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2008 Low-Key Hillclimbs
Week 1 Results: Montebello
04 Oct 2008

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Ben Stern of Roaring Mouse pushes his 44/17 fixie up the rainswept slopes of Montebello Road(Luke Burton photo)

The Action

We have Luke Burton's photos, Josh Hadley's photos, Brenda Brunner's photos and The Brunners' video! posted!!
Read the Tow report!

Week 1 of the 2008 Low-Key Hillclimbs was a great success. The evening rains gave way to Low-Key-like sunshine at the start. This was the first rain we'd gotten in months, and as is usually the case with the first precipitation of the season, the roads were exceptionally slick. However, this didn't stop the leaders from setting a blistering pace on the climb. Following the two hybrid-electrics, was first to the top, followed by . However, by the time the riders reached the summit, the sun had given way to showers, growing heavier as time progressed. Leading home the women was a very wet followed by . Fortunately, the rain subsided for the descent, all the colder for the wet conditions. There were a few mishaps on the way, but nothing serious, fortunately.

Thanks to help from Brenda Brunner, Barry Burr, Luke Burton, Fred Butts, Juliana Chen, Cara Coburn, Gary Griffin, and Josh Hadley for making today's climb possible!

Results

Hybrid-Electric

median time = 21:13

pl  #   rider                  team                          category                  time       mph  fph score
1   244 Bill Bushnell          Low-Key                       Hybrid                    20:09    15.78 5777 105.29
2   417 Peter Cazalet          Webcor/Alto Velo              Hybrid                    22:17    14.27 5224  95.21

Men

median time = 34:27

pl  #   rider                  team                          category                  time       mph  fph score
1   39  Clark Foy              San Jose Bike Club            40+                       27:03    11.76 4303 127.36
2   210 Tim Clark              Red Octane                    35+                       27:34    11.54 4222 124.97
3   43  Scott Frake            Webcor/Alto Velo              Bald                      27:52    11.41 4177 123.62
4   97  Greg McQuaid           San Jose Bike Club            35+                       27:54    11.40 4172 123.48
5   352 Geoff Drake            Bike Trip                     45+                       28:37    11.11 4068 120.38
6   17  Brian Edwards          Hell Riders                   25-29                     28:40    11.09 4060 120.17
7   54  Justin Lucke           Google                        Vegan                     29:35    10.75 3935 116.45
8   282 Ammon Skidmore         Roaring Mouse                 30+                       29:40    10.72 3924 116.12
9   458 Craig Sanders          X Men                         40+                       29:44    10.70 3915 115.86
10  328 Mark Edwards           Bike Trip                     45+                       29:55    10.63 3891 115.15
11  315 Ken Gallardo           Pen Velo/Kondra               30+                       30:52    10.30 3771 111.61
12  385 Todd Studenicke        San Jose Bike Club                                      31:32    10.08 3691 109.25
13  506 Nils Tikkanen          Bike Trip                     3                         31:32    10.08 3691 109.25
14  142 Rich Hill              LGBRC                         40+                       31:38    10.05 3680 108.90
15  20  James Porter           Western Wheelers              Out Of Shape Dads         31:41    10.04 3674 108.73
16  518 Carmelo Rios           Fighting Bobas                5                         31:44    10.02 3668 108.56
17  476 Johannes Smith                                       30+                       31:46    10.01 3664 108.45
18  427 Niall Murray           Murray                        5                         31:52     9.98 3653 108.11
19  556 Alon Golan             Webook.com                    4                         32:01     9.93 3636 107.60
20  67  Martin Hyland          Western Wheelers              50+                       32:08     9.90 3622 107.21
21  500 Mike Donahue                                         40+                       32:18     9.85 3604 106.66
22  415 Sam Beal               Chain Reaction                                          32:39     9.74 3565 105.51
23  35  Ron Brunner            Low-Key                       Commuter                  32:59     9.64 3529 104.45
24  444 Ernesto Castillo       Chain Reaction                30+                       33:08     9.60 3513 103.97
25  443 Myles Cowherd                                        40+                       33:10     9.59 3510 103.87
26  50  Francis Cebedo         RoadBikeReview                5                         33:37     9.46 3463 102.48
27  343 Matt Werner            Bike Trip                     45+                       33:41     9.44 3456 102.28
28  283 Dan Talayco            Two Wheel Tango               GoatIbex                  33:46     9.42 3447 102.02
29  307 Christian Paquet       Doogie                        50+                       33:49     9.40 3442 101.87
30  452 Bruce Gardner          Monta Vista Velo              35+                       33:50     9.40 3440 101.82
31  514 Troy Folkner           Western Wheelers              55+                       33:59     9.36 3425 101.37
32  421 Matt Wocasek           Bike Trip                     4                         34:04     9.33 3417 101.13
33  532 Ben Stern              Roaring Mouse                 Fixed Gear                34:11     9.30 3405 100.78
34  323 Scott Martin           Bike Trip                     50+                       34:12     9.30 3404 100.73
35  490 L Klein                Jerry                         40+                       34:27     9.23 3379 100.00
36  520 Liam Stewart           Roaring Mouse                 5                         34:44     9.16 3351  99.18
37  441 Ilyas Elkin            Nvidia                        25-29                     34:45     9.15 3350  99.14
38  412 John Pollard           Bike Trip                     45+                       34:52     9.12 3338  98.80
39  433 Jeff Lin               Western Wheelers              35+                       34:57     9.10 3330  98.57
40  273 Calvin Do              Skinny slow guys              35+                       35:15     9.02 3302  97.73
41  365 Gino Cetani            Western Wheelers              35+                       35:24     8.98 3288  97.32
42  472 James Gillis           next week                     45+                       35:53     8.86 3244  96.01
43  454 Bob Montague           Bike Trip                     45+                       36:02     8.83 3230  95.61
44  508 Kevin Wong             Team Spike                    30+                       36:33     8.70 3185  94.25
45  272 Martin Hampton         Pen Velo/Kondra                                         36:51     8.63 3159  93.49
46  550 Mike Bradley           Fozz                          40+                       37:00     8.59 3146  93.11
47  64  Keith Devlin           Western Wheelers              60+                       37:23     8.51 3114  92.15
48  236 Paul Melville          Doogie                        55+                       37:52     8.40 3074  90.98
49  34  Stephen Fong           Blubber Busters               5                         38:00     8.37 3063  90.66
50  526 Jeff Deslich           SVTV                          45+                       38:02     8.36 3060  90.58
51  482 Ben Cota               LGBRC                         3                         38:52     8.18 2995  88.64
52  229 Michael Czepiel        Apple                         20-24                     39:29     8.05 2948  87.25
53  446 Ted Kelly                                            40+                       39:56     7.96 2915  86.27
54  496 Garry Chin             Garry                         40+                       40:23     7.87 2882  85.31
55  231 Murali Krishnan        Commuter                      35+                       40:28     7.86 2876  85.13
56  351 Jeff Swan              Team Spike                                              40:31     7.85 2873  85.03
57  464 Eric Sorenson          Bike Forums                   30+                       41:14     7.71 2823  83.55
58  408 Richard Contreras                                                              42:26     7.49 2743  81.19
59  524 Ron Dell'Aquila        Western Wheelers              50+                       43:10     7.37 2697  79.81
60  488 Jon Richards           SCCC                          60+                       43:59     7.23 2646  78.33
61  336 Ed Noskowski           Leafy Joe                     45+                       44:13     7.19 2632  77.91
62  478 Patrick Callahan       Western Wheelers              35+                       44:28     7.15 2618  77.47
63  484 Wolfgang Timm          Western Wheelers              40+                       47:57     6.63 2428  71.85
64  49  Adam Tow               Blubber Busters               Infinity                  48:23     6.57 2406  71.20
65  448 Tim Sutton             Plus 3 Network                Mountain Bike             49:14     6.46 2364  69.97
66  502 Lee Slone              Sent Sovi                     25-29                     53:08     5.98 2191  64.84
67  808 Allen Erkman           Team Scooby                   Single Speed              53:29     5.95 2176  64.41
68  470 Chris Mok              Western Wheelers              50+                       64:36     4.92 1802  53.33
69  530 Zachary Cohen                                                                  71:42     4.44 1623  48.05

Women

median time = 49:04

pl  #   rider                  team                          category                  time       mph  fph score
1   494 Susan Dahm                                                                     36:03     8.82 3229 136.13
2   270 Lucia Mokres           LGBRC                         3                         37:07     8.57 3136 132.22
3   438 Helen Moore            Western Wheelers              40+                       43:35     7.30 2671 112.60
4   5   Ingrid Erkman          Team Scooby                   Single Speed              45:32     6.98 2556 107.78
5   249 Judith Alderman        Road Divas                    35+                       46:21     6.86 2511 105.88
6   305 Anne Findlay           Triabetes/Pacific Bikes       30+                       47:02     6.76 2475 104.34
7   460 Katia Shukh            Nvidia                        No Idea                   47:29     6.70 2451 103.35
8   420 Janet LaFleur          Road Divas                    Back Of The Pack          50:40     6.28 2297  96.86
9   544 Heather Bristol        Road Divas                    35+                       51:20     6.19 2268  95.60
10  538 Diana Garbarino        slow                          40+                       52:39     6.04 2211  93.21
11  27  Christine Holmes       Low-Key                       40+                       55:58     5.68 2080  87.69
12  111 Pat Parseghian         Google                        50+                       58:10     5.47 2001  84.37
13  512 Christina Vaughn       Google                                                  61:33     5.17 1891  79.73
14  246 Amy Tam                Road Divas                                              64:06     4.96 1816  76.56

Team Rankings

pl  team                             score scoring
1   San Jose Bike Club              360.08 (Clark Foy, Greg McQuaid, Todd Studenicke)
2   Bike Trip                       344.79 (Geoff Drake, Mark Edwards, Nils Tikkanen)
3   LGBRC                           329.76 (Lucia Mokres, Rich Hill, Ben Cota)
4   Western Wheelers                328.54 (Helen Moore, James Porter, Martin Hyland)
5   Roaring Mouse                   316.09 (Ammon Skidmore, Ben Stern, Liam Stewart)
6   Road Divas                      298.34 (Judith Alderman, Janet LaFleur, Heather Bristol)
7   Low-Key                         297.43 (Bill Bushnell, Ron Brunner, Christine Holmes)
8   Google                          280.55 (Justin Lucke, Pat Parseghian, Christina Vaughn)
9   Webcor/Alto Velo                218.84 (Scott Frake, Peter Cazalet)
10  Chain Reaction                  209.49 (Sam Beal, Ernesto Castillo)
11  Pen Velo/Kondra                 205.10 (Ken Gallardo, Martin Hampton)
12  Nvidia                          202.49 (Katia Shukh, Ilyas Elkin)
13  Doogie                          192.85 (Christian Paquet, Paul Melville)
14  Team Spike                      179.28 (Kevin Wong, Jeff Swan)
15  Team Scooby                     172.19 (Ingrid Erkman, Allen Erkman)
16  Blubber Busters                 161.86 (Stephen Fong, Adam Tow)
17  Red Octane                      124.97 (Tim Clark)
18  Hell Riders                     120.17 (Brian Edwards)
19  X Men                           115.86 (Craig Sanders)
20  Fighting Bobas                  108.56 (Carmelo Rios)
21  Murray                          108.11 (Niall Murray)
22  Webook.com                      107.60 (Alon Golan)
23  Triabetes/Pacific Bikes         104.34 (Anne Findlay)
24  RoadBikeReview                  102.48 (Francis Cebedo)
25  Two Wheel Tango                 102.02 (Dan Talayco)
26  Monta Vista Velo                101.82 (Bruce Gardner)
27  Jerry                           100.00 (L Klein)
28  Skinny slow guys                 97.73 (Calvin Do)
29  next week                        96.01 (James Gillis)
30  slow                             93.21 (Diana Garbarino)
31  Fozz                             93.11 (Mike Bradley)
32  SVTV                             90.58 (Jeff Deslich)
33  Apple                            87.25 (Michael Czepiel)
34  Garry                            85.31 (Garry Chin)
35  Commuter                         85.13 (Murali Krishnan)
36  Bike Forums                      83.55 (Eric Sorenson)
37  SCCC                             78.33 (Jon Richards)
38  Leafy Joe                        77.91 (Ed Noskowski)
39  Plus 3 Network                   69.97 (Tim Sutton)
40  Sent Sovi                        64.84 (Lee Slone)

Dan Connelly