Nifty Ten Fifty Results 2025:
Nifty Ten Fifty 2025 results are done and posted. Scroll down to see them. As is the tradition, I posted both actual results and age/gender compensated results for each segment. J K is James Kinney. He is unbelievably fast and this was his third year participating in the Nifty Ten Fifty. Although he gets no age or gender help, he takes the win even against compensated riders. He not only is the Nifty winner in both categories (compensated and not), but also holds the overall Strava KOM on all 3 sectors. The Lantern Rouge goes to Ben Smith. Ben was the guy on the XtraCycle cargo eBike with the full face helmet. While he got a little help from the motor, his battery was not sufficient to provide a lot of help wheeling that tank up the hills with his gallon water jug and panniers. His overall elapsed time on the course was nearly 12 hours. While I would normally not score eBikes directly with acoustic bikes, I think in this case it is justified to include him. His monumental effort on the course is certainly to be applauded!  Whatever he lacks in sporty looks, he makes up for it in droves with his resolve. On the other hand, James Kinney completed the course in about 4 hours elapsed time including all stops. And wait, there is more. Kinney not only did the prescribed course, dusted everyone, but he also did extra credit before and after. His entire ride was 118 miles with over 20,000' of climbing!  Turnout for the event was modest. I did not do any promotion this year, but there are a few diehard cyclists who enjoy the challenge and hear about it by word or mouth or social media. My medical issues prevented me from riding the entire course, but I made a monumental effort and did about 60% of it, and short-cutted to the finish to try to receive a few riders after stopping to visit Jake at the Broom Wagon rest stop. The top two guys, Kinney and runner up Nick Brown, were long gone by the time I arrived. But I was able to hang out with a bunch of mid-packers. A big thank you and congratulations for anyone who showed up to try this event, whether or not you completed it does not matter. Just giving it a go is awesome, and there is no shame in doing just what you can. Thank you and see you next year!  This year we had Jake from Broom Wagon setting up a rest stop at the top of Shepard Canyon on Skyline. Broom Wagon is an organization that helps people with drug/alcohol addiction problems deal with their issues through the joy of cycling and other sober activities. Check out this non profit at broomwagon.org There is a donation button there. Those of you who donated to the Nifty event should know that part of your donation will be passed along to Broom Wagon, but it is a modest amount. Alternatively, feel free to use the links below if you would like to make a donation: Zeffy (no fees): Venmo:  Broom Wagon rest stop at the top of Shepard Canyon at Skyline. (Photo courtesy Jake Janzen)   |
Important part of the day is registering so I can compile the results.
I can confirm that penmanship is a lost art!
Overall Results for Marin Ave:
Age/Gender Adjusted Results Marin Ave:
Age/Gender Adjusted Results Thorndale:
Overall Results Claremont/Grizzly/Vollmer:
Age/Gender Adjusted Results Claremont/Grizzly/Vollmer:
Overall Results Age/Gender Compensated:
Overall Results Thorndale:
For this category I award 1 point each for the Marin and Thorndale climbs, and 2 points for Claremont/Grizzly/Vollmer. Hence the lowest possible score is 4 points. If you place 5th on all 3 climbs you would have 20 points.
In the past I also included overall non-compensated results and noted separate male/female categories. But with the smaller crowd, and just one woman completing the course (Kudos to Lucy Andrews), I thought it made sense to compile only the compensated results. These results should reflect what it would look like if all competitors were the same age and gender. Note that *Ben Smith on the cargo eBike was not relegated because of the motor, and appears as normal in the results. He wasn't threatening anyone at the top of the standings!
The other thing I have done in the past is to only include riders who have done the entire course in the results. This year I decided to be more lax about that, so it's all inclusive. In some cases a segment was not registered due to wonky gps file. If your account is not private, I can go in and extrapolate the time using the elevation/time graph on the file. There were a few of you who did the whole course but missed the overall results because I was not able to extract your time from your private account. If that is bothersome, next time make your account public for the day of the event and the day after so I can access the file, then you can make it private again. Private also means when you specify you need a "friend request" for anyone to friend you even if your file is considered public.
