Nifty Ten Fifty 2015 Results and Banter

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.

A few tired and happy riders at the finish of the 2015 Nifty Ten Fifty

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

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

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.

1		Bill Laddish	6:51
2		Ben Knipe	7:48
3		Travis Retzer	7:54
4		Graham Hymus	8:01
5		Paul Hainsworth	8:10
6		Hanns Detlefsen	8:12
7		Rob Stiles	8:16
8		max noda	8:19
9		Sebastiaan Huber	8:37
10		Bill Brier	8:42
11		Derald Sue	8:50
12		Eric Bustos	8:50
13		Michael Conway	8:57
14		Douglas Samp	9:06
15		Jerry Wickham	9:13
16		Eric Chodoroff	9:22
17		Barry Schwarz	9:38
18		Darryl L	9:43
19		Vano --	9:45
20		Daniel Karpelevitch	9:45
21		Ramon P	9:51
22		Paul McKenzie	9:51
23		Dan Leaverton	9:52
24		Sarah Schroer	9:52*
25		West Kurihara	9:56
26		Mike 'Mr. Crash' Solis	10:08
27		Bryan Davis	10:17
28		david alter	10:19
29		Mark Ward	10:25
30		TOM FERREIRA	10:29
31		Janet Gardner	10:30**
32		Joseph Dinh	10:31
33		Sae Stunna' Mark	10:32
34		Mark Slavonia	10:33
35		Edgar Carvajal	10:45
36		Dan Glomstad	10:53
37		Wilson Tai	10:54
38		Jeffrey Sacramento	11:00
39		bernard demai	11:14
40		Bruce Gardner	11:27
41		Jon Meals	11:37
42		Tara Kurihara	11:48
43		m koved	12:17
44		Sindy Cho	12:34
45		Cyndi Wong	12:38
46		Dmitry Livdan	12:52
47		Mark Elgood	12:57
48		chris kovacs	14:12
49		Steve winter	15:09
50		Linda Poeng	15:24
51		ej milhausen	16:07
52		Bruce Burkhalter	17:10
53		Brett Seyler	17:19
54		Jim Ausmus	19:12
55		rondom domingo	22:07

* 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!

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)