It is always best to choose the right subject placement relevant to the story of your image.
It’s important to get the most out of your photo shoot by thinking ahead of the message you want your image to convey in a photograph.
In this case a huge hilly Bike ride needed an image showing the height of hills and the journey of those hills. Hence the placement of the bike atop a hill over looking the Ocean suited the story line well as it’s title was a Beach Hills ride.