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| Sarah and I dedicated our ride to Paul Stimson, who suffers from ALS. We chose to ride the tandem on this dedication ride, which was hard, but trivial compared to the challenges that Paul has faced, including his impending death. Throughout, Paul has remained a cheerleader to his fellow cyclists, continuing to urge us on. We are proud to know him, and honored to make this dedication to him while he can still enjoy it. |
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| A few tired and happy riders at the finish of the 2015 Nifty Ten Fifty |
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| There is no easy way up Marin Ave, but Paul McKenzie and Sarah Schroer's choice of a tandem bike created an additional challenge. This particular pitch is 26%, not terribly tandem friendly! Photo by Mike "Mr. Crash" Solis |
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| The crew from Fremont showed up again this year with two strong 16 year old Juniors. Second from left is Cynthia, who also completed the ride in 2014 as a 15 year old! Photo by Sarah Schroer |
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| Paul "Mr Nifty" McKenzie and Evan take a break at Peet's Coffee before tackling the final beast of a climb to Vollmer Peak. Photo by Sarah Schroer |
The Nifty Ten Fifty 2015 is in the books! Results, write up in progress as time permits. Please send a short write up of your experience and any photos you have to be included. Thanks everyone, for coming out and riding safe! Send to macpaulster@gmail.com
Below are the various KOM's along the route as they trickle in. There are four. Marin, Thorndale, Claremont/Grizzly/Vollmer, and overall moving time on the entire course.
Marin:
Bill Laddish Crushed Marin, with the top 10 riders coming in under 9 minutes. Janet Martinez takes the Nifty QOM.
* First Woman (tandem bicycle)
** Official first woman (single bicycle)
Next up, Throndale, a new Nifty climb for 2015:
Ben Knipe and Bill Laddish had identical times for the KOM! Janet Gardner is again the QOM!
| 1 | Ben Knipe | 8:27 | |
| 2 | Bill Laddish | 8:27 | |
| 3 | Travis Retzer | 8:52 | |
| 4 | Paul Hainsworth | 9:01 | |
| 5 | Michael Conway | 9:07 | |
| 6 | Sebastiaan Huber | 9:08 | |
| 7 | Graham Hymus | 9:42 | |
| 8 | Jon Meals | 9:47 | |
| 9 | Rick Crawford | 9:50 | |
| 10 | max noda | 9:57 | |
| 11 | Rob Stiles | 10:08 | |
| 12 | Derald Sue | 10:22 | |
| 12 | Barry Schwarz | 10:31 | |
| 14 | Eric Bustos | 10:31 | |
| 15 | Eric Chodoroff | 10:35 | |
| 16 | Mike 'Mr. Crash' Solis | 10:45 | |
| 17 | Darryl L | 10:46 | |
| 18 | Douglas Samp | 11:09 | |
| 19 | Janet Gardner | 11:18* | |
| 20 | Bruce Gardner | 11:31 | |
| 21 | Sarah Schroer | 11:37 | |
| 22 | Bill Brier | 11:44 | |
| 23 | Paul McKenzie | 11:45 | |
| 24 | West Kurihara | 11:46 | |
| 25 | Daniel Karpelevitch | 11:48 | |
| 26 | Edgar Carvajal | 12:18 | |
| 27 | david alter | 12:25 | |
| 28 | bernard demai | 12:29 | |
| 29 | Dan Leaverton | 12:31 | |
| 30 | Dan Glomstad | 12:33 | |
| 31 | Bryan Davis | 12:37 | |
| 32 | Sae Stunna' Mark | 13:25 | |
| 33 | Joseph Dinh | 14:03 | |
| 34 | Tara Kurihara | 14:33 | |
| 35 | Dmitry Livdan | 15:09 | |
| 36 | Jeffrey Sacramento | 15:14 | |
| 37 | m koved | 16:06 | |
| 38 | Andy M | 16:11 | |
| 39 | Jerry Wickham | 16:18 | |
| 40 | Bruce Burkhalter | 18:05 | |
| 41 | Show-Pei Ho | 18:10 | |
| 42 | Brett Seyler | 18:41 | |
| 43 | TOM FERREIRA | 22:29 | |
| 44 | ej milhausen | 26:35:00 |
* First Woman
Claremont/Grizzly/Vollmer
Looks like the crowd thinned out a bit! Bill Laddish shows good endurance by still riding strong on the last climb of the day!
* First woman (tandem bicycle)
I intended to look at overall moving time on the entire course for the overall champ, but so few people got a good file on the entire course, that it didn't work out. Instead, let's look at Marin, Thorndale and Claremont/Grizzly/Vollmer, cumulative time. Since the final climb is much longer than the others it obviously influences the results to a greater degree, so this shows overall endurance.
* First woman (mixed tandem bicycle)
Claremont/Grizzly/Vollmer
Looks like the crowd thinned out a bit! Bill Laddish shows good endurance by still riding strong on the last climb of the day!
| 1 | Bill Laddish | 24:08:00 | |
| 2 | Ben Knipe | 24:21:00 | |
| 2 | max noda | 25:04:00 | |
| 3 | Hanns Detlefsen | 26:10:00 | |
| 4 | Rob Stiles | 27:44:00 | |
| 5 | Sebastiaan Huber | 27:51:00 | |
| 6 | Eric Chodoroff | 27:52:00 | |
| 7 | Eric Bustos | 29:47:00 | |
| 8 | Derald Sue | 29:48:00 | |
| 9 | Douglas Samp | 30:14:00 | |
| 10 | Mike 'Mr. Crash' Solis | 32:25:00 | |
| 11 | Graham Hymus | 32:37:00 | |
| 12 | Paul Hainsworth | 34:38:00 | |
| 13 | Sarah Schroer | 35:00:00* | |
| 14 | Paul McKenzie | 35:01:00 | |
| 15 | Daniel Karpelevitch | 35:34:00 | |
| 16 | Bill Brier | 35:49:00 | |
| 17 | Kenny Leduc | 36:08:00 | |
| 18 | Jerry Wickham | 36:11:00 | |
| 19 | bernard demai | 37:37:00 | |
| 20 | Andy M | 37:45:00 | |
| 21 | West Kurihara | 37:48:00 | |
| 22 | Darryl L | 37:54:00 | |
| 23 | david alter | 38:25:00 | |
| 24 | Tara Kurihara | 42:42:00 | |
| 25 | Bryan Davis | 42:55:00 | |
| 26 | Mark Elgood | 47:01:00 | |
| 27 | Show-Pei Ho | 47:55:00 | |
| 28 | Mark Ward | 49:26:00 | |
| 29 | ej milhausen | 52:35:00 | |
| 30 | Brett Seyler | 55:56:00 | |
| 31 | Bruce Burkhalter | 57:42:00 |
* First woman (tandem bicycle)
I intended to look at overall moving time on the entire course for the overall champ, but so few people got a good file on the entire course, that it didn't work out. Instead, let's look at Marin, Thorndale and Claremont/Grizzly/Vollmer, cumulative time. Since the final climb is much longer than the others it obviously influences the results to a greater degree, so this shows overall endurance.
| 1 | Bill Laddish | 39:26:00 | |
| 2 | Hanns Detlefsen | 42:49:00 | |
| 3 | max noda | 43:29:00 | |
| 4 | Ben Knipe | 44:30:00 | |
| 5 | Sebastiaan Huber | 45:36:00 | |
| 6 | Rob Stiles | 46:08:00 | |
| 7 | Eric Chodoroff | 47:49:00 | |
| 8 | Derald Sue | 49:00:00 | |
| 9 | Eric Bustos | 49:08:00 | |
| 10 | Graham Hymus | 50:20:00 | |
| 11 | Douglas Samp | 50:29:00 | |
| 12 | Paul Hainsworth | 51:49:00 | |
| 13 | Mike 'Mr. Crash' Solis | 53:18:00 | |
| 14 | Bill Brier | 56:15:00 | |
| 15 | Sarah Schroer | 56:29:00* | |
| 16 | Paul McKenzie | 56:37:00 | |
| 17 | Daniel Karpelevitch | 57:07:00 | |
| 18 | Darryl L | 58:23:00 | |
| 19 | West Kurihara | 59:30:00 | |
| 20 | Mark Elgood | 59:58:00 | |
| 21 | david alter | 61:09:00 | |
| 22 | bernard demai | 61:20:00 | |
| 23 | Jerry Wickham | 61:42:00 | |
| 24 | Bryan Davis | 65:49:00 | |
| 25 | Show-Pei Ho | 66:05:00 | |
| 26 | Andy M | 66:38:00 | |
| 27 | Tara Kurihara | 69:03:00 | |
| 28 | Mark Ward | 86:27:00 | |
| 29 | Brett Seyler | 91:56:00 | |
| 30 | Bruce Burkhalter | 92:57:00 | |
| 31 | ej milhausen | 95:17:00 |
* First woman (mixed tandem bicycle)
