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

Egan 2024.20 - La Punition

After the punishing route last week, we decided to double down this week with another Jerome Special™. We’re back with a fieldtrip to Wayside followed by a scenic jaunt through Los Trancos. With some punchy climbs interspersed with a couple longer segments, this route has something for everyone.

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

Start Times: Tuesday at 6PM meet up at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce. First group rolls at 6:05 and the second group at 6:08PM. Start times as follows:

• Egan A Group @ 6:05

• Egan B Group @ 6:08

Route: Egan 2024.20 - La Punition

Summary: 28.66mi, 3482 ft

Segments:

1. De Bell (Egan official): https://www.strava.com/segments/21706104 - (31s / 42s)

2. St Francis Rd: https://www.strava.com/segments/3483867 - (1:33 / 1:51)

3. Arastradero 280 Steep Sprint: https://www.strava.com/segments/7073675 - (42s / 57s)

4. Westridge first K (Alpine to Boliver): https://www.strava.com/segments/4784901 - (3:07 / 3:58)

5. Wayside (Egan Official): https://www.strava.com/segments/20760283 - (5:22 / 5:58)

6. Willowbrook: https://www.strava.com/segments/12920450 - (1:48 / 1:57)

7. Alpine hill repeats: https://www.strava.com/segments/10983974- (40s / 1:05)

8. Joaquin Climb: https://www.strava.com/segments/10265967 - (1:44 / 2:10)

9. Vista Verde (Egan Official) Old Spanish to End: https://www.strava.com/segments/21091956 - (2:48 / 3:35)

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 2024.15 - Top Performers

Another toasty ride on what may be the longest Egan of the year! With 91 riders whittled down to 54 completing all segments for the GC, this week was one for the record books. Rachel Huang secured Rider of the Day and women’s GC with a staggering 11 PRs, 6 Top 10’s, and FIVE XOMs. Just barely edging out Matin, Matthew . continued his streak as men’s GC with a perfect 13 PRs.

As a reminder, the AV Photo Contest will be running through July 4, so there is still time to join the our growing list of impeccable shots! Email best pics at photos@altovelo.org

https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2024-15

Photos by the one and only Dirk Bergstrom - more here

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

Rider of the Week

Egan 2024.15 - The Saratoga Shuffle

Quick Announcement - The Bike Hut Classic: The 5th anniversary of The Bike Hut Classic is coming soon! This annual fundraiser ride is a DIY time trial, to be completed on your own from July 4 - 21, 2024. Climb 1900 feet in elevation over 8.3 miles from The Bike Hut to Skyline on Tunitas Creek Road in Half Moon Bay while supporting Abundant Grace Coastside Workers! This fundraiser ride supports Abundant Grace as they hire the homeless at Potrero Nuevo Farm (behind The Bike Hut). Organic produce is donated to low-income families, and participants earn money while giving back to the community. Registration includes a limited edition t-shirt, a chance to win raffle prizes, and entry to our Ride Reception on Saturday, July 27 with ice cream sundaes and live music. Do you have what it takes to dethrone your fellow Egan riders whose names are enshrined on a plaque in the Bike Hut. Register now at www.bikehutclassic.com!

Egan 2024.15 Ride Announcement: Egan is all about balance: what goes up must come down. It’s fitting then that as the sun reaches its most northern extent this week’s route will take Egan to our most southern point for the season. After we see what the Saratoga hills have to offer, we’ll end with my favorite climb up Mora Trail for the sunset view of the bay.

We recommend bringing lights with you just in case it starts to get dark as we head back to downtown Los Altos.

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

Start Times: Tuesday 6/18 at 6PM meet up at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce. First group rolls at 6:05 and the second group at 6:08PM.

Route: Route Viewer and Strava

Summary: 30.1 mi, 3156 ft

Segments:

1. Valley View from Border: 0:33 / 0:46

2. Mora: steep to gate: 2:06 / 2:34

3. RSA bump: 0:34 / 0:47

4. H2N: Voss: 0:48 / 1:13

5. Lindy Ln (No Canyon View) - Egan Official: 2:48 / 3:27

6. H2N: Maria Ln: 1:10 / 1:54

7. Prospect hill repeat: 1:04 / 1:35

8. Parker Ranch to Star Ridge: 1:22 / 2:01

9. Comer (Egan Official) Bridge to Stop Sign: 1:59 / 2:35

10. Comer Climbs (Third): 0:51 / 1:04

11. Vist Arrroyo Wall Two: 0:37 / 1:03

12. Stevens Creek Climb Westbound: 0:18 / 0:28

13. Mora Trail - Egan Official: 1:59 / 2:40

Ride Safety:

• Riders must be fully vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19.

• 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 2022, 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.

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

Egan 2024.07 - Top Performers

Can you believe that we’re already a quarter of the way through our Egan season? Good thing we checked off some neighborhood climbs last night to prepare us for the upcoming longer days and longer rides through the summer.

Approaching the summer also means that attendance will continue to grow so we ask everyone to be extra thoughtful about riding safely and predictably. As a reminder, aero bars are not permitted so please remove them before the start of the ride.

Getting into the fun stuff: shoutout to Christophe Testi for another glamorous photoshoot! You can find the latest photos here and leave a review here. As a reminder, the AV Photo Contest will be running through July 4.

Continuing in both of their leaderboard domination, Jen Tavé was rider of the day and women’s GC leader with 8 PRs, 5 top 10s and 3 (!) QOMs while top GC honors for the men went to Matthew.

Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2024-07

Photo Credit: Christophe Testi

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

How to find us on the interweb:

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

Egan 2024.07 - Olive My Favorites

Eganeers! As the days get longer we’ll soon have enough daylight to venture further afield. That means it’s time to check off some of the Loyola and Los Altos Hills climbs that we’ve been neglecting. In contrast to Jerome’s relentless route last week, this week has a mix of long and short segments.

To keep the groups well-spaced, please note the following roll times:

A group: roll 6:05

B group: roll 6:08

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

Route: Olive My Favorites, 19.69 mi, 2653 ft, 9 segments

Segments:

1. Dianne Drive Climb: 35s / 42s

2. O'Keefe summitage: 38s / 1:02

3. Altamont - Stop Sign to Crest: 3:57 / 5:09

4. Rhus Ridge: 2:06 / 2:36

5. Tepa-Summit Wood: 2:01 / 2:48

6. Camino Hermosa (Egan Official) to Magdalena: 1:42 / 2:16

7. Blandor to end of Olive Tree: 2:51 / 3:48

8. Dawson Dr.: 1:39 / 2:27

9. Hilltop Drive KOM: 1:04 / 1:33

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.

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

Egan 2024.01 - Top Performers

We have liftoff! Starting things off on the right pedal, we had 98 riders racking up 280 PRs. What a crowd! Not wanting Chloe to miss out on the suffering fun, the B-group kindly waited before launching off. Dirk humbled the A-group by showing what it means to leave it all on the road.

In his Egan debut, Matthew took the rider of the day with PRs on all 7 segments. Rachel Huang claimed the women’s GC while Jack Liu - thanks to his backpack full of helium - took the men’s GC.

Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2024-01

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

• Join the Egan club on Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/

• 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 Credit: Simon Parton

Photo Credit: Hannon Ayer

Egan 2024.01 - Prepare for Launch!

That wonderful time of year has come at last: EGAN SEASON IS HERE! Last year the rain stymied the launch for several weeks so this year in true Dirk fashion keep your middle fingers raised to the clouds and we’ll see what happens. We are tentatively targeting this coming Tuesday, March 12 at 6:00pm for the official launch of the 2024 Egan Season. As usual, we’ll see how the weather develops as we get closer to Tuesday and will cancel the ride if the conditions deteriorate.

After the ride we’ll all meet at State of Mind in Los Altos for a post-ride social. The first round of pizza is on Alto Velo!

Leader: The Egan Collective

Route: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/route?r=2874856572963175602&s=4243560,610571,21036783,10534914,3687553,686220,863594

Segments:

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

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

3. Taaffe from Dezahara (Egan Official): https://www.strava.com/segments/21036783 - (55s / 1:07)

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

5. Dirk's super short hill sprint: https://www.strava.com/segments/3687553 - (14s / 17s)

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

7. Madonna Way: https://www.strava.com/segments/863594 - (44s / 58s)

Ride Safety:

For ride safety rules, please visit 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 6:00pm 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

NEW START TIME @ 5:55! Egan 2023.25 - A Very Merry Egan

‘Twas the night before Egan when all through the hills,

Not a rider was stirring, nor working on their skills,

The route was all planned by the leaders with care,

In hopes that St. Dirk soon would be there.

This week we’ll start a little earlier to make sure we finish with some daylight. Remember to bring your lights for the ride home! See adjusted times below:

• Egan A Group @ 5:55 - Leaders: Jerome Sierra and Tanner DeVoe

• Egan B Group @ 6:05 - Leader: Akin Dirik and Mike Kato

Route: Egan 2023.25 - A Very Merry Egan

Summary: 14.31 mi, 2120 ft

Segments:

1. Alta Tierra

2. Viscaino Rd (East Side)

3. Elena Rd to Natoma

4. Black Mtn Rd.

5. Matadero Creek Ln - off Pagemill Rd

6. Matadero Creek Ln Climb from Bottom

7. A little bit Country

8. Middle Fork Ln

9. Stirrup/Saddle to Moon

10. La Cresta

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

• Join the Egan club on Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/

• 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

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 5:50pm and leaves at 5:55. 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 2023.24 - Top Performers

The pace was high last night with daylight running out. Even as the season nears its close, we had 57 riders racking up 268 PRs.

Colin Evans took the rider of the day with PRs on all 8 segments and two segment top 10s. Emily Selman decisively claimed the women’s GC while Gavin Hlady took the men’s GC in typical form.

Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2023-24

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

• Join the Egan club on Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/

• 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

REGISTER TODAY FOR THE AV PICNIC! For 2023 we have a new venue and catered tacos! The Alto Velo Picnic will take place on Sunday 09/24 from 3-6pm at Shoup Park at 400 University Avenue, Los Altos. REGISTER HERE

We are welcoming all-comers to this INCLUSIVE event. We expect this event to sell out. Please register early to avoid incurring late registration fees. Everyone is welcome to attend, and we want this picnic to be INCLUSIVE. Bring your family and friends to join us.

Vatos Tacos will be catering this event with beef, chicken, pork, and vegetarian options. In addition, there will be fresh churros made on site. Both alcoholic and non alcoholic refreshments will be provided. 

Final Climb up Mora: Trail of Tribulation

Photo Credit: Simon Parton

Chasing the sunset

Photo Credit: Christophe Testi

Egan 2023.20 - Top Performers

Another Egan down in the books! While relatively tame on paper, this ride sure delivered. The alternating long and short segments catered to climbers and sprinters alike and led to a surprisingly densely packed leaderboard. Rider of the day was Salvatore T. with PRs on all 12 segments! An additional shoutout for Greg McCullough for snatching up a KOM on the short (at least for Greg) but steep Baker Lane.

Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2023-20

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

• Join the Egan club on Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/

• 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 2023.20 - Pandemonium

For this week’s ride we’ll take it down a notch with 12 classic climbs. Have no fear though - these should be plenty to make you question your sanity. For the keen eyed (and those who push too hard on the climbs) you might even spot a psychedelic creature along the way. We’ll have two staggered groups for the evening:

• Egan A Group @ 6:05 - Leaders: Jerome Sierra and Tanner DeVoe

• Egan B Group @ 6:10 - Leader: Akin Dirik

Route: Egan 2023.20 - Pandemonium

Segments:

1. Viscaino Rd (East Side): https://www.strava.com/segments/676449 - (1:25 / 1:56)

2. Aric Lane: https://www.strava.com/segments/9687341 - (20s / 28s)

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

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

5. Deer Creek Sprint (Egan Official): https://www.strava.com/segments/30846866 - (33s / 50s)

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

7. Alexis_to_Country_Club_KOM: https://www.strava.com/segments/1727466 - (1:46 / 2:16)

8. Bandera Dr (Egan Official): https://www.strava.com/segments/21331441 - (40s / 1:00)

9. Laurel Glen to top of Alexis (Egan Official): https://www.strava.com/segments/20917732 - (2:26 / 3:24)

10. A little bit Country: https://www.strava.com/segments/994786 - (52s / 1:10)

11. middle fork from stop sign: https://www.strava.com/segments/2475030 - (40s / 57s)

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

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 2023.17 - Golden Fawn

This week we will be making our way to some of our less frequently visited climbs in Westridge. Among our stops will be Golden Fawn, which appears to have been last visited in 2018. With the heat in the forecast, be sure to bring enough water - 2 bottles recommended.

The Pescadero Road Race (July 22) is also coming up! AV is making a significant investment to host the race this year despite the closing of Stage Rd. We need volunteers to make sure Pesky is a positive, successful and safe experience for racers. Please consider giving back to the club by signing up to volunteer and/or race. Contact Bernardo Tapia at bernardojtapia@gmail.com, 650.590.0258.

SIGN-UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR PESCADERO HERE

REGISTER FOR PESCADERO ROAD RACE HERE

The Egan route for this week is:

Leaders: The Egan Collective (Matt, Robin, Mike, Akin and Jerome). Ride to be split as needed.

Route: Egan 2023.17 - Golden Fawn

Summary: 24.9 mi, 3060 ft

Segments:

1. La Paloma from Westwind - (0:57 / 1:05)

2. DeerCreekClimb - (0:37 / 1:05)

3. Liddicoat + Stanford - (0:58 / 1:17)

4. John Marthens Lane - (1:40 / 2:09) - Be Careful on the left turn!

5. Portola Valley LKHC #3 Hillbrook - (1:10 / 1:46)

6. Golden Oak - Sausal to top - (2:37 / 2:43)

7. Cervantes Wall - (2:20 / 3:14)

8. Minoca (Egan Official) - (2:20 / 2:50)

9. Pinon Drive to La Sandra Way - (2:10 / 2:35)

10. Egan Golden Fawn - (3:44 / 4:39)

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 2023.16 Top Performers

Another tour of some classic Egan climbs: complete! Kicking off the ride, we had a great showing for the women’s ride with 11 riders turning out despite the heat. Karen Brems beat the group up every single hill, while Sonia Martin was rider of the day with PRs on 9/10 hills! Following just behind, the A and B groups combined for the evening which perhaps provided some extra competition to break not just one but two XOMs! Congrats to Grant Miller and Greg McCullough for tying on the Esperanza KOM and Greg pulling in a second KOM on Bandera. Rider of the day was James Biddle with PRs on all 10 segments! Kudos to the several other riders who also managed a perfect 10 PRs.

Riders of the Day: Sonia Martin and James Biddle

GC Top Performers: Grant Miller (Men) and Karen Brems (Women)

Results: https://route-viewer.vercel.app/results/egan-2023-16

(Join the Egan club on Strava if you want your efforts counted towards GC: https://www.strava.com/clubs/eganride)

Pescadero Road Race (July 22): AV is making a significant investment to host the race this year despite the closing of Stage Rd. We need volunteers to make sure Pesky is a positive, successful and safe experience for racers. Please consider giving back to the club by signing up to volunteer and/or race. Contact Bernardo Tapia at bernardojtapia@gmail.com, 650.590.0258.

SIGN-UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR PESCADERO HERE

ORDER YOUR EGAN KIT BY JULY 14 HERE

REGISTER FOR PESCADERO ROAD RACE HERE

Egan 2023.16 - Country Clubbin’ (Egan Women Start at 5:30pm)

This week we continue our tour with some classic Egan climbs. Since we were all off celebrating last Tuesday, this week is also the July Egan Women’s Ride! We’ll have three staggered groups for the evening:

• Egan Women @ 5:30pm - Leader: Robin Betz

• Egan A Group @ 6:05 - Leaders: Tanner DeVoe and Matt Bierbaum

• Egan B Group @ 6:10 - Leaders: Jerome Sierra and Mike Kato

The Pescadero Road Race (July 22) is also coming up! AV is making a significant investment to host the race this year despite the closing of Stage Rd. We need volunteers to make sure Pesky is a positive, successful and safe experience for racers. Please consider giving back to the club by signing up to volunteer and/or race. Contact Bernardo Tapia at bernardojtapia@gmail.com, 650.590.0258.

SIGN-UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR PESCADERO HERE

ORDER YOUR EGAN KIT BY JULY 14 HERE

REGISTER FOR PESCADERO ROAD RACE HERE

The Egan route for this week is:

Route: Egan 2023.16 - Country Clubbin’

Summary: 17.6 mi, 2700 ft

Segments:

1. De Bell (Egan official) - (0:30 / 0:42)

2. Esperanza Counterclockwise (Egan official) - (1:19 / 1:32)

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

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

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

9. Stirrup/Saddle to Moon - (1:31 / 1:50)

10. 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