort, wearing the Egan roadsuit at the last Ironman in Santa Cruz last Tuesday.  Great Egan participation including Simon and Hugo!

Egan 2024.26 - Top Performers

Maybe it was the “heat wave”, maybe it was the extended Labor Day weekend, but we had a less-than-average turnout for Egan 2024.26. Still, it was a fun and memorable ride with a picture perfect finish in Foothills Park just as the sun was setting. Remember, the end of the Egan 2024 season is slowly approaching, with only 2 more rides remaining ☹️ and the last official Egan scheduled for Sept 17th, followed by an informal Egan & banquet on Sept 24th.

Official Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2024-26

Jack Lund was rider of the day with PRs on 5 segments and a top 10 on Tanglewood Lane. Once again, Jen Tavé took the top GC spot for the women while Matin Massoudi took the GC crown for the men.

Note: If you’re wondering how to show up in the results, here’s how it works:

• Upload your ride that evening (the results are tabulated early Wednesday mornings)

• In your privacy controls, make sure that everyone can see your activities (if you’re worried about privacy, Strava has other settings such as restricting your profile page to followers and map start/end point visibility)

• You have to complete all segments to show up in the GC

Jack Lund only had a single water bottle to weigh him down on the climbs 

Egan 2024.25 - Top Performers

What a great way to celebrate the end of Summer with a splash down at Jack’s at the end of the last segment. Who could turn down a slice of heat & sweet pizza after a hot & steep Egan ride! Events like this are made possible by the Alto Velo Race Club and your continued membership is greatly appreciated! Be on the lookout for 2025 membership registration near the end of the year.

Here are the results and some photos from Egan 2024 #25:

Official results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2024-25

Laura Formosa was rider of the day again with PRs on all 13 segments and 4 top 10s. Jen Tavé took the top GC spot for the women with 9 PRs and 9 top 10s while Matin Massoudi took the GC crown for the men with 9 PRs and 2 top 10s!

Note: If you’re wondering how to show up in the results, here’s how it works:

• Upload your ride that evening (the results are tabulated early Wednesday mornings)

• In your privacy controls, make sure that everyone can see your activities (if you’re worried about privacy, Strava has other settings such as restricting your profile page to followers and map start/end point visibility)

• You have to complete all segments to show up in the GC

Egan 2024.24 - Top Performers

Some say that 5% is the new 10%; others say that it wasn’t really 5% at all; still others say “coffee and cake is this weekend, right?” Well, I’ve heard it both ways. In any case, this past week was a nice change of pace (🙄) as we stuck to the milder grades, discovered the utility of drafting, and learned the true meaning of Jens Voigt’s catch phrase. There were 91 riders that made it to the GC leaderboards and 680 PRs - over half of the ridden segments were PRs, incredible!

Official results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2024-24

Laura Formosa was rider of the day with 12 PRs and 6 top 10s, also taking the top GC spot for the women! Top GC for the men was Matin Massoudi with 9 PRs and 5 top 10s!

Note: If you’re wondering how to show up in the results, here’s how it works:

• Upload your ride that evening (the results are tabulated early Wednesday mornings)

• In your privacy controls, make sure that everyone can see your activities (if you’re worried about privacy, Strava has other settings such as restricting your profile page to followers and map start/end point visibility)

• You have to complete all segments to show up in the GC

Egan 2024.23 - Top Performers

The inaugural Sprint Delight route was a success! Riders were panting and legs got heavier & heavier after each segment. Best of all, Dirk Bergstrom cursed yours truly, the best honor one can receive from our local Egan legend. It’s like winning a gold medal for hill climbing. I digress but Egan should be added to the next Olympic games in LA. Christophe and Jonathan enjoyed the pain cake with 14 delicious handcrafted sprints and said that it was the “Best BD ever.” Seriously, climbing hills instead of drinking Champagne, what’s wrong with those two Egan riders?

Official results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2024-23

Jeff Walls was rider of the day with PRs on all 14 segments. Claire MacDougall got the top spot on the women’s GC and Matin Massoudi was the men’s GC leader again! Who is going to dethrone Matin?

Note: If you’re wondering how to show up in the results, here’s how it works:

• Upload your ride that evening (the results are tabulated early Wednesday mornings)

• In your privacy controls, make sure that everyone can see your activities (if you’re worried about privacy, Strava has other settings such as restricting your profile page to followers and map start/end point visibility)

• You have to complete all segments to show up in the GC

Bday boys! Jonathan and Christophe

Egan 2024.22 - Top Performers

Emeraldhill Lane. Who would’ve thought that a 0.08 mile segment would cause so much frustration? Several riders reported that Strava didn’t properly record the segment, either causing an inaccurate time or not identifying the segment at all in their ride data. As Egan éminence grise Dirk Bergstrom pointed out, Strava isn’t so good at dealing with short segments, and in fact no longer allows them to be created. More info here: https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216918227-Optimizing-Segment-Creation-How-to-Create-Good-Segments#short

For this reason, we removed Emeraldhill Lane from the official results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2024-22

For those of you who hammered up Emeraldhill (and most of you did) and didn’t face any GPS inaccuracy issues, here are the original results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2024-22-orig. It should be noted that our own Robin Betz got the QOM!

Marc Osswald was rider of the day with PRs on all 10 segments. Robin Betz got the top spot on the women’s GC and Matin Massoudi was the men’s GC leader.

Note: If you’re wondering how to show up in the results, here’s how it works:

• Upload your ride that evening (the results are tabulated early Wednesday mornings)

• In your privacy controls, make sure that everyone can see your activities (if you’re worried about privacy, Strava has other settings such as restricting your profile page to followers and map start/end point visibility)

• You have to complete all segments to show up in the GC

Egan 2024.21 - Top Performers

This week we tried to answer some questions on GC leaderboard tactics: how do you pace overlapping segments? What if those two segments are almost 50% of the combined segment times? In the end, it looks like the standard strategies won: just do it. And so with the spirit of Egan, we climbed Blandor not just once, but twice, with zest, zeal, and zing!

By the numbers:

• 82 riders, 58 GC riders

• 491 PRs

• 12 segments, 21 mi and 2,940 ft of climbing

Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2024-21

Rachel Hwang secured rider of the Day with 8 PRs, 6 top tens, 2 XOM and the woman’s GC leader. In a continuation from last week, Matin Massoudi took the top spot for the men with 7 PRs and 1 top ten.

Note: If you’re wondering how to show up in the results, here’s how it works:

• Upload your ride that evening (the results are tabulated early Wednesday mornings)

• In your privacy controls, make sure that everyone can see your activities (if you’re worried about privacy, Strava has other settings such as restricting your profile page to followers and map start/end point visibility)

• You have to complete all segments to show up in the GC

Egan 2024.20 - Top Performers

Announcements:

Tonight is the last night to order from the Alto Velo/Egan store for the summer order!

Recap:

In true Egan fashion, another tough ride aligned with another particularly toasty evening. After clearing the first couple of segments, the A and B groups merged at a water beak in Portola Valley to tackle the remaining segments en masse.

By the numbers:

• 152 riders

• 438 PRs

• 9 segments, 28.7 mi and 3,482 ft of climbing

Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2024-20

Jen Tavé secured rider of the Day with 8 PRs, 5 Top Tens, 2 XOM and the woman’s GC leader. In a shakeup from previous weeks, Matin Massoudi took the top spot for the men with a commanding lead.

Note: If you’re wondering how to show up in the results, here’s how it works:

• Upload your ride that evening (the results are tabulated early Wednesday mornings)

• In your privacy controls, make sure that everyone can see your activities (if you’re worried about privacy, Strava has other settings such as restricting your profile page to followers and map start/end point visibility)

• You have to complete all segments to show up in the GC

2024.19 Top Performers

Announcements:

• One more week to hit the minimum order for Egan kits

• Don’t forget to sign-up for The Bike Hut Classic!

Recap:

After the recent heat wave, this week we were treated to a perfectly cromulent evening in the hills of Westridge. Strava reports that we had 69 riders land on the GC leaderboards, each of them conquering 3200 ft of climbing in just 25 mi. Incredibly, there were nearly 500 PRs set on Tues, meaning an average of 7.2 PRs per person (the extra 0.2 is for pizza PRs)! Amidst this tough competition, Laura Formosa was rider of the day with all 11 PRs and 3 top 10s! At the top of the women’s GC was Rachel Hwang with 8 PRs, 6 top 10s, and 1 XOM while Matthew . led the men’s leaderboard with 9 PRs and 4 top 10s!

Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2024-19

Note: If you’re wondering how to show up in the results, here’s how it works:

• Upload your ride that evening (the results are tabulated early Wednesday mornings)

• In your privacy controls, make sure that everyone can see your activities (if you’re worried about privacy, Strava has other settings such as restricting your profile page to followers and map start/end point visibility)

• You have to complete all segments to show up in the GC