Egan 2023.11 Top Performers

The Oracle of Egan has reached the flat lands of The Lone Star State. Last Tuesday, we had two guests from Texas who enjoyed the tasty treats of Regnart and Lindy. Watch video below of those in love with Lindy. “If Lindy didn’t make you cry. You didn’t try hard enough.” Xu Lu

Every 1st Tuesday of the month, the Egan Women will start at 5:30pm. “We had 11 women. Gina got top 10s on every single segment! Yvonne showed us the benefits of her "Everesting gearing" with 4 PRs in preparation for her Everesting attempt on lower Montebello road. Show up any time during the day this Saturday to provide some Egan-style support.” Robin

CALL to ACTION: Come support and give some Egan love to Yvonne Walbroel on Saturday morning on Montebello

“The A group was tightly packed and really stepped up the power when the hills kicked up. Grant Miller had a phenomenal performance with 2 KOMs, 5 other top 10 performances, for a total of 8 PRs.”

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2023-11

In Love with Lindy. Listen to the sound track the grinding gears and huffing and puffing

Video Credit: Simon Edwards-Parton. Amazing video going downhill on Mora at Rancho San Antonio

Fast and furious. Our brave Egan Women on top of Lindy Lane.

Egan 2023.11- Regnart Edition. (Egan Women group will start at 5:30pm)

Eganeers,

This is a repeat of the 2022 Edition with Plateau added to the mix. Thank you Greg Finley for designing this great route. The battle plan for this ride:

• Egan Women group will start at 5:30 PM(Leader: Robin). Egan W. is scheduled every 1st Tuesday ride of the month.

• Egan A group will start at 6:05pm (Leaders: Tanner and Matt). Refer to “Egan 2023.10 Top Performers” for qualification list.

• Egan B group will start at 6:10pm (Leaders: Mike and Jerome)

Warnings:

• On the Loyola segment, keep right onto Berkshire!

• Watch out for speed bumps at RSA. Be cautious and point them out to the riders behind you.

• This is a TWO water bottle ride. Please hydrate accordingly since it is a long ride.

• When you think “Lindy” is over, it is not! Turn left into trailhead and enjoy the complimentary 26% gradient. Ask Rhodes for pro tips.

Route: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=3100651740190622148&s=20659253,659027,2190242,15204014,660481,9747141,660321,3498252,11993933

Segments:

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

2. Plateau Ave Climb: https://www.strava.com/segments/659027 - (38s / 48s)

3. Loyola with Berkshire sidetrip:https://www.strava.com/segments/2190242 - (2:28 / 3:37)

4. RSA bump: https://www.strava.com/segments/15204014 - (34s/ 48s)

5. H2N: Voss: https://www.strava.com/segments/660481 - (48s / 1:13)

6. Unbearable Regnart:https://www.strava.com/segments/9747141 - (2:39 / 3:04)

7. Rainbow's End - Where's the pot of gold?:https://www.strava.com/segments/660321 - (1:22 / 1:58)

8. Lindy to the tippy-top of Canyon View:https://www.strava.com/segments/3498252 - (3:03 / 3:54)

9. Stevens Creek Climb Westbound:https://www.strava.com/segments/11993933 - (13s / 28s)

Ride Safety:

• Riders should carry a Medical ID that contains your name and emergency contact information. Additional helpful information includes any medical history. Two IDs are preferable.

• Riders must wear a helmet.

• Riders are always responsible for their own safety.

• Look for yourself for cars and other road users, and OBEY TRAFFIC rules – you are responsible

• Do NOT cross the centerline.

• No Aero Bar use

• No Ear Buds or non-transparent headphone use. It is important that you are able to hear warning calls and approaching traffic.

• Important Note for Non Alto Velo members: If you are planning to attend Egan in 2023, please complete the online waiver at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver. Save your QR Code to confirm registration.

What: The Egan Ride used to meet at the Jr. High School, but now meets at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce parking lot every Tuesday at 6:00 pm 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 trouble keeping up.

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

Ride Splitting: If the ride reaches a large enough size, we will split into multiple groups with one group leaving a few minutes after the first. This is for safety, too many folks on some of the smaller roads can be an issue.

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.

Photos: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0kGtnIORGdKsz
Egangram: https://www.instagram.com/eganrideclub/
Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/eganride

Egan 2023.10 Top Performers

Another epic ride for the record books! Last night’s route is a must-do every year to test everyone’s mid-season strength, endurance and mental sanity. This year was no exception as we survived the infamous stairway to heaven the top of Vista Verde!

Rider of the day was Ari Pascarella again on her 2nd time joining the ride with PRs on all 8 segments and an XOM on Canyon Drive. Ari you are officially nominated as the Egan Sandbagger of the year! GC winners are awarded to Kelly Brennan and Ian Twamley. Everyone else’s results can be found here:

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2023-10

Promotions: The following riders are officially promoted to the Varsity team from next week’s ride onwards. If your name is on this list you can ride in the lead group if you desire.

1 Kelly Brennan

2 Yvonne Walbroehl

3 Adam Bhavnani

4 Akın Dirik

5 Alec Womboldt

6 Andy Stinnes

7 Brendan Larkin

8 Claude Luu

9 Colin Ovens

10 Derek Knowles

11 Fei Xia

12 Harold Reimer

13 Henry Maxfield

14 Ian Twamley

15 Jim L

16 Jonathan Lewis

17 Joshua Wise

18 Justin Pane

19 Kevin Lin

20 Martin W

21 Matt Larson

22 matt stirrup

23 Mike K8o

24 Richard Red

25 Sam Schneider

NB: want on the leaderboards? Join the club: https://www.strava.com/clubs/eganride

Sneak Preview Recon Ride: Join us on our Recon Ride this Friday at 7am at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce.

Photo of the week:

Egan 2023.10

This week we are riding the infamous staircase route up Los Trancos Woods (aka Tippy Top of Vista Verde). We are also splitting the ride based on GC performance from the prior week. If you placed in the top 50% last week and your name is listed below you are in the front group. If your name is NOT on the list, then you are in the follow group. The ride leaders (Akin, Jerome and Mike) have discretion to place riders in either group, so if you want to be in the front group you’ll need our permission.

GC Qualifiers Top 50%: (https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2023-09)

1. Ari Pascarella

2. Sue Lin Holt

3. Lindsey Raven

4. Robin Betz

5. Eugene Chan

6. Brooks Benard

7. George Wehner

8. Johannes Ferstad 🇳🇴🇺🇸

9. Steven Wu

10. Tanner DeVoe

11. Alex Derry

12. Hannon Ayer

13. Matt Bierbaum

14. Anthony Riley

15. Yann .

16. Andrew Wrist

17. Justin Molush

18. Dirk Bergstrom

19. Jack Larkin

20. jeff vance

21. Spencer Seay

22. max noda

23. Zac Blanco

24. Zack Berger

25. Benson Chang

26. Jerome S

27. Otto Jolanki

28. Alan King

29. Rhodes Walton

NB: want on the leaderboards? Join the club: https://www.strava.com/clubs/eganride

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Leaders: The Egan Collective (Jerome leading the front group; Akin and Mike leading the follow group)

Route: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=2971238516530273346&s=1247601,30846866,2904465,2655590,21091927,21091916,21091961,21091956

Summary: 25.44 mi, 2956 ft

Segments:

1. St. Francis to La Cresta

2. Deer Creek Sprint (Egan Official)

3. Canyon Drive

4. Nasty Los Trancos Driveway

5. Los Trancos (Egan Official)

6. Ramona (Egan Official) Carmel to Vista Verde

7. Vista Verde (Egan Official) Ramona to Old Spanish

8. Vista Verde (Egan Official) Old Spanish to End

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 2023.09 Top Performers

Ok, so that was probably the craziest Egan in history. First, let’s talk about the positives:

• most # of women riders (13, judging from Robin’s picture)

• most # of groups (3)

• highest rider count (at least 91, according to the results app, which is an underestimate)

• most # of PRs (at least 485, according to the results app)

• zero crashes and injuries

• zero NextDoor threads

With the growing popularity of Egan, the collective will meet tomorrow to discuss a revised format for the ride. Our objectives are simple:

• Make a safe and fun ride for all levels

• Accommodate our growth

• Promote women’s cycling

Stay tuned for more info soon.

Rider of the day was Ari Pascarella, with PRs on all 11 segments and a QOM on “Deerfield Drive up”! Ari also took the women’s GC while Eugene Chan took the men’s GC.

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2023-09

NB: want on the leaderboards? Join the club: https://www.strava.com/clubs/eganride

Robin Betz and the women’s group

Men’s group 2 (odd birth year), photo credit: James Biddle

2023.09 Robin Betz to lead Egan and promote and support women’s cycling

Egan Riders,

This week Robin Betz will lead a women’s Egan ride ahead of the men. The men will not be chasing the women’s group. Call to action: Invite all your female friends to join us on Tuesday evening! Let’s promote and support women’s cycling. Fun fact: Robin likes to build bike wheels and especially likes using the bearing puller tool. She has been attending Egan ride since 2018. Sometimes she does races but mainly enjoys hill climbs, the longer the better, and has a sub-hour Mt. Diablo!

We will split the men’s group (except women) by the last digit of your birth year: ODD and EVEN numbers. Example: If you were born in 1992, 2 is an EVEN number and you will be in the EVEN group.

For all of you who are not members of Alto Velo and regularly attend the Egan ride, we invite and welcome you to join AV as reciprocal appreciation for all the hard work that the club does to organize these rides.

Join us on Slack!

See you all on Tuesday!

Leader: The Egan Collective (Akin, Jerome, Mike, Tanner)

Route Summary: 20.22 mi, 2465 ft, 11 segments

Route: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=2958207458776497126&s=4243560,3588820,491203,610570,638963,676449,619616,4849500,21706104,12597337,931998

Segments:

• La Paloma from Westwind: https://www.strava.com/segments/4243560

• Altamont - Stop Sign to Crest: https://www.strava.com/segments/3588820

• La Cresta: https://www.strava.com/segments/491203

• Elena Rd to Natoma: https://www.strava.com/segments/610570

• Black Mtn Rd.: https://www.strava.com/segments/638963

• Viscaino Rd (East Side): https://www.strava.com/segments/676449

• Viscaino Rd (West Side): https://www.strava.com/segments/619616

• Esperanza -- counterclockwise: https://www.strava.com/segments/4849500

• De Bell (Egan official): https://www.strava.com/segments/21706104

• Quail Beotch: https://www.strava.com/segments/12597337

• Deerfield Drive up: https://www.strava.com/segments/12597337- (0:28/0:37)(0:29/0:37)

Ride Safety: https://www.altovelo.org/riding-etiquette

What: The Egan Ride used to meet at the Jr. High School, but now meets at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce parking lot every Tuesday at 6:00 pm 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 trouble keeping up.

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

How: Remember, charge the hills, slow roll in between. 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.

Photos: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0kGtnIORGdKsz
Egangram: https://www.instagram.com/eganrideclub/
Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/eganride

2023.8 Top Performers

It was a tough Tuesday and the pain factor increased 2x by climbing some of the most challenging Egan segments. Who will forget climbing Golden Oak at sunset blinded by the last sun rays of the day and gasping for air? But the best was waiting for us at the top of John Marthens Lane….

Egan by the numbers:

• 72 ice creams: gone!

• 48 Gatorades: gone!

• 40 bottles of water: gone!

• 1 surprise birthday party for Akin: done! (see video below)

Egan volunteer of the day: Simon Parton, who stored all the drinks and ice creams in his fridge few days earlier. Then he cut the ride short to bring all the above to the top of John Marthens Lane. Give kudos to Simon next time you see him on a ride. Great guy that embodies the true Egan spirit!

For all of you who are not members of Alto Velo and regularly attend the Egan ride, we invite and welcome you to join AV as reciprocal appreciation for all the hard work that the club does to organize these rides.

Julien Amblard was rider of the day with PRs on all 9 segments and 2 top 10s! Gina Yuan got 8 PRs and took the top spot in the women’s GC. Jack Liu snagged the men’s GC. We had a total of 439 PRs!

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2023-08

NB: want on the leaderboards? Join the club: https://www.strava.com/clubs/eganride

Credit: Richard Red

2023.8 Le Tour D’Egan est de retour

Bonsoir Egan Riders,

Welcome to Egan Show #8 for 2023! We have pressed the fast forward button since we’re behind schedule. It will be a painful back to future replay. On Tuesday, we will take you on a Tour d'Egan in Portola Valley. Oui, cela va faire très mal aux jambes! (1).

On Tuesday, the French Fashion Police is on duty, we will have two teams: bleu (group 1) and rouge (group 2):

• If your bike is blue or green you are in Group 1. Yeah, wear a bleu jersey too.

• if your bike is red, orange or yellow, you are in Group 2. Yeah, wear a red jersey too.

• If you bike is purple, we cannot help. You choose your team.

• If your bike is black, wear blue or red jersey or socks.

• If your bike is blue but you wear a red jersey, you are disqualified from the Performance Report.

• If your bike is blue, but your last name is Red, you have an identity crisis. It cannot be resolved on this ride.

Safety warnings:

• Baker Lane has a speed bump at the bottom.

• Go slowly downhill on Golden Oak and Minorca

• Shift down to your lowest gear going down on Minorca. Yes, it is not a typo.

• Expect something special at the end of this ride.

A bientôt!

J.

(1) You can use Google Translate but you can easily guess.

Leaders: Jérôme / Tanner (Group 1 / BLUE) and Akin (Group 2 /RED)

Summary: 21.24 mi, 2812 ft

Route: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=2961111976938779960&s=628286,610571,8840877,3010957,9473578,697481,10105574,29016271,663533

Segments:

Warm-up segments:

1. Alta Tierra: https://www.strava.com/segments/628286 - (33s / 45s)

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

3. Baker Lane: https://www.strava.com/segments/8840877 - (56s/ 1:04)

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

5. Liddicoat + Stanford: https://www.strava.com/segments/9473578 - (58s / 1:17)

Painful segments:

6. Minoca Climb - from Golden Oak to Cervantes: https://www.strava.com/segments/697481 - (2:24 / 3:02)

7. Golden Oak from Bear Gulch to Peak Ln: https://www.strava.com/segments/10105574 - (1:50 / 2:20)

8. Golden Oak - Bear Gulch to Alhambra (Egan Official): https://www.strava.com/segments/29016271 - (3:00 / 4:32)

Surprise segment:

9. John Marthens Lane: https://www.strava.com/segments/663533 - (1:40 / 2:09)

Ride Safety: https://www.altovelo.org/riding-etiquette

What: The Egan Ride used to meet at the Jr. High School, but now meets at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce parking lot every Tuesday at 6:00 pm 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 trouble keeping up.

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

How: Remember, charge the hills, slow roll in between. 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.

Photos: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0kGtnIORGdKsz
Egangram: https://www.instagram.com/eganrideclub/
Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/eganride

Egan 2023.07 Top Performers

Wow, that was an especially tough Egan ride with lots of great performances all around! We split the ride into 2 groups, and anecdotally, it seemed that Group 2 (birth months Jul-Dec) was a bit faster than Group 1 (Jan-Jun). Was this a random coincidence or statistical proof that birth month is correlated with athletic performance?

Notable observations: some riders took a wrong turn on the Anacapa segment, a pedestrian was prevented from crossing the road and there were reports of a few crossing double yellow lines. Please follow the prescribed route and group ride safety rules.

To all fast riders who get ahead of the leaders: check the route and tag the segments on Strava beforehand. That’s why we post the route on the mailing list, website and Egan Slack Channel. You most likely have a magical GPS device on your bars/stem that maps out the route and also notifies you when the segment starts and ends!

For all of you who are not members of Alto Velo and regularly attend the Egan ride, we invite and welcome you to join AV as reciprocal appreciation for all the hard work that the club does to organize these rides. Let’s keep the ride advertisement-free before we have to make a mid-ride stop for a timeshare sales pitch (LOL). It’s nearly cost neutral when you add up all the club benefits (sponsor discounts, picnics, pizza, banquets)!

Niky Taylor was rider of the day with PRs on all 12 segments, 7 top 10s, and a QOM on Coyote Hill! She was also tops in the women’s GC. On the men’s side, Yann Le Guen got top honors with George Wehner only 1 second behind. Honorable mention goes to Richard Red who posted a hilarious meme to his Strava feed (pic below).

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2023-07

NB: want on the leaderboards? Join the club: https://www.strava.com/clubs/eganride

Photo credit: Roger Pai

Meme credit: Richard Red

Egan 2023.07

With the rainy weather behind us, Egan returns this week with a vengeance. This week’s route was designed by Steven Wu and features a variety of climbs along Page Mill. Since we’ll spend quite a bit of time on Page Mill, please respect the yellow line rule and pay attention to traffic.

As we planned to do last week, we’ll split the ride by Month of Birth:

• First group: January through June

• Second group: July through December

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Leaders: The Egan Collective (Akin, Jerome and Mike)

Route: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=3090439508337460358&s=9687341,30846866,644182,681843,1529368,20659290,11109958,1155804,10102840,707505,4594985,491203

Summary: 18.56 mi, 2339 ft

Segments:

1. Aric Lane: https://www.strava.com/segments/9687341 - (20s / 25s)

2. Deer Creek Sprint (Egan Official): https://www.strava.com/segments/30846866 - (28s / 50s)

3. Coyote Hill from PM: https://www.strava.com/segments/644182 - (52s / 1:04)

4. Anacapa - Sir Francis to La Cresta: https://www.strava.com/segments/681843 - (2:36 / 3:17)

5. Mir Mirou: https://www.strava.com/segments/1529368 - (32s / 49s)

6. Paseo Del Roble (Egan Official) Mir Mirou to Roble Alto: https://www.strava.com/segments/20659290 - (1:00 / 1:12)

7. Story Hill Ln: https://www.strava.com/segments/11109958 - (39s / 59s)

8. Matadero Creek Ln - off Pagemill Rd: https://www.strava.com/segments/1155804 - (23s / 30s)

9. Matadero Creek Ln Climb from Bottom: https://www.strava.com/segments/10102840 - (31s / 44s)

10. Middle Fork Ln: https://www.strava.com/segments/707505 - (52s / 1:16)

11. Stirrup/Saddle to Moon: https://www.strava.com/segments/4594985 - (1:31 / 1:50)

12. La Cresta: https://www.strava.com/segments/491203 - (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 2023.06 Top Performers

This week Egan was rescheduled to Thursday due to evil rain. Despite cold weather, we managed to have a small group of fearless Eganeers. To spice it up, we added a stealth segment, Tanglewood Lane, that averages 15% and creeps up to 22% at the end. Then we chased our fearless Egan rabbit, Rhodes on Viscaino, resulting in someone exploding halfway. It was great Machiavellian fun!

Siddhant Benadikar was rider of the day with PRs on all 12 segments. Yan led the group by over 3 minutes and Yvonne Walbroehl took the women’s GC.

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2023-06

Join us again on next week's ride when Egan returns to its normal Tuesday schedule.

Thanks,

J.

NB: want on the leaderboards? Join the club: https://www.strava.com/clubs/eganride

RESCHEDULED TO THURSDAY AT 6PM DUE TO RAIN. Egan 2023.06 Have you been on Moody lately?

RESCHEDULED TO THURSDAY AT 6PM DUE TO RAIN. UPDATE YOUR CALENDAR AND CLOCK.

It’s been one year since Akin joined the leadership of Egan. This ride will feature his favorite segments, including Rhus Ridge, Moody (!), Altamont Circle and Edgerton. In fact, these 4 segments will happen one after the other so be sure to get plenty of rest in between them.

This time we’ll split the ride by Month of Birth. Be aware we will check IDs so don’t cheat! Participants caught cheating will be disqualified from the performance report.

• First group: January through June

• Second group: July through December

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Leader: The Egan Collective (Akin, Jerome and Mike)

Route:

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=2950981746450744424&s=29199832,1416331,12993037,6445920,27278158,1664991,19570446,619616,7458290,10076401,26590510

Summary: 17.24mi, 2650ft

Segments:

1. Wildcrest to 2nd White Gate (Egan Official): https://www.strava.com/segments/29199832 - (48s / 1:16)

2. Vinedo Lane: https://www.strava.com/segments/1416331 - (1:16 / 1:27)

3. Rhus Ridge: https://www.strava.com/segments/12993037 - (2:06 / 2:36)

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

5. Altamont Circle Up: https://www.strava.com/segments/27278158 - (1:13 / 1:38)

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

7. Deer Creek Climb: https://www.strava.com/segments/19570446 - (37 / 1:05)

8. Viscaino West Side: https://www.strava.com/segments/619616 - (33 / 1:18)

9. St Francis: https://www.strava.com/segments/7458290 - (32 / 38)

10. Manuela Ct: https://www.strava.com/segments/10076401 - (19 / 25)

11. Miranda Official Legburner: https://www.strava.com/segments/26590510 - (54 / 1:16)

Ride Safety:

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 2023.06 Have you been on Moody lately?

It’s been one year since Akin joined the leadership of Egan. This ride will feature his favorite segments, including Rhus Ridge, Moody (!), Altamont Circle and Edgerton. In fact, these 4 segments will happen one after the other so be sure to get plenty of rest in between them.

This time we’ll split the ride by Month of Birth. Be aware we will check IDs so don’t cheat! Participants caught cheating will be disqualified from the performance report.

• First group: January through June

• Second group: July through December

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Leader: The Egan Collective (Akin, Jerome and Mike)

Route:

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=2950981746450744424&s=29199832,1416331,12993037,6445920,27278158,1664991,19570446,619616,7458290,10076401,26590510

Summary: 17.24mi, 2650ft

Segments:

1. Wildcrest to 2nd White Gate (Egan Official): https://www.strava.com/segments/29199832 - (48s / 1:16)

2. Vinedo Lane: https://www.strava.com/segments/1416331 - (1:16 / 1:27)

3. Rhus Ridge: https://www.strava.com/segments/12993037 - (2:06 / 2:36)

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

5. Altamont Circle Up: https://www.strava.com/segments/27278158 - (1:13 / 1:38)

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

7. Deer Creek Climb: https://www.strava.com/segments/19570446 - (37 / 1:05)

8. Viscaino West Side: https://www.strava.com/segments/619616 - (33 / 1:18)

9. St Francis: https://www.strava.com/segments/7458290 - (32 / 38)

10. Manuela Ct: https://www.strava.com/segments/10076401 - (19 / 25)

11. Miranda Official Legburner: https://www.strava.com/segments/26590510 - (54 / 1:16)

Ride Safety:

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 2023.05 Top Performers

This week we had a more equal split between the 2 groups which resulted in a smooth and incident-free ride. Each group had its share of faster and slower riders. For future Egans we’ll come up with interesting ways to split the ride so you’re not always riding with the same group of people. As always, we welcome your ideas and feedback to keep the ride safe and fun.

Eugene Chan was rider of the day with PRs on all 9 segments. Sam Schneider beat Eugene by 10 seconds to take the men’s GC and Yvonne Walbroehl took the women’s GC.

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2023-05

Join us again on next week's ride which will be even longer & climbier.

Thanks,

Akin

NB: want on the leaderboards? Join the club: https://www.strava.com/clubs/eganride

Egan Ride 2023.05 — Mora!

For the 5th episode of Egan, we climb the hills of southern Los Altos Hills and end on the epic slopes of Mora in Rancho San Antonio park.

Because of Egan’s exploding popularity, and a desire to avoid being the subject of crazy people’s threads on Nextdoor, we’ll split the ride into 2 equal-sized groups leaving 5 minutes apart, then come together for the final climb up Mora.

• Group 1: last name starting with A-L

• Group 2: last name staring with M-Z

Leader: The Egan Leadership Team (Akin with Jerome and Mike)

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=3084519730446984724&s=20659253,678219,631065,21192549,2903975,1105588,6664213,711223,617901

Segments:

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

2. Hilltop Drive: https://www.strava.com/segments/678219 - (1:26 / 2:00)

3. Dawson Road Wall: https://www.strava.com/segments/631065 - (45s / 1:09)

4. Camino Hermosa (Egan Official) to Magdalena: https://www.strava.com/segments/21192549 - (1:42 / 2:21)

5. Mora Glen Drive climb maximus: https://www.strava.com/segments/2903975 - (58s / 1:10)

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

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

8. Highlands Circle (east): https://www.strava.com/segments/711223 - (43s / 59s)

9. Mora: Trail of Tribulation: https://www.strava.com/segments/617901 - (1:58 / 2:38)

Ride Safety:

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 covered 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 2023.04 Top Performers

Another chilly night, but that didn’t stop us from heating up the streets of Los Altos Hills! Did anyone catch the chatter we raised among the NextDoor oligarchs of Los Altos Hills? It’s a bit entertaining IMO.

This week, we split the group between ‘GC Achievers’ and ‘GC Believers.’ That seemed to go incident free, made regroups easier, and helped the overall ride operate more efficiently. A few notable observations include the front group could have benefited from a few more riders and the follow group could have kept to the right more to allow traffic (and riders) to pass freely on the left. We’ll keep tweaking the grouping structure and try new ideas as we go along. Your feedback on this matter is welcome and appreciated!

C Zinger was rider of the day with PRs on all 9 segments and claimed the men’s GC, while Karen Brems (in the follow group) snagged the women’s general classification. Julian Amblard also deserves recognition as the 3rd fastest overall and the fastest in the follow group. Awesome job folks!

Here are the results you’ve been refreshing your e-mail for all day:

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2023-04

For those who want a preview of next week’s ride, we are doing the ‘Egan Recon Ride’ this Friday at 3pm. Meet us at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce. at 321 University Ave, Los Altos, CA 94022 if you’d like to join us.

NB: want on the leaderboards? Join the club: https://www.strava.com/clubs/eganride

Egan Ride 2023.04 — A little bit longer, a little bit steeper, a little bit harder, a little bit Country!

Egan Riders,

For the 4th episode of the season we’ll add one more segment to last week’s total making this one a little bit longer, a little bit steeper and a little bit harder as we ride up a little bit Country before hitting my three favorite segments near the PA Hills golf and country club.

Spring season is in full bloom and with all the local schools in session we are at peak attendance for the ride. Make sure to arrive early this week as we’ll make important announcements for splitting the ride between ‘GC Achievers’ and ‘GC Believers.’ If you’ve been in the top 20 GC category this season or you can easily post an OLH sub-20 today (not last season and not your best PR effort from years ago) then you’ll want to be in the GC Achievers group leaving earlier than the GC Believers group.

Leader: The Egan Leadership Team (Mike with Akin and Jerome)

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=3082898788964208878&s=819038,1007068,28771555,31402908,10102840,994786,1727466,21331441,20917732

Segments: You’ve got strava, look up the KOM/QOMs yourself

1. Dianne Drive Climb

2. Okeefe Lane

3. Full Tepa

4. Altamont: Corbetta to Crest (Egan Official)

5. Matadero Creek Ln Climb from Bottom

6. A little bit Country

7. Alexis_to_Country_Club_KOM

8. Bandera (Egan Official)

9. Laurel Glen to top of Alexis (Egan Official)

Ride Safety:

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 covered 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 2023.03 Top Performers

Egan 2022.03 was another sufferfest with a picture-perfect finish in Foothills Park! While there were no incidents on the ride, the large number of riders on some of the shorter segments resulted in some crossing the yellow line, which is a no-no. For the purposes of ride safety, we might have to split up future rides into multiple groups.

Newcomer Nikhil Sharma was rider of the day with PRs on all 8 segments, while Robin Betz (again!) and George Wehner got the women and men’s general classifications, respectively. Awesome job, Nikhil, Robin and George!

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2023-03

See you all again next week for a slightly longer (and harder) ride!

NB: want on the leaderboards? Join the club: https://www.strava.com/clubs/eganride

Egan 2023.03- Déjà vu à 18heures Mardi

Welcome to Egan 2022.03!

Déjà vu is a is “French loanword” for the phenomenon of feeling as though one has lived through the present situation before. It is an illusion of memory whereby — despite a strong sense of recollection — the time, place, and context of the "previous" experience are uncertain or impossible” Reference Wikipedia.

For the 3rd edition of Egan 2023, we have a special route with 8 classic segments.  Surprise surprise, it will be longer and harder than the previous one.  At the end, you will be rewarded with the magnificent views from Foothills Park.

Leader:  The Egan Collective (Akin is back with Jerome and Mike)

Route: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=2941938086945355120&s=21706104,12945031,658065,610571,638963,11886743,20963377,4312996

Segments: 

1. De Bell (Egan official):https://www.strava.com/segments/21706104 - (32s / 44s)

2. Half Esperanza -- counterclockwise:https://www.strava.com/segments/12945031 - (33s / 48s)

3. Ascenscion + Anacapa: https://www.strava.com/segments/658065 - (2:23 / 2:59)

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

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

6. Via Ventana and Briones climb:https://www.strava.com/segments/11886743 - (1:46 / 2:25)

7. Boronda View Sprint:https://www.strava.com/segments/4312996 - (47s / 1:03)

8. Foothills Park Vista Point (Egan Official):https://www.strava.com/segments/20963377 - (2:11 / 2:59)

Egan 2023.02 Top Performers

Eganeers,

Thank you for joining the official Egan launch ride for 2023! Welcome baaaack to the endless pain cave!!! Darn cold weather, but the Egan spirit was definitely on fire. Even Greg Finley, who designed this route last year, made the trip from San Jose to join the fun. Now, the data you’ve been waiting for all day (we’re certain of that!).

Egan by the numbers:

• Total riders: 61 (per Strava) grossely underestimated. We would guess the total riders were more in the 70-80 range. Can someone count the number riders in the video below and report to the group next Tuesday? Special prize for the Eganeer who can count all the riders.

• Total number of pizzas consumed: 12. Like true Pirates, we took over the entire space at SOM without reservations! Thanks Alto Velo Board of Directors for sponsoring. Don’t forget to join AV this year here!

• Total beers consumed: Unspecified. Thanks Chloe for the pint!

• Total calories burned: A lot

• Total calories consumed post-ride: More than a lot

• Temperature: 6° Celsius (42° F) at the end of the ride. Burrr…

• 23 Egan new kits on their way to be delivered early June. First ever Egan road suit in production!

Rider of the day was Evan Batzer, who got PRs on all 7 segments. Sam Schneider and Robin Betz (2nd week in a row) took the GC. Who is going to beat Robin next week… Alexandrine?

Click to view performance report

Video: credit Chloe. Photo credit: random Eganers