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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>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:04:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (26 Aug 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: Rick Edmondson&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;
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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6759656</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Wednesday Ride (26 Aug 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h1 align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Details&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wednesday rides are drop rides and may separate into two groups* determined by rolling speed. You select where you want to ride based on your comfort zone (see below). If you start out to fast simply wait for the slower group to pick you up. Your level of fitness should allow you to maintain the rolling speed for your group. There are frequent regroups on hilly routes to help everyone stay together.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All groups will ride the published route which will be between 35 and 55 miles in length.&amp;nbsp; Routes by may include moderate grades.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;* A Group:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;To determine if this Group is appropriate for you, imagine pedaling a flat 15-mile route and be able to maintain a rolling speed between 16 to 18 mph.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;* B Group:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;To determine if this Group is appropriate for you, imagine pedaling a flat 15-mile route and be able to maintain a rolling speed between&amp;nbsp;14 to 16 mph.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Coffee Stop: Starbucks at Blackhawk Plaza&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10px;"&gt;You must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app in order to participate in the ride. Please bring your own route sheet as I will not have any paper copies. You do not need to be a VSBC member in order to participate in this ride, but we ask that you become a member if you ride with us more than 3 times in a year.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Host: Sue Montero&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Text: (925) 984-6075&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:summ@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;summ@comcast.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;A turn-by-turn Ride with GPS route will be available at least 48 hours before the ride. Please print your own cue sheet.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;RWGPS Link: &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45490275" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45490275&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=45490275&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6813140</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Heather Farm W.C. (26 Aug 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 10:00 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;Wednesday rides from Heather Farm are no-drop and between 30 to 50 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 Wednesday 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 the North Berkeley BART station by 10:00. Please plan your BART trip accordingly. &lt;u&gt;For those driving to Brickyard Cove, we'll meet you at 10:15&lt;/u&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;Arrive in time to be ready to ride at 10:00 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 her.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Claudia Collins, 925-788-6383&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;Email: &amp;nbsp;ClaudiaCol925@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Please download the route here (RWGPS link):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56816841" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56816841&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=56816841&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-6811083</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 23:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo - After Work (26 Aug 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 415 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;
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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/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-6798771</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bike &amp; Brew Pub Ride (26 Aug 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; 5:00 p.m., Hops and Sessions, 2339 First St., Livermore&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;Hops and Sessions&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="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Kathy Koos, Cell: 925-963-8506, kathleenkoos@yahoo.com&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: 23.9 mi, Ascent: 821&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;/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=56830507&amp;amp;sampleGraph=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-6708055</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Easy Riders (27 Aug 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;

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&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6784899</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Therapeutic Thursday #4 (27 Aug 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Ride Details&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A FORECAST OF 50% CHANCE OF RAIN CANCELS THE RIDE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Name of Ride:&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Therapeutic Thursday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Estimated mileage: 45&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Elevation gain:&amp;nbsp;1949 ft&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride rating: 2M – Moderate with the expectation of maintaining an average pace of 15 to 16 mph. Drop ride with a regroup at coffee.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 27px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Ride Host:&amp;nbsp; Peter Morrissey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Text: 510-703-0221&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Email: 1onyourleft@att,net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Coffee and Regroup at mile 29 at Starbucks at North Vasco Rd. and Scenic Ave.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app before the ride.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;If you are 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 your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS):&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45247532" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45247532&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=45247532&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-6806371</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (28 Aug 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-6770477</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Bay Ride (29 Aug 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;San Francisco Presidio, CA -&amp;nbsp;Hosted by: &lt;span&gt;LiveTheBay.org&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;for Safer Streets&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.thebayride.com/the-ride" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.thebayride.com/the-ride&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;One-of-a-kind ride celebrating the diverse landscape of the Bay Area. Including a 40-mile SF-&amp;gt;Oakland route and a 135-mile route around the Bay that starts and ends in San Francisco.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&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-6574555</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Save Mt. Diablo Gala Outdoor Dinner &amp; Auction (29 Aug 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Moonlight on the Mountain outdoor Gala Dinner &amp;amp; Auction on the slopes of Mt. Diablo at the China Wall area of Mt. Diablo State Park, CA -&amp;nbsp;Hosted by:&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Save Mt. Diablo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://savemountdiablo.org/experience/events-outings/moonlight-on-the-mountain/" target="_blank"&gt;https://savemountdiablo.org/experience/events-outings/moonlight-on-the-mountain/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&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-6574587</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MDC Training Ride 1- Trek Dublin to Palomares (29 Aug 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 1 - Trek Dublin to Palomares&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;3032&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;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&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Regroups:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Palomares Summit, Palomares and 84 intersection, Palo Verde &amp;amp; Palomares&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-ccp-props="{"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Restrooms:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Trek Dublin, Donjon Point Staging Area (Dublin Hills Regional Open Space Preserve)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&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;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;Trek Dublin&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;&amp;nbsp;Ajay Bhate&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;br&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;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/56814996" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56814996&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=56814996&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;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&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;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&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-6794817</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday Ride (31 Aug 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;: Kathy Koos, Gary Koos&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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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Heather Farm W.C. (31 Aug 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 her.&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;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6812210</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (02 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 Hosts: 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-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-6496340</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo - After Work (02 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 415 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-6798772</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bike &amp; Brew Pub Ride (02 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>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (04 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 -&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-6770495</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Tour de Fuzz (05 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Santa Rosa CA - Supports the&amp;nbsp;Law Enforcement Chaplaincy of Sonoma County.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.tourdefuzz.org/" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.tourdefuzz.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;One-of-a-kind “FUNNEST RIDE” in Northern California! Brings together law enforcement, cycling enthusiasts and the general community for a day of scenic rides camaraderie and a tasty all-you-can-eat BBQ.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Benefits the Law Enforcement Chaplaincy of Sonoma County.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&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-6574647</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MDC Training Ride 2 - Oak Hill Park to Mount Diablo (05 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 2 - Oak Hill 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;28.2&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;3592&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;Oak Hill 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; Oak Hill Park/Monte 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;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;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=56818145&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6814724</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Truly Mellow Monday (07 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;: 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-6770660</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (09 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 Hosts: 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-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
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&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-6496339</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bike &amp; Brew Pub Ride (09 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; &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Kathy Koos, Cell: 925-963-8506, kathleenkoos@yahoo.com&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: 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-6770456</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (11 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 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>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MDC Training Ride 3 - Diablo Vista Park to Mount Diablo (12 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 3 - 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;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/56815079" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56815079&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=56815079&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-6814738</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Walt's 95th Birthday Ride (12 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h1 align="center" class="pageTitle"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Walt's 95th Birthday Ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;START LOCATION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area, 2500 Stanley Blvd., Pleasanton, CA 94566 &lt;em&gt;(NOTE: there is a parking fee to enter the recreation area).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RIDE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DETAILS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Join us for a beautiful ride from Pleasanton through Livermore. After the ride we will celebrate Walt Thomas's&amp;nbsp; 95th birthday with plenty of food and fun with&amp;nbsp; "FOWs" family and&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;f&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;riends&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;o&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;f&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;W&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;alt.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is a multi-club ride, hosted by VSBC, FFBC and GPC.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;All riders must register on the VSBC website or Wild Apricot app to participate in the ride. You need not be a VSBC member, but if you ride&amp;nbsp;3 or more times during the calendar year we ask that you show your support by joining the Club.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&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;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Meet at 9:00 and roll at 9:15. Please bring a dish to share&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;All riders must be self-sufficient for following the route and bicycle care. Route changes may be made at the ride leaders discretion. Rain, significant chance of poor riding conditions cancels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;DISTANCE/ASCENT:&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;24 mil /&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;794 feet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;RATING: 1-2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;L/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;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RIDE HOST INFO&lt;/strong&gt;: Lisa Shigemoto&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shigemotob@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;shigemotob@comcast.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Other club co-hosts:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Milinda (FFBC)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Judy (FFB C)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Adele (GPC)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;ROUTE LINK:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56598880" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56598880&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6796802</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (14 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;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;Ride Host&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Jen Schulze,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Email: j1schulze@gmail.com, Mobile:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;925-690-7610&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&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/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;: 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-6770642</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (16 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 Hosts: 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-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
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&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-6496338</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bike &amp; Brew Pub Ride (16 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;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&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;, giancarlop@sbcglobal.net&lt;/font&gt;&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: 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-6770469</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (18 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 - &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-6770562</link>
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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>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MDC Training Ride 4 - Diablo Vista Park to Mount Diablo (19 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 4 - 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;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/56815079" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56815079&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=56815079&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;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&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;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&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-6814745</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;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-6770604</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (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 Hosts: 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-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
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&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;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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      <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
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&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;
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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/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 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bike &amp; Brew Pub Ride (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 -&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; &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&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;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&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: 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-6770471</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 - &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;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;: 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-6770478</link>
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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;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <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;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/56815079" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56815079&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=56815079&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;font face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&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;span data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&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>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 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (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 Hosts: 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-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
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&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-6496334</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;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&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>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;
&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-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>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770563</guid>
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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>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6597646</guid>
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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>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>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770585</guid>
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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>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770484</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>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>
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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>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770499</guid>
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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>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770653</guid>
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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>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496311</guid>
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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;
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&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>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770692</guid>
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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>
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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;

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      <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>
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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;

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&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;

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      <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;

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&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;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770680</link>
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