End-Of-Year Ceremony

On Thursday, May 21st, the Piedmont Hills Cycling Club celebrated its first awards ceremony for the 2015 school year. 12 members received framed membership certificates and four special awards were given as follows:

The Brian Lopes Award - Benjamin Truong, for consistent attendance and for outstanding performance on all types of bikes.
The Eddy Merckx Award  - Ethan Mai, for consistent attendance and for perseverance on the bike regardless of setting.
The Mark Cavendish Award - Peter Jiang, for his rapid improvement and talent in sprinting.
The Armando Castelli Award  - Philip Truong, for most suited rider and for finesse in bicycle racing techniques.

The PHHS bike club thanks the following members for their participation in the 2014-2015 school year, during which we rode nearly 400 miles around the Bay Area together:

• Bryan Chu
• Daniel Truong
• Ethan Ly
• Hao Nguyen
• Jameson Au
• Jonathan Tran
• Lucas Czech
• Matthew Arquero
• Ethan Mai
• Peter Jiang
• Benjamin Truong
• Philip Truong

The ceremony presentation can be viewed below!



- Andrew

We are now officially a USAC-Licensed Club!

The Piedmont Hills Cycling Club became a USAC-certified Interscholastic cycling club today! Find us here:
https://www.usacycling.org/clubs/clubsearch.php?club=15998

Membership with USA Cycling provides access to an existing nation-wide support structure including licensed coaches, Local Associations, and USA Cycling staff support. Membership also allows the club to host sanctioned races, official club practices, camps, and non-competitive events. In addition, members are granted discounts from various companies: https://www.usacycling.org/benefits/index.php.

This year's club shirt design!

Meet the Officers for the 2014-2015 schoolyear!

President: Andrew Shacker
Co-Vice President: Peter Jiang, Philip Truong
Secretary: Bryan Chu
Co-Treasurers: Tristan Demarest, Ethan Mai
Publicist: Darrick Hu
Historian: Lucas Czech

Unknown: Benjamin Truong :)

Friday Club Ride - Andrew & Philip

For this Friday's club ride, we climbed Sierra Road. The entire ride was about a 2,000 foot elevation gain. It was tiring no doubt!

We started the climb relatively slow, then gradually increased the pace as we approached the top.

The weather was pretty cloudy, but luckily not too much fog and the sun was out for some time.

While the climb was strenuous, the way back down was exactly the opposite. Anyone who's biked down Sierra before knows how cautious you have to be on the turns, going at such a high speed. We were riding down the hill FAST!

Anyways, the time it took to climb the hill was totally worth it, and the scenery made it an even better experience. Thanks to Philip for joining in on the ride and we hope to see you all on next week's ride near downtown! Ride info below.

• 21.3mi
  Distance
 
• 1:51:48
   Moving Time
 
• 2,292ft
  Elevation

• 112W
  Estimated Avg Power
 
• 752kJ
  Energy Output

	Avg	Max
Speed	11.4mi/h	43.8mi/h
Calories	839
Elapsed Time	2:37:08

Device: Strava iPhone App

Bike: Specialized Allez Sport

Friday Jamba Juice Ride: Luke, Peter, & Andrew

Today's Friday ride was a fun recovery to Jamba Juice! 5 miles one way, 10 miles total. Luke, Peter, and I rode to Jamba Juice, where we bought smoothies and just hung out! There was a 5 mph headwind on the way there, but that obviously became a tailwind on the way back! That helped us on the uphill. Overall, a great ride. Ride specs below. Looking forward to doing Sierra next Friday!!!

• 9.5mi
  Distance
 
• 1:05:22
   Moving Time
 
• 267ft
  Elevation

• 45W
  Estimated Avg Power
 
• 175kJ
  Energy Output

	Avg	Max
Speed	8.8mi/h	29.5mi/h
Calories	195
Elapsed Time	1:34:59

Device: Strava iPhone App

Bike: Specialized Allez Sport

- Andrew

Friday Club Ride: Peter, Philip, Andrew, & Tristan

This week's ride was a fast sprint to Fremont. The ride began after adjusting gears and pumping tires, then we headed over by Tristan's house to meet up and bike to Fremont. After five minutes of warm-up, our group of four set up a rotating paceline. In the rotating paceline, we picked up each other's draft by staying low and right on the wheel in front. The group then alternated for the position of lead cyclist.

To get to Fremont, we took Piedmont Road, made a left on Scott Creek Road, then rode on Kato to align with the 880 traffic. Heading towards Fremont, we had a weak headwind which slowed us down a bit. But on the return section (Kato), it was to our advantage and we hit around 25 mph flat for 3 minutes. Our max speed was 35 mph and the average around 17-18 mph. And don't forget, Tristan was on a mountain bike and Philip didn't even have shoes for his SpeedPlay pedals. So taking that into consideration, we went fast. Overall it was a great ride with great weather, and I'm really looking forward to the Jamba Juice ride next week! Ride stats can be found below. - Andrew

• 32.2mi
  Distance
 
• 2:06:46
   Moving Time
 
• 1,212ft
  Elevation

• 123W
  Estimated Avg Power
 
• 933kJ
  Energy Output

	Avg	Max
Speed	15.2mi/h	34.7mi/h
Calories	1,040
Elapsed Time	2:36:03

Device: Strava iPhone App

Bike: Specialized Allez Sport

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