🚴 Alto Velo Racing Club · Los Altos Hills · Est. 1990s

Egan.
On Record.

Six seasons of Egan Ride Club leaderboards.
Every segment. Every PR. Every GC win.

135
Total Rides
42,986
Total PRs
793
Peak Field
221
Club KOMs
6
Seasons on Record
By the numbers · All-time records
711
PRs set in a single Tuesday — the biggest day in Egan history (2024). One PR every 73 seconds.
Field growth from 2022 to 2024. 196 riders became 793 in just two years. Word got out.
55
Riders attended all 4 completed seasons (2022–2025). Only 4 are women — all four are legends.
14
Jen Tavé's GC wins in 2024 — the most dominant women's season ever. She came back in 2025 and won 8 more.
100
Scott W attended 100 rides across 4 seasons — the all-time attendance record. Iron season, twice.
30+
Years Egan has been running — since the mid-1990s. Archive only started in 2021. The hills were always this hard.
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Club Legends — 2022–2025
55 riders appeared in every season from 2022 through 2025 — the four seasons with complete Strava field data. Combined: over 7,000 PRs and 2,300 rides.
55
All-season riders
7,345
Combined PRs
2,302
Combined rides
About the ride
What is Egan?

A fun, social yet competitive group of eclectic hill climbers. We charge steep uphills and banter during the recovery. Each week is a new route featuring challenging short climbs in the beautiful hills of Silicon Valley. Named after Egan Middle School in Los Altos, where the ride meets every Tuesday.

Show up & ride
📍 Start: Los Altos Chamber of Commerce
🕕 Time: Tuesdays 6:00 pm (daylight saving time) · rolling 6:05 pm
Pace: Charge the hills, slow roll in between · regroup after every climb
📏 Fitness bar: Old La Honda in under 25 min and you're fine
Ride History

Egan began in the mid-1990s with Western Wheelers, running on Thursdays through Portola Valley. By the mid-2000s Alto Velo took over with Kurt Liittschwager at the helm. After Ed Lee led through 2009, the ride went on hiatus until Dirk Bergstrom revived it in 2012. Today it's one of Silicon Valley's most beloved weekly sufferfests.

Hall of Fame · Past Leaders
James Nicol — 2018–2022
Chuck Edwall — 2018
Dirk Bergstrom — 2012–2018
Harold (Hal) Reimer — 2016 (interim)
Ed Lee — 2008–2009
Kurt Liittschwager — 2002–2007
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Alto Velo · Egan page
altovelo.org/egan
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Egan Ride Club on Strava
strava.com/clubs/469663
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Season archive
2026
Current
Season
The Ongoing Story Live · 5 rides left

22 rides in. Donald Hersam leads men's GC with 8 wins. Jim Palmer sitting on 111 PRs and still climbing. Katie Monaghan commands the women's standings. Three riders haven't missed a ride.

22 rides done
5,345 PRs
455 riders
24 KOMs · 30 QOMs
3 iron riders so far
♂ Donald Hersam — 8 GC wins ♀ Katie Monaghan — 5 GC wins
2025
The
Summit
The Summit

Almost 13,000 PRs in a single season — the highest in club history. Wil Gibb and Jen Tavé each took 8 GC wins. The bar has never been higher.

27 rides
12,976 PRs
481 riders
45 Club KOMs
♂ Wil Gibb — 8 GC wins ♀ Jen Tavé — 8 GC wins
2024
The
Explosion
The Explosion

793 riders. The field tripled in one year. Jen Tavé won 14 GC races — the most dominant single season ever recorded. One Tuesday: 711 PRs.

28 rides
14,551 PRs
793 riders — all-time peak
68 Club KOMs
♂ Jack Lund — 172 PRs (season record) ♀ Jen Tavé — 14 GC wins
2023
The
Expansion
The Expansion

Word got out. The field jumped from 196 to 310 riders. Gavin Hlady and Gina Yuan dominated. Hannon Ayer set 146 PRs. Jerome S didn't miss a single ride.

25 rides
5,188 PRs
310 riders
50 Club KOMs
♂ Gavin Hlady — 5 GC wins ♀ Gina Yuan — season champion
2022
Year One
on Record
Year One on Record

The club was 20 years old — but 2022 was the first year anyone kept score. 196 riders. George Wehner took 7 GC wins. Scott W attended every single ride. 336 PRs in one day.

27 rides
5,083 PRs
196 riders
54 Club KOMs
♂ George Wehner — 7 GC wins ♂ Alex Obrand — 6 GC wins
2021
The
Comeback
The Comeback Season

First season back after COVID. 16 rides, 42 men and 17 women returning to the hills. W. Drink and Katheryn Curi dominated the GC. Steven Wu set KOMs at 793W. James Nicol kept score all season via email.

16 rides
146 segments
42 men · 17 women
52 KOM / QOM
♂ W. Drink — Multiple GC wins ♀ Katheryn Curi — Top women GC