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Montebello

Week 1 of the 2010 Low-Key Hillclimb Series

frame from the finish line video (Pat Parseghian)
Thanks to help from Carola Berger, Brenda Brunner, Luke Burton, Cara Coburn, Judy Colwell, Calvin Do, Phil Dubach, Lisa Emmerich, Christine Holmes, Howard Kveck, and Pat Parseghian for making today's climb possible!

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The 2010 Low-Key Hillclimbs opened with a spectacular success as the gorgeous weather graced the close to 150-strong field of riders as they once again visited the traditional series opener, Montebello Road.

With many of the usual suspects returning this year, including Tracy Colwell, Chris Phipps, and Tim Clark, it promised to be a very competitive ride. Also at the start was the multi-talented Brian Lucido, a dark horse to be first to the top. But by far the most accomplished rider there, drawing little attention to herself as the stoker on her tandem, was Beth Reid (formerly Beth Heiden), the women's 1980 World Champion on the road. Beth was also US National time trial champion in 1979 and 1980, and significantly won the Mt Washington Hillclimb in 1981. Oh yeah, and she skates fairly well, also.

Needless to say, the tandem impressed all with its strong finish taking close to 7 minutes off the standing Low-Key mixed tandem record (Liz Borra and Mike Jensen in 1997), placing Beth second in the women's standings behind Leah Toeniskoetter, with Laura Hipp third.

On the men's side another record dropped as Chris Phipps shaved 8 seconds off Tracy Colwell's standing record, also from 1997. Brian Lucido was second while Tracy himself finished a strong third. His son Skyler, a third-generation Low-Keyer, shattered the hour with his impressive 59:53. I suspect we'll see that time coming down in the future...

In the categories, notable performances came from Andre Swart, whose personal best 109 points put him in the lead in the juniors, and Dan DeBra, whose 57 points put him in the lead in the 80+ category. Let's get Dan some more competition -- recruit, recruit, recruit!

With Phipps leading the way, Western Wheelers leads the team competition over Mission Cycling and Team Low-Key. Western Wheelers has been recruiting hard and has shown it means business in 2010.

Results

Strava T-shirt qualifiers indicated with orange background.

Hybrid Electric
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 6 Bill Bushnell Low-Key It Is About The Bike 18:10 17.50 6407 121.86

Men
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 127 Christopher Phipps Western Wheelers 40+ 25:32 12.45 4559 140.19
2 109 Brian Lucido Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy Tandem 25:57 12.25 4486 137.94
3 57 Tracy Colwell Team Colwell 40+ 26:56 11.81 4322 132.90
4 115 Joe Mulvaney Mission Cycling 25+ 27:05 11.74 4298 132.17
5 119 Michael ONeil Third Pillar 30+ 27:08 11.72 4290 131.92
6 141 Kieran Sherlock Western Wheelers 40+ 27:42 11.48 4202 129.22
7 147 Russell Stevens ACTC 40+ 27:51 11.42 4180 128.53
8 53 Tim Clark Low-Key 40+ 28:18 11.24 4113 126.48
9 34 Jacob Berkman Mission Cycling 30+ 28:21 11.22 4106 126.26
10 88 Rich Hill LGBRC 45+ 28:27 11.18 4091 125.82
11 7 James Porter Western Wheelers 3 28:43 11.07 4053 124.65
12 84 Shon Grabbe San Jose Bike Club 40+ 28:43 11.07 4053 124.65
13 23 Russell Reid Centenarians Tandem 110+ 31:54 9.97 3649 123.95T
14 72 Brian Edwards The Dirkers 29:26 10.80 3955 121.61
15 39 Ron Brunner Low-Key 40+ 29:31 10.77 3944 121.27
16 165 Niall Murray Pacific Bikes 25+ 29:37 10.74 3930 120.86
17 83 Ben Goldman Kain Performance 30+ 29:44 10.70 3915 120.39
18 100 Brian Johnston JahWind 50+ 29:49 10.67 3904 120.05
19 170 Ryan Bickerstaff PowerBar 25+ 30:08 10.55 3863 118.79
20 120 Shance Ordell Western Wheelers 35+ 30:44 10.35 3787 116.47
21 96 Martin Hyland Western Wheelers 50+ 30:45 10.34 3785 116.41
22 167 Jared Hudson Mission Cycling 30+ 30:52 10.30 3771 115.97
23 27 Michael Barnes Jerry 50+ 31:01 10.25 3753 115.40
24 123 Christian Paquet Doogie 50+ 31:04 10.24 3747 115.22
25 143 Michael Simos LGBRC 35+ 31:14 10.18 3727 114.60
26 148 Joseph Sullivan TiVo 35+ 31:15 10.18 3725 114.54
27 104 Michael Kolb Google 45+ 31:48 10.00 3660 112.56
28 49 Michael Chasse Bike Dads 45+ 31:51 9.98 3655 112.39
29 139 Tim Sawyer Bike Trip 50+ 31:53 9.97 3651 112.27
30 124 Steve Peck Silicon Valley Triathlon 40+ 31:56 9.96 3645 112.09
31 65 J.D. Daniels Eden Bikes 35+ 32:14 9.87 3611 111.05
32 146 Brian Sterling Webcor/Alto Velo 45+ 32:23 9.82 3594 110.53
33 38 Gary Broeder San Jose Bike Club 55+ 32:32 9.77 3578 110.02
34 89 Russell Hill Spike the Wonder Dog 40+ 32:46 9.70 3552 109.24
35 177 Andre Swart LGBRC Junior 32:55 9.66 3536 108.74
36 37 Adam Brinkman The Dirkers 30+ 32:56 9.66 3534 108.69
37 172 Hu Liang Currenex 35+ 33:02 9.63 3524 108.36
38 128 Wojtek Poppe Out of Shape Dad 25+ 33:20 9.54 3492 107.38
39 151 Peter Tapscott Webcor/Alto Velo 60+ 33:22 9.53 3489 107.28
40 45 Nathan Cauffman UID 30+ 33:23 9.53 3487 107.22
41 152 Stewart Thompson Pen Velo/Pomodoro 55+ 33:28 9.50 3478 106.96
42 30 Matt Beadon Nvidia 30+ 33:38 9.45 3461 106.43
43 71 Ron Dunn   50+ 33:40 9.45 3457 106.32
44 103 Larry Klein Doogie 50+ 33:46 9.42 3447 106.01
45 95 Tick Houk Plus 3 50+ 33:54 9.38 3434 105.59
46 158 David Vrane Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 45+ 34:00 9.35 3424 105.28
47 58 Kevin Comerford Eden Bikes 30+ 34:00 9.35 3424 105.28
48 136 Curtis Ruegg Pen Velo/Pomodoro 45+ 34:01 9.35 3422 105.23
49 161 Alan Weatherall San Jose Bike Club 45+ 34:02 9.34 3420 105.18
50 43 John Carrino Palantir 4 34:04 9.33 3417 105.07
51 46 Gino Cetani Western Wheelers 40+ 34:07 9.32 3412 104.92
52 87 Josh Hayes Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 30+ 34:08 9.32 3410 104.87
53 40 Carl Butler Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 55+ 34:09 9.31 3408 104.82
54 31 Sam Beal Chain Reaction 55+ 34:20 9.26 3390 104.26
55 50 Eric Chi Nvidia 30+ 34:20 9.26 3390 104.26
56 21 Tony Amadio Fueled by Wendy's 25+ 34:27 9.23 3379 103.90
57 162 Amir Weiss LGBRC 35+ 34:34 9.20 3367 103.55
58 98 Peter Ingram Independent 55+ 34:44 9.16 3351 103.06
59 62 Vince Cummings Portolariders 50+ 34:44 9.16 3351 103.06
60 135 Matt Roghair Team Roaring Mouse 30+ 35:14 9.03 3304 101.59
61 111 Paul Marshall Violet's dad 35+ 35:16 9.02 3301 101.50
62 75 David Engelbrecht Summit chuters 40+ Tandem 35:32 8.95 3276 100.74
63 61 Rob Cosaro Doogie 50+ 35:34 8.94 3273 100.64
64 142 Jeff Shute Google 30+ 35:41 8.91 3262 100.31
65 73 Fred Egley Dos Egleys 45+ 35:46 8.89 3254 100.08
66 132 Thomas Rabedeau SLACer 50+ 35:55 8.85 3241 99.66
67 156 Dirk Veenema The Dirkers 30+ 36:03 8.82 3229 99.29
68 159 Jonathan Walden   45+ 36:05 8.81 3226 99.20
69 64 Han Wen Grumpy Old Man (GOM) 40+ 36:06 8.81 3224 99.15
70 78 Bob Falkenberg Webcor/Alto Velo 45+ 36:16 8.77 3210 98.70
71 134 Michael Riepe Webcor/Alto Velo 40+ 36:17 8.76 3208 98.65
72 85 Gary Griffin Bike Trip 55+ 36:46 8.65 3166 97.36
73 24 Gary Auten Silicon Valley Triathlon 40+ 36:48 8.64 3163 97.27
74 164 Robert Zeljko Almost There 40+ 36:59 8.60 3147 96.79
75 41 Patrick Callahan Hara 40+ 37:04 8.58 3140 96.57
76 60 Richard Contreras rhus 50+ 37:12 8.55 3129 96.22
77 54 Barry Burr Femur Fantastic 4/45 37:38 8.45 3093 95.11
78 133 Carlos Reyes   20+ 37:39 8.45 3092 95.07
79 70 Giles Douglas Google 35+ 37:58 8.38 3066 94.28
80 99 Tim Irvine   35+ 38:23 8.28 3033 93.26
81 63 John D Kastel Death Valley 45+ 38:36 8.24 3016 92.73
82 48 Steve Chapel Western Wheelers 65+ 38:45 8.21 3004 92.37
83 35 Ryan Borick   25+ 38:51 8.19 2996 92.14
84 81 Stephen Fong San Jose Bike Club 40+ 38:51 8.19 2996 92.14
85 29 Stephen Bartnikowski Nvidia 30+ 38:52 8.18 2995 92.10
86 66 Jon Degenhardt Argonauts 50+ 38:54 8.17 2992 92.02
87 114 Adam Melenkivitz Taleo 35+ 38:58 8.16 2987 91.86
88 51 Garry Chinn Silicon Valley Triathlon 39:09 8.12 2973 91.43
89 169 Harsha Bhat   40+ 39:13 8.11 2968 91.27
90 91 Frank Hislop Google 30+ 39:51 7.98 2921 89.82
91 32 Bernard Bell   50+ 40:01 7.95 2909 89.45
92 80 Andrew Fitzhugh   45+ 40:02 7.94 2908 89.41
93 28 Brian Bartholomew Santa Clara PAL BMX 40+ 40:03 7.94 2906 89.38
94 137 Mark Sandori LGBRC 40+ 40:08 7.92 2900 89.19
95 97 Keijiro Ikebe Livestrong 30+ 40:10 7.92 2898 89.12
96 178 Tom Barry Poprad 35+ 40:12 7.91 2896 89.04
97 176 Gary Swart LGBRC 50+ 40:46 7.80 2855 87.80
98 150 Jeff Swan Spike the Wonder Dog 40+ 41:06 7.74 2832 87.09
99 12 Will von Kaenel LGBRC 50+ 41:21 7.69 2815 86.57
100 92 Jerry Hitchcock Spike the Wonder Dog 55+ 41:30 7.66 2805 86.25
101 108 Arley Lewis Field of Rabbits 40+ 41:39 7.64 2795 85.94
102 157 Scott Violet Google 35+ 41:42 7.63 2791 85.84
103 42 Kley Cardona Unattached 45+ 42:46 7.44 2722 83.70
104 130 Mark Powers Pen Velo/Pomodoro 55+ 43:20 7.34 2686 82.60
105 154 Henry Tran Palantir 25+ 44:18 7.18 2628 80.80
106 86 Bob Gumaer UID 50+ 44:33 7.14 2613 80.35
107 44 Rusty Carter Season 1 Racing 35+ 44:35 7.13 2611 80.29
108 118 Ronald Ng NorCal Bikeforums 45+ 44:53 7.09 2593 79.75
109 76 Tom Everman Google 50+ 45:45 6.95 2544 78.24
110 121 Marco Palmeri Bikeforums.net Tandem 50:34 6.29 2302 78.19T
111 107 George Lee Team Pain 45:51 6.94 2539 78.07
112 224 Robert Lensch   50+ 46:15 6.88 2517 77.39
113 20 Michael Ahern LGBRC 40+ 46:41 6.81 2493 76.68
114 112 Joseph Maurer SF Randonneurs 65+ 47:28 6.70 2452 75.41
115 131 Alec Proudfoot Google 45+ 47:40 6.67 2442 75.09
116 166 Christian Hilty Team America 40+ 47:55 6.64 2429 74.70
117 175 Mike Sullivan Integrate 35+ 48:14 6.59 2413 74.21
118 155 S.V. Vasudevan Mocha Cookie 40+ 48:36 6.54 2395 73.65
119 180 Johnny Stallings Dragon Racing/847 45+ 49:16 6.45 2363 72.66
120 52 Piotrek Chojnowski The Dirkers 25+ 49:56 6.37 2331 71.69
121 144 Matt Slater UID 40+ 51:25 6.18 2264 69.62
122 149 Tim Sutton Plus 3 50+ 52:21 6.07 2223 68.38
123 56 Skyler Colwell Team Colwell Junior 59:53 5.31 1944 59.77
124 174 Dan DeBra Western Wheelers 80+ 63:14 5.03 1841 56.61
125 55 Zachary Cohen FactSet 25+ 66:49 4.76 1742 53.57

T : tandem score

Women
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 153 Leah Toeniskoetter TurningWheels for Kids 30+ 34:25 9.24 3382 125.76
2 22 Beth Reid Centenarians Tandem 110+ 31:54 9.97 3649 123.95T
3 90 Laura Hipp Western Wheelers 4 36:36 8.69 3180 118.26
4 116 Sarah Murphy   40+ 41:26 7.67 2809 104.46
5 77 Lori Fabris Plus 3 50+ 42:00 7.57 2771 103.05
6 74 Laura Egley Dos Egleys 45+ 42:17 7.52 2753 102.36
7 113 Karis Mcfarlane Eden Bikes 30+ 43:19 7.34 2687 99.92
8 160 Ivy Wang Team Roaring Mouse 30+ 43:29 7.31 2677 99.54
9 26 Sophie Barbier All by myself. 40+ 43:53 7.25 2652 98.63
10 79 Anne Findlay Early Bird Women's Developmental Cycling Team 4 44:40 7.12 2606 96.90
11 47 Alison Chaiken Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy W 40+ 45:14 7.03 2573 95.69
12 69 Liz Dillon Plus 3 50+ Novice 45:23 7.01 2565 95.37
13 173 Julia Zimmer-Bel Mocha Cookie 46:30 6.84 2503 93.08
14 125 Kim Perez Pen Velo/Pomodoro 45+ 50:10 6.34 2320 86.28
15 168 Unice Spunkmeyer Team Victorious Secret 45+ 50:16 6.33 2316 86.11
16 171 Letitia Davis Plus 3 45+ 51:49 6.14 2246 83.53
17 102 Laura Jump Spike the Wonder Dog 53:38 5.93 2170 80.70
18 122 Ruth Palmeri Bikeforums.net Tandem 50:34 6.29 2302 78.19T

T : tandem score

Teams
pl team score riders
1 Western Wheelers 394.06 Christopher Phipps, Kieran Sherlock, James Porter, Shance Ordell, Martin Hyland, Gino Cetani, Laura Hipp, Steve Chapel, Dan DeBra
2 Mission Cycling 374.39 Joe Mulvaney, Jacob Berkman, Jared Hudson
3 Low-Key 369.61 Bill Bushnell, Tim Clark, Ron Brunner
4 LGBRC 349.16 Rich Hill, Michael Simos, Andre Swart, Amir Weiss, Mark Sandori, Gary Swart, Will von Kaenel, Michael Ahern
5 Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 348.08 Brian Lucido, David Vrane, Josh Hayes, Carl Butler, Alison Chaiken
6 San Jose Bike Club 339.85 Shon Grabbe, Gary Broeder, Alan Weatherall, Stephen Fong
7 The Dirkers 329.59 Brian Edwards, Adam Brinkman, Dirk Veenema, Piotrek Chojnowski
8 Doogie 321.87 Christian Paquet, Larry Klein, Rob Cosaro
9 Webcor/Alto Velo 316.51 Brian Sterling, Peter Tapscott, Bob Falkenberg, Michael Riepe
10 Eden Bikes 316.25 J.D. Daniels, Kevin Comerford, Karis Mcfarlane
11 Google 307.15 Michael Kolb, Jeff Shute, Giles Douglas, Frank Hislop, Scott Violet, Tom Everman, Alec Proudfoot
12 Plus 3 304.01 Tick Houk, Lori Fabris, Liz Dillon, Letitia Davis, Tim Sutton
13 Nvidia 302.78 Matt Beadon, Eric Chi, Stephen Bartnikowski
14 Silicon Valley Triathlon 300.79 Steve Peck, Gary Auten, Garry Chinn
15 Pen Velo/Pomodoro 298.46 Stewart Thompson, Curtis Ruegg, Mark Powers, Kim Perez
16 Spike the Wonder Dog 282.59 Russell Hill, Jeff Swan, Jerry Hitchcock, Laura Jump
17 UID 257.19 Nathan Cauffman, Bob Gumaer, Matt Slater
18 Centenarians 247.89 Beth Reid, Russell Reid
19 Bike Trip 209.62 Tim Sawyer, Gary Griffin
20 Dos Egleys 202.44 Fred Egley, Laura Egley
21 Team Roaring Mouse 201.13 Matt Roghair, Ivy Wang
22 Team Colwell 192.68 Tracy Colwell, Skyler Colwell
23 Palantir 185.87 John Carrino, Henry Tran
24 Mocha Cookie 166.73 Julia Zimmer-Bel, S.V. Vasudevan
25 Bikeforums.net 156.38 Marco Palmeri, Ruth Palmeri
26 Third Pillar 131.92 Michael ONeil
27 ACTC 128.53 Russell Stevens
28 TurningWheels for Kids 125.76 Leah Toeniskoetter
29 Pacific Bikes 120.86 Niall Murray
30 Kain Performance 120.39 Ben Goldman
31 JahWind 120.05 Brian Johnston
32 PowerBar 118.79 Ryan Bickerstaff
33 Jerry 115.40 Michael Barnes
34 TiVo 114.54 Joseph Sullivan
35 Bike Dads 112.39 Michael Chasse
36 Currenex 108.36 Hu Liang
37 Out of Shape Dad 107.38 Wojtek Poppe
38 Chain Reaction 104.26 Sam Beal
39 Fueled by Wendy's 103.90 Tony Amadio
40 Portolariders 103.06 Vince Cummings
41 Independent 103.06 Peter Ingram
42 Violet's dad 101.50 Paul Marshall
43 Summit chuters 100.74 David Engelbrecht
44 SLACer 99.66 Thomas Rabedeau
45 Grumpy Old Man (GOM) 99.15 Han Wen
46 All by myself. 98.63 Sophie Barbier
47 Early Bird Women's Developmental Cycling Team 96.90 Anne Findlay
48 Almost There 96.79 Robert Zeljko
49 Hara 96.57 Patrick Callahan
50 rhus 96.22 Richard Contreras
51 Femur Fantastic 95.11 Barry Burr
52 Death Valley 92.73 John D Kastel
53 Argonauts 92.02 Jon Degenhardt
54 Taleo 91.86 Adam Melenkivitz
55 Santa Clara PAL BMX 89.38 Brian Bartholomew
56 Livestrong 89.12 Keijiro Ikebe
57 Poprad 89.04 Tom Barry
58 Team Victorious Secret 86.11 Unice Spunkmeyer
59 Field of Rabbits 85.94 Arley Lewis
60 Unattached 83.70 Kley Cardona
61 Season 1 Racing 80.29 Rusty Carter
62 NorCal Bikeforums 79.75 Ronald Ng
63 Team Pain 78.07 George Lee
64 SF Randonneurs 75.41 Joseph Maurer
65 Team America 74.70 Christian Hilty
66 Integrate 74.21 Mike Sullivan
67 Dragon Racing/847 72.66 Johnny Stallings
68 FactSet 53.57 Zachary Cohen