Egan 2025.27 - Ultimate Penultimate

Written By Matt Bierbaum

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

Matt Bierbaum
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