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    <title>Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Club upcoming events</title>
    <link>https://www.valleyspokesmen.org/ridecalendar</link>
    <description>Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Club upcoming events</description>
    <dc:creator>Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Club</dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:04:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bike MS: Waves to Wine (19 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Rohnert Park, CA -&amp;nbsp;Hosted by: Bike MS, National Multiple Sclerosis Society&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Route Distances: 23, 46, 58, 72, 102 miles&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Details:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://events.nationalmssociety.org/2722" target="_blank"&gt;https://events.nationalmssociety.org/2722&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Discount Code for 25% off:&amp;nbsp;ONTHEROAD&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6807453</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Brisk Bunch: Denise's Mt. Diablo Ride! (20 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Brisk Bunch -&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Denise's Mt. Diablo Ride!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Type:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Brisk with regroups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;No swee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;p. 4B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;When:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; Rolling at&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;9A&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;M&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Starting/ending location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Athenian School,&amp;nbsp;2100 Mt Diablo Scenic Blvd, Danville&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Estimated mileage:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;22.5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;miles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Elevation ga&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;in:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;3,413&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;f&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a friendly ride, however there will not be a designated sweep. &amp;nbsp;We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another.&amp;nbsp; If you leave the ride, please text the ride host when you end your ride, or if you need assistance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;E-Bikes are encouraged because they allow riders to participate in rides that otherwise couldn't. E-bikes must be pedal assist only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app.&amp;nbsp; You do not need to be a VSBC member, but we’d appreciate your support and you’ll appreciate the many benefits in being a member.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”.&amp;nbsp; Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Denise Monahan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Cell Phone: ‭(909) 647-8189&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52665954" target="_blank"&gt;CLICK HERE FOR ROUTE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52665954&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6839542</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Sunday Funday Birthday Ride (20 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sunday Funday - it’s my birthday and I’ll ride if I want to!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Come join me on an easy loop through the tri-valley.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1"&gt;We will be following the 2026 Cinderella route, but unfortunately minus the rest stops.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Name of Ride:&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;Kaya’s Birthday ride II&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ride Host:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Kaya Balke&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cell Phone:&lt;/strong&gt; 510 590-7132&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email:&lt;/strong&gt; kaya_0920@yahoo.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Type:&lt;/strong&gt; Moderate pace with regroups at the top of the climbs and at the donkeys. Drops possible. No sweep!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Starting/Ending Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time:&lt;/strong&gt; Arrive at Shannon in time to roll&amp;nbsp;at 9:00 am.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mileage &amp;amp; elevation:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;64.3 mi, 2533 ft with option to shorten&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ride Rating:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;2 M&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bathroom/water:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Windemere dog park, Sycamore Grove if needed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coffee stop:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ruby Hills Starbucks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app before the ride&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;You don’t need to be a member to ride with us, but if you ride with us more than 3 times a year we ask that you join the club.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/57174620?via=pnOp5aaZ8VaQ_wL2FhU4xA"&gt;&amp;nbsp;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/57174620?via=pnOp5aaZ8VaQ_wL2FhU4xA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51762006"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=57174620&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51762006"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51762006"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51762006"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6842745</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (21 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Diablo Vista Park&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Timber Vincent&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;timbervincent@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;925-948-5094&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Sweet Affair (Walnut Creek)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=51045577&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770604</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Heather Farm W.C. (21 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;u&gt;PLEASE NOTE START TIME OF 9:00 A.M.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Monday rides from Heather Farm are no-drop and between 25 to 40 miles in length, ridden at a leisurely to moderate pace.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;To determine if this ride is appropriate for you, imagine pedaling a flat 15-mile route and be able to maintain an average rolling speed of 13-15 mph.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;There is a coffee stop on all rides.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register on the VSBC website or Wild Apricot app in order to participate! Please download the route as we will not have paper copies.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times in a year, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club as a member! :-). &amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;If you would like to lead a Monday ride, please contact David Glazer, 415-847-5046, or dbglazer@comcast.net&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Meet at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek. Take I-680 to Ygnacio Valley Rd. exit and go east; turn left at San Carlos Dr. into Heather Farm Park; go 1/3 of a mile and park in the lot by the far ball fields on the right.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Arrive in time to be ready to ride at 9:00 a.m. &amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Please make note of ride host's phone number, in case you run into difficulty and need to notify him.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 12.8px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;David Glazer (415-847-5046)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 12.8px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Email: &amp;nbsp;dbglazer@comcast.net&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 12.8px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Please download the route here (RWGPS link):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45671326?via=5n0M-HOfty8kYa1bbYtdlQ" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45671326?via=5n0M-HOfty8kYa1bbYtdlQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=45671326&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6847878</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (23 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Host: Kris Yost&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819177</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo - After Work (23 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Mt Diablo Challenge Training - AFTER WORK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RIDE DETAILS&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moving up the time to 4 p.m. as we continue our assault to the mountain top!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We will start by going part of the way, steadily increasing the distance each week until we make it to the top!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Host: Satish Sathe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Ride Host Contact:&amp;nbsp; sathe2@gmail.com 408-568-6237&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44965195" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/22727581&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=44965195&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6798773</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bike &amp; Brew Pub Ride - Draft Sports Pub (23 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font&gt;Join us for our pub ride series on Wednesday or Thursday evenings though the summer and early fall. We'll typically start from&lt;/font&gt; different brew pubs in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Danville/San Ramon,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dublin/Pleasanton, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Livermore&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;areas. On super hot days we may opt for cooler closer-to-the-Bay locales. It'll be a socially paced 18-20ish mile ride with&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font&gt;food, libations and social time afterward.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;: Bike &amp;amp; Brew Pub Ride - Draft Sports Pub &amp;amp; Grill&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Start Time/Location:&lt;/strong&gt; 5pm, Draft Sports Pub, 4825 Hopyard Rd, Pleasanton, (Next to Maverick's)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;After Ride&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;No-Host Social&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.thedraftpleasanton.com/" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.thedraftpleasanton.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Giancarlo Penninella, Cell: 925-963-8396&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;, Email: giancarlop@sbcglobal.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Register:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Members and non-members are welcome, but &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to participate.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And if you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask you to show your support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Ride rating:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;2L/M, No-drop; Distance: 19mi, Ascent: ~1,055 ft&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Route&lt;/strong&gt;: Turn-by-turn route directions using "Ride with GPS" navigation:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/57097653" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/57097653&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=57097653&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true&amp;amp;distanceMarkers=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770471</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Easy Riders (24 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for this weekly or bi-weekly ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register for the ride on the VSBC website or the Wild Apricot app! I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;f your plans change, you can always cancel online.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And if you do ride with us more than three or four times a year, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club as a member! :-)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Name of Ride:&lt;/strong&gt; EASY RIDERS -&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This ride is perfect for new, returning, or casual riders who prefer a more relaxed 12mph pace and regular regroups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Host:&lt;/strong&gt; Susan Roberts&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cell/Email:&lt;/strong&gt; 925-997-3819 / msfaux@gmail .com&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Route:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;To be determined by ride host at start of ride.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Distance/Ascent:&lt;/strong&gt; ~20 mi / flat to gentle grades or a few rolling hills.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Rating:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;L / 1-2, See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/sys/website/?pageId=1727679" title="Club Ride Ratings" target="_blank"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6822168</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (25 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - Chicken Route&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park in Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Kris Yost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: lmictkj@outlook.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 832-515-4300&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Paris Baguette - Dublin - after the ride&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/55334152?via=c6-WoVwcrDeHHCnBvID5vQ" target="_blank"&gt;Chicken Route&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ride to Cure ALS (26 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Napa, CA -&amp;nbsp;Hosted by: The ALS Network&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://secure.alsnetwork.org/site/TR?pg=informational&amp;amp;fr_id=1730&amp;amp;type=fr_informational&amp;amp;sid=1021" target="_blank"&gt;https://secure.alsnetwork.org/site/TR?pg=informational&amp;amp;fr_id=1730&amp;amp;type=fr_informational&amp;amp;sid=1021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;VSBC President Satish Sathe will participate in this ride and hopes to organize a team of VS riders who also wish to ride in the event.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VSBC Ride Leader&lt;/strong&gt;: Satish Sathe&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt;: sathe2@gmail.com&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Early-bird registration closes by end of February so be sure to register as soon as possible.&amp;nbsp;Note that every registrant is also obligated to donate or fund raise an additional amount ($250):&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;- Early Bird Jan 1 - Feb 28: $55&lt;br&gt;
- Spring into Action March 1 - May 31: $70&lt;br&gt;
- Summer Heat June 1 - August 15: $85&lt;br&gt;
- Fall Fun August 16 - Sept 24: $100&lt;br&gt;
- Not Too Late! On-Site, Sept 26: $125&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6574515</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MDC Training Ride 5 - Diablo Vista Park to Mount Diablo (26 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Ride name:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;MDC Training Ride 5 - Diablo Vista Park to Mount Diablo&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Distance:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;30.9&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Elevation:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;3939&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rating:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;4/5M (Please see the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;ride ratings&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;page for more details.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span data-ccp-props="{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:160,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:259}"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Regroups:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;Athenian School, Ranger Station, Summit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span data-ccp-props="{"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Restrooms:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Diablo Vista Park, Ranger Station, Summit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Start Time:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;9:00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;a.m.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Start/End Location:&lt;/strong&gt; Diablo Vista Park&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Ride Host Name:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ajay Bhate&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Ride Host Contact: (925) 365-8725&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Please check your emails before the ride in case I need to cancel the ride for any reason.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a friendly ride, however there will not be a designated sweep. We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another.&amp;nbsp; If you leave the ride, please text the ride host when you end your ride, or if you need assistance. &amp;nbsp;Please carry two water bottles, snacks, tubes, pump or CO2 cartridges.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app in order to participate in this ride. You do not need to be a VSBC member to participate, but we expect that you will become a member if you ride with us more than 3 times during a calendar year.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Link to Ride with GPS:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56925825?via=I90h2cd59SA27eZlDEK_Rg" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56925825?via=I90h2cd59SA27eZlDEK_Rg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=56925825&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6814746</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Saturday Social - Tassajara Valley 32M Express (26 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Ride name:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saturday Social - Tassajara Valley 32M Express&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Distance:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;32.5miles&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Elevation:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;1198 feet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rating:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;2/3 M (12 - 16 mph rolling speed). Please see the &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/sys/website/?pageId=1727679" target="_blank"&gt;ride ratings&lt;/a&gt; page for more details.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span data-ccp-props="{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:160,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:259}"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Regroup:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-ccp-props="{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:160,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:259}"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Highland (12 miles), Starbucks (21.9 miles)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;No Drop: Y&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Start Time:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;9&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;:00 a.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Start/End Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Don Biddle Community Park -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;We will meet at Horizon Parkway side parking lot by the rest rooms.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Ride Host Name:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Giancarlo Penninella&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Ride Host Contact:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:giancarlop@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank"&gt;giancarlop@sbcglobal.net&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;925-963-8396&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Ride Details:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Join us for this Saturday's Social group ride!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;We'll ride together as a no-drop group with a designated regroup point at Highland (mile 12) and Starbucks off of Livermore and Portola.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please arrive 15 minutes before the start time for setup, rider check-in, and safety briefing. Please bring your own route sheet.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Please check your emails before the ride in case I need to cancel the ride for any reason.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app in order to participate in this ride. You do not need to be a VSBC member to participate, but we expect that you will become a member if you ride with us more than 3 times during a calendar year.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Link to Ride with GPS:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/57191870?via=r4TkxzvfdUP94LXD_wolvA" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/57191870?via=r4TkxzvfdUP94LXD_wolvA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=57191870&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6844969</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Brisk Bunch: Livermore-Flynn-Midway-Patterson (27 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;" face="Verdana"&gt;Name of Ride: Brisk Bunch -&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Livermore-Flynn-Midway-Patterson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Type:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Brisk with regroups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;No swee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;p. 4B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;When:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; Rolling at &lt;strong&gt;9:00&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Starting/ending location:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ernie Rodrigues Softball Field,&lt;/strong&gt; 1505 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Estimated mileage:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;34.2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;miles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Elevation ga&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;in:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;2,703&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;f&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a friendly ride, however there will not be a designated sweep. &amp;nbsp;We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another.&amp;nbsp; If you leave the ride, please text the ride host when you end your ride, or if you need assistance. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;E-Bikes are encouraged because they allow riders to participate in rides that otherwise couldn't. E-bikes must be pedal assist only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app.&amp;nbsp; You do not need to be a VSBC member, but we’d appreciate your support and you’ll appreciate the many benefits in being a member.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”.&amp;nbsp; Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Willem Roux&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Cell Phone:&amp;nbsp;(925) 577-4540&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45426377" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CLICK HERE FOR ROUTE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6840873</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (28 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Jen Schulze&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 925-690-7610&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770584</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (30 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Host: Kris Yost&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819184</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bike &amp; Brew Pub Ride (30 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font&gt;Join us for our pub ride series on Wednesday or Thursday evenings though the summer and early fall. We'll typically start from&lt;/font&gt; different brew pubs in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Danville/San Ramon,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dublin/Pleasanton, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Livermore&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;areas. On super hot days we may opt for cooler closer-to-the-Bay locales. It'll be a socially paced 18-20ish mile ride with&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font&gt;food, libations and social time afterward.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;: Bike &amp;amp; Brew Pub Ride -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Start Time/Location:&lt;/strong&gt; 5:30pm, TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;After Ride&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;No-Host Social&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thomas Avellone, Cell: 650-533-7124&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;, avellone&lt;abbr&gt;@pacbell.net&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Register:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Members and non-members are welcome, but &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to participate.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And if you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask you to show your support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Ride rating:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;2L/M, No-drop; Distance: 18-21 mi, Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Route&lt;/strong&gt;: Turn-by-turn route directions using "Ride with GPS" navigation: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770461</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (02 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Debbie Wick, Cell:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;602-418-9401&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;, Email: d&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="email-pill"&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="message-to"&gt;_wick@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 602-418-9401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770496</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Women on Wheels 2026 (03 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Sebastopol, CA -&amp;nbsp;Hosted by: The Santa Rosa Cycling Club&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;" color="#49454F"&gt;&lt;a href="https://srcc.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=beba2a33ac3490462e42619fa&amp;amp;id=b85c510386&amp;amp;e=7271960ee2" target="_blank"&gt;https://srcc.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=beba2a33ac3490462e42619fa&amp;amp;id=b85c510386&amp;amp;e=7271960ee2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6755361</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mount Diablo Challenge 2026 (04 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mt. Diablo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Challenge 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#2E3192"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The grand Mount&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Diablo Challenge&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;is scheduled for October 4, 2026, the first Sunday&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;in October.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Mount Diablo Challenge is a 11.2 mile timed cycling hill climb to the summit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Details can be found at &lt;a href="http://MountDiabloChallenge.org" target="_blank"&gt;MountDiabloChallenge.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6597644</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Truly Mellow Monday (05 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Truly Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Kathy Koos&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;, Cell: 925-963-8506, Email: kathleenkoos@yahoo,.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770659</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (07 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Mark Dedon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496349</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bike &amp; Brew Pub Ride (07 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font&gt;Join us for our pub ride series on Wednesday or Thursday evenings though the summer and early fall. We'll typically start from&lt;/font&gt; different brew pubs in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Danville/San Ramon,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dublin/Pleasanton, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Livermore&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;areas. On super hot days we may opt for cooler closer-to-the-Bay locales. It'll be a socially paced 18-20ish mile ride with&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font&gt;food, libations and social time afterward.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;: Bike &amp;amp; Brew Pub Ride -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Start Time/Location:&lt;/strong&gt; 5:00pm, TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;After Ride&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;No-Host Social&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thomas Avellone, Cell: 650-533-7124&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;, avellone&lt;abbr&gt;@pacbell.net&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Register:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Members and non-members are welcome, but &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to participate.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And if you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask you to show your support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Ride rating:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;2L/M, No-drop; Distance: 18-21 mi, Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Route&lt;/strong&gt;: Turn-by-turn route directions using "Ride with GPS" navigation: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770465</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (09 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;San Ramon Sports basement&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Jennifer Schulze, Cell: &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;925-690-7610,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi / Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif"&gt;2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;L/M&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;(See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770550</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Brisk Bunch (11 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Brisk Bunch -&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Type:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Brisk with regroups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;No swee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;p. 4B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;When:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;9:00&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Starting/ending location:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ernie Rodrigues Softball Field,&lt;/strong&gt; 1505 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Estimated mileage:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;miles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Elevation ga&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;in:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;f&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a friendly ride, however there will not be a designated sweep. &amp;nbsp;We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another.&amp;nbsp; If you leave the ride, please text the ride host, or if you need assistance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;E-Bikes are encouraged because they allow riders to participate in rides that otherwise couldn't. E-bikes must be pedal assist only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app.&amp;nbsp; You do not need to be a VSBC member, but we’d appreciate your support and you’ll appreciate the many benefits in being a member.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”.&amp;nbsp; Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Randy Simpson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Cell Phone: ‭925-980-9304&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819114</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (12 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone, Cell: 650-533-7124, Email: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770644</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (14 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Mark Dedon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496346</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (16 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Sue Montero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;summ@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: (925) 984-6075&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi / TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770563</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Foxy's Fall Century (17 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Davis, CA -&amp;nbsp;Hosted by: The Davis BikeClub&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://davisbikeclub.org/foxys-fall-century/" target="_blank"&gt;https://davisbikeclub.org/foxys-fall-century/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6597646</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MARTINEZ TO DAVIS - Return by Train (17 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RIDE STARTS AT 9:00 a.m&lt;/strong&gt;. - Moderate Pace - 72 miles&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This ride is only available for VSBC members and will leave from the bocce courts in Martinez (&lt;a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ken+Doth%C3%A9e+Bocce+Courts+%7C+Martinez+Waterfront/@38.0207858,-122.1378951,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x80856f8355b0153d:0x56b967c5c336b90d!8m2!3d38.0207858!4d-122.1353202!16s%252Fg%252F11gh37ww08?entry=ttu&amp;amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D" target="_blank"&gt;Martinez Bocce Courts Link&lt;/a&gt;)&amp;nbsp;at 9:00 a.m. The ride host plans to take 5-1/2 hours to reach Davis and then return to Martinez on the 4:09 p.m. Amtrak train.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;A support vehicle will tentatively be available for those wishing to change shoes/clothes in Davis.&amp;nbsp; Lunch will be at Tres Hermanas across from the train station.&amp;nbsp; Other eating options are available nearby.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The ride is restricted to 25 people due to limited bike rack space on AMTRAK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Ride Host : Kris Yost and Kevin Thieben&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The route is available at:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/%3Ciframe%20src=%22https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=57074525&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true%22%20style" target="_blank"&gt;Another Way to Davis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=56603409&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" face="Verdana" color="#26282A"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rain or poor air quality cancels.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp; You will get a "ride cancelled" email the morning of the ride (or earlier if possible) if the ride is cancelled.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;______________________________________________________&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Capitol Corridor&amp;nbsp; - Davis (DAV) to&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Martinez (MTZ)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Purchase your return ticket online.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amtrak.com/capitol-corridor-friends-and-family-companion-fares?cmp=wsp-CCJPAFriendsFamily-HPCard4"&gt;https://www.amtrak.com/capitol-corridor-friends-and-family-companion-fares?cmp=wsp-CCJPAFriendsFamily-HPCard4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#26282A"&gt;You must have PHOTO ID with you for the train ride&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adult Fare: $16&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Group of 5 (Adults) $48 total&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Use this link to BOOK A SENIOR FARE (You must be 62 or older)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amtrak.com/promotions/state/california-senior-discount.html?intcmp=wsp_deals-landing-page_link_ca-seniors_deals"&gt;https://www.amtrak.com/promotions/state/california-senior-discount.html?intcmp=wsp_deals-landing-page_link_ca-seniors_deals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" face="Verdana" color="#26282A"&gt;Trains leave Davis at 2:09 p.m., 4:09 p.m. (planned return) and 5:19 p.m.&amp;nbsp; The train trip back to Martinez is 45 minutes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" face="Verdana" color="#26282A"&gt;You should purchase&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;train tickets&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;in advance.&amp;nbsp; If you do purchase train tickets in advance, you should wait to make sure the weather will be good on Wednesday and the ride won’t be cancelled.&amp;nbsp; If the air quality turns bad the $16 Adult ticket is 100% refundable if cancelled before departure. If you purchase group tickets check to see if the discounted fares are refundable.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;____________________________________________________&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6833757</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (19 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Timber Vincent&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;timbervincent@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;925-948-5094&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770608</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (21 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Mark Dedon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496344</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (23 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 650-533-7124&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770481</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770481</guid>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Brisk Bunch (25 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Brisk Bunch -&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Type:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Brisk with regroups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;No swee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;p. 4B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;When:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;9:00&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Starting/ending location:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ernie Rodrigues Softball Field,&lt;/strong&gt; 1505 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Estimated mileage:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;miles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Elevation ga&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;in:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;f&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a friendly ride, however there will not be a designated sweep. &amp;nbsp;We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another.&amp;nbsp; If you leave the ride, please text the ride host, or if you need assistance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;E-Bikes are encouraged because they allow riders to participate in rides that otherwise couldn't. E-bikes must be pedal assist only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app.&amp;nbsp; You do not need to be a VSBC member, but we’d appreciate your support and you’ll appreciate the many benefits in being a member.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”.&amp;nbsp; Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Randy Simpson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Cell Phone: ‭925-980-9304&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819116</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819116</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (26 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Jen Schulze&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 925-690-7610&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770585</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (28 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Mark Dedon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496341</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride** (30 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770484</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Brisk Bunch (01 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Brisk Bunch -&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Type:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Brisk with regroups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;No swee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;p. 4B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;When:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;9:00&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Starting/ending location:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ernie Rodrigues Softball Field,&lt;/strong&gt; 1505 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Estimated mileage:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;miles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Elevation ga&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;in:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;f&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a friendly ride, however there will not be a designated sweep. &amp;nbsp;We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another.&amp;nbsp; If you leave the ride, please text the ride host, or if you need assistance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;E-Bikes are encouraged because they allow riders to participate in rides that otherwise couldn't. E-bikes must be pedal assist only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app.&amp;nbsp; You do not need to be a VSBC member, but we’d appreciate your support and you’ll appreciate the many benefits in being a member.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”.&amp;nbsp; Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Randy Simpson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Cell Phone: ‭925-980-9304&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819119</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819119</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Truly Mellow Monday (02 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Truly Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Kathy Koos&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;, Cell: 925-963-8506, Email: kathleenkoos@yahoo,.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770658</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (04 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Marc Cohen&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496358</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (06 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Debbie Wick, Cell:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;602-418-9401&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;, Email: d&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="email-pill"&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="message-to"&gt;_wick@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 602-418-9401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770497</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Brisk Bunch (08 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Brisk Bunch -&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Type:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Brisk with regroups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;No swee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;p. 4B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;When:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;9:00&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Starting/ending location:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ernie Rodrigues Softball Field,&lt;/strong&gt; 1505 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Estimated mileage:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;miles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Elevation ga&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;in:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;f&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a friendly ride, however there will not be a designated sweep. &amp;nbsp;We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another.&amp;nbsp; If you leave the ride, please text the ride host, or if you need assistance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;E-Bikes are encouraged because they allow riders to participate in rides that otherwise couldn't. E-bikes must be pedal assist only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app.&amp;nbsp; You do not need to be a VSBC member, but we’d appreciate your support and you’ll appreciate the many benefits in being a member.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”.&amp;nbsp; Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Randy Simpson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Cell Phone: ‭925-980-9304&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819120</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819120</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (09 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone, Cell: 650-533-7124, Email: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770647</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770647</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (11 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Marc Cohen&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496354</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496354</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (13 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;San Ramon Sports basement&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Jennifer Schulze, Cell: &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;925-690-7610,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi / Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif"&gt;2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;L/M&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;(See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770551</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770551</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (16 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Timber Vincent&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;timbervincent@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;925-948-5094&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770613</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770613</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (18 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Marc Cohen&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496353</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496353</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (20 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Sue Montero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;summ@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: (925) 984-6075&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi / TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770564</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770564</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (23 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Jen Schulze&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 925-690-7610&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770586</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770586</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (25 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Marc Cohen&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496351</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496351</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (27 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 650-533-7124&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770480</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770480</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday** (30 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;/Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770668</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770668</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (02 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496313</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496313</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (04 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Debbie Wick, Cell:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;602-418-9401&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;, Email: d&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="email-pill"&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="message-to"&gt;_wick@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 602-418-9401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770499</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Truly Mellow Monday (07 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Truly Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Kathy Koos&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;, Cell: 925-963-8506, Email: kathleenkoos@yahoo,.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770653</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (09 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496311</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (11 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;San Ramon Sports basement&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Jennifer Schulze, Cell: &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;925-690-7610,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi / Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif"&gt;2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;L/M&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;(See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770552</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770552</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (14 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone, Cell: 650-533-7124, Email: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770648</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770648</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (16 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496310</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496310</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (18 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Sue Montero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;summ@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: (925) 984-6075&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi / TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770566</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770566</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (21 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Timber Vincent&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;timbervincent@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;925-948-5094&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770616</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770616</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (23 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496308</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496308</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (28 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Jen Schulze&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 925-690-7610&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770589</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770589</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (30 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496306</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496306</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (01 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Debbie Wick, Cell:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;602-418-9401&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;, Email: d&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="email-pill"&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="message-to"&gt;_wick@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 602-418-9401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770502</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770502</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Truly Mellow Monday (04 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Truly Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Kathy Koos&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;, Cell: 925-963-8506, Email: kathleenkoos@yahoo,.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770657</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770657</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (08 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;San Ramon Sports basement&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Jennifer Schulze, Cell: &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;925-690-7610,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi / Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif"&gt;2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;L/M&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;(See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770553</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770553</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (11 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone, Cell: 650-533-7124, Email: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770650</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770650</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (15 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Sue Montero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;summ@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: (925) 984-6075&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi / TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770567</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770567</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (18 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Timber Vincent&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;timbervincent@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;925-948-5094&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770618</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770618</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (22 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 650-533-7124&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770486</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770486</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (25 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Jen Schulze&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 925-690-7610&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770591</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770591</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride** (29 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770489</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770489</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (05 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Debbie Wick, Cell:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;602-418-9401&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;, Email: d&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="email-pill"&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="message-to"&gt;_wick@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 602-418-9401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770544</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770544</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (12 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;San Ramon Sports basement&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Jennifer Schulze, Cell: &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;925-690-7610,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi / Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif"&gt;2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;L/M&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;(See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770692</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (19 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Sue Montero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;summ@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: (925) 984-6075&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi / TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770568</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770568</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2027 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday** (29 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;/Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770669</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770669</guid>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2027 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Cycle of Hope (23 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/cycleofhope.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="567" height="405"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6655002</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6655002</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2027 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday** (31 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;/Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770674</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770674</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2027 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday** (30 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;/Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770676</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770676</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday** (29 Nov 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;/Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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