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    <title>Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Club upcoming events</title>
    <link>https://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>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:56:26 GMT</pubDate>
    <lastBuildDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:56:26 GMT</lastBuildDate>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Brisk Bunch: Livermore-Collier-Highland-Morgan Terr. (25 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Brisk Bunch -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Livermore-Collier-Highland-Morgan Terr&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Type:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Brisk with regroups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;No swee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;p. 4B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;When:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; Rolling at &lt;strong&gt;9:30&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Starting/ending location:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ernie Rodrigues Softball Field,&lt;/strong&gt; 1505 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Estimated mileage:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;31.6&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;miles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Elevation ga&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;in:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;2,374&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;f&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a friendly ride, however there will not be a designated sweep. &amp;nbsp;We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another.&amp;nbsp; If you leave the ride, please text the ride host when you end your ride, or if you need assistance. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;E-Bikes are encouraged because they allow riders to participate in rides that otherwise couldn't. E-bikes must be pedal assist only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app.&amp;nbsp; You do not need to be a VSBC member, but we’d appreciate your support and you’ll appreciate the many benefits in being a member.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”.&amp;nbsp; Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Randy Simpson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Cell Phone: ‭925-980-9304&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44880940" target="_blank"&gt;CLICK HERE FOR ROUTE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=44880940&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6888664</link>
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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;: 28mi&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;&amp;nbsp;(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;/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;: Lever Coffee, Alamo&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38364323" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38364323&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=38364323&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true&amp;amp;distanceMarkers=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770585</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Heather Farm W.C. (26 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;u&gt;PLEASE NOTE START TIME OF 9:00 A.M.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Monday rides from Heather Farm are no-drop and between 25 to 40 miles in length, ridden at a leisurely to moderate pace.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;To determine if this ride is appropriate for you, imagine pedaling a flat 15-mile route and be able to maintain an average rolling speed of 13-15 mph.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;There is a coffee stop on all rides.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register on the VSBC website or Wild Apricot app in order to participate! Please download the route as we will not have paper copies.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times in a year, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club as a member! :-). &amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;If you would like to lead a Monday ride, please contact David Glazer, 415-847-5046, or dbglazer@comcast.net&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Meet at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek. Take I-680 to Ygnacio Valley Rd. exit and go east; turn left at San Carlos Dr. into Heather Farm Park; go 1/3 of a mile and park in the lot by the far ball fields on the right.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Arrive in time to be ready to ride at 9:00 a.m. &amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Please make note of ride host's phone number, in case you run into difficulty and need to notify him or her.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 12.8px;"&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;David Glazer (415-847-5046)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&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;Email: &amp;nbsp;dbglazer@comcast.net&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 12.8px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Please download the route here (RWGPS link):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41308024?via=gwy3n21gaonPNRLwadT1_Q" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41308024?via=gwy3n21gaonPNRLwadT1_Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6890810</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (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 Host: 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-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&amp;nbsp;&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;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;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6864949</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Easy Riders (29 Oct 2026)</title>
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&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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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6860890</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Festive Fall 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;Halloween is almost here so come with something festive or dress in fall colors to join in a this weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;We look forward to a spooky ride with you! 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 two times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.valleyspokesmen.org/sys/website/?pageId=1818761"&gt;Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Club - Join Us&lt;/a&gt;&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;: Festive Fall 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;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="#333333"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;Jen Schulze&lt;/em&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;: 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;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770484</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Saturday Social Spooky Halloween Ride (31 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;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#F26100" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;S&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#3E4D55"&gt;p&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26100" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;o&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#3E4D55"&gt;o&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26100" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;k&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#3E4D55"&gt;y&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#F26100" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;H&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#3E4D55" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26100" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;l&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#3E4D55" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;l&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26100" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;o&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#3E4D55" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;w&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26100" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;e&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#3E4D55" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;e&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26100" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;n&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#3E4D55"&gt;B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#F26100"&gt;i&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#3E4D55"&gt;k&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#F26100"&gt;e&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#3E4D55"&gt;T&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26100" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;o&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#3E4D55"&gt;u&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26100" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;r&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#3E4D55"&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Join our special Saturday Social Halloween bike tour of several historic sites and three Pioneer Cemeteries in the Tri-Valley.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&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;em&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;Please check your emails before the ride in case we need to cancel due to rain or other reasons.&amp;nbsp;

&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;&amp;nbsp;John O'Driscoll&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;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:jod52@yahoo.com"&gt;jod52@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;925-683-2597&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;: ~42 mi / 1500 ft&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;3M,&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;&amp;nbsp;Pleasanton Sports Park (mile 13)&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;: Maison Benoit, School &amp;amp; Railroad Ave., Danville (mile 33)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53132399" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53132399&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=53132399&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true&amp;amp;distanceMarkers=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6890800</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Brisk Bunch (01 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Brisk Bunch -&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Type:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Brisk with regroups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;No swee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;p. 4B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;When:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;9:00&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Starting/ending location:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ernie Rodrigues Softball Field,&lt;/strong&gt; 1505 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Estimated mileage:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;miles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Elevation ga&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;in:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;f&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a friendly ride, however there will not be a designated sweep. &amp;nbsp;We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another.&amp;nbsp; If you leave the ride, please text the ride host, or if you need assistance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;E-Bikes are encouraged because they allow riders to participate in rides that otherwise couldn't. E-bikes must be pedal assist only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app.&amp;nbsp; You do not need to be a VSBC member, but we’d appreciate your support and you’ll appreciate the many benefits in being a member.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”.&amp;nbsp; Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Randy Simpson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Cell Phone: ‭925-980-9304&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819119</link>
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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 Social Ride (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 Host: 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-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div role="status" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true" style="position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px); clip-path: inset(50%); white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div role="alert" aria-live="assertive" aria-atomic="true" style="position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px); clip-path: inset(50%); white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868893</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>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ride before Cycle Of Hope Launch Party (07 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h1 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" color="#0000FF"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cycle of Hope Launch Ride&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for the ride before the party!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&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;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;&amp;nbsp;Sue Montero&amp;nbsp;&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;:&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;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;strong style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44642249?via=ymnTZGIc1b1AV0qvzN3z8Q" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44642249?via=ymnTZGIc1b1AV0qvzN3z8Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=44642249&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-6871555</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Cycle of Hope Launch Party! (07 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Join Valley Spokesmen and Habitat for Humanity for a special&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h1 align="center"&gt;&lt;img class="artText" src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/Content/ArtText/86874.png?text=Cycle%20of%20Hope%20Launch%20Party%21&amp;amp;style=Site%20subtitle%203&amp;amp;styleGroup=101&amp;amp;tc1=0000FF&amp;amp;tc2=0000FF&amp;amp;fn=Accidental%20Presidency&amp;amp;fs=28&amp;amp;sid=12600828011810276" title="Cycle of Hope Launch Party!" alt="Cycle of Hope Launch Party!" border="0" id="" name=""&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000FF" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday, November 7th - 12:00pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000FF" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000FF" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/vsbc%20group2.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="200" align="left" style="margin: 10px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The spirit of Cinderella continues. VSBC is joining forces with Habitat for Humanity to host Cycle of Hope, a benefit that encourages riders and also raises money for affordable housing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Meet fellow riders, celebrate the cycling community, and get ready for Cycle of Hope (coming on May 23, 2027)!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;There will be food + giveaways&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Special Cycle of Hope registration discount&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Bring a friend!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6871443</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Brisk Bunch (08 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Brisk Bunch -&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Type:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Brisk with regroups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;No swee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;p. 4B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;When:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;9:00&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Starting/ending location:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ernie Rodrigues Softball Field,&lt;/strong&gt; 1505 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Estimated mileage:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;miles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Elevation ga&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;in:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;f&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a friendly ride, however there will not be a designated sweep. &amp;nbsp;We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another.&amp;nbsp; If you leave the ride, please text the ride host, or if you need assistance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;E-Bikes are encouraged because they allow riders to participate in rides that otherwise couldn't. E-bikes must be pedal assist only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app.&amp;nbsp; You do not need to be a VSBC member, but we’d appreciate your support and you’ll appreciate the many benefits in being a member.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”.&amp;nbsp; Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Randy Simpson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Cell Phone: ‭925-980-9304&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819120</link>
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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>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>VSBC Monthly Exec Board Meeting (10 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Executive Board Meeting held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;VSBC Executive Board meetings are open to everyone. T&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;he meetings are being held via Google Meet, so it is very easy to join us from the comfort of your home.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;VSBC Exec Board Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Google Meet joining info&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Video call link:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://meet.google.com/tcp-vnzn-qkf" target="_blank"&gt;https://meet.google.com/tcp-vnzn-qkf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Or dial: ‪(US) +1 413-752-1092‬ PIN: ‪338 378 522‬#&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/tcp-vnzn-qkf?pin=7665864832668&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6876372</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (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 Host: 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-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868896</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>
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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>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (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 Host: 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-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868899</link>
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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>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (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 Host: 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-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868902</link>
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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;

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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;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&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;

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&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;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770480</link>
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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;

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&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;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770668</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (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 Host: 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-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
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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;
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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868912</link>
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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;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770499</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Truly Mellow Monday (07 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Truly Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Kathy Koos&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;, Cell: 925-963-8506, Email: kathleenkoos@yahoo,.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770653</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2026 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>VSBC Monthly Exec Board Meeting (08 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Executive Board Meeting held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;VSBC Executive Board meetings are open to everyone. T&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;he meetings are being held via Google Meet, so it is very easy to join us from the comfort of your home.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;VSBC Exec Board Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Google Meet joining info&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Video call link:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://meet.google.com/tcp-vnzn-qkf" target="_blank"&gt;https://meet.google.com/tcp-vnzn-qkf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Or dial: ‪(US) +1 413-752-1092‬ PIN: ‪338 378 522‬#&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/tcp-vnzn-qkf?pin=7665864832668&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6876373</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (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 Host: 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-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
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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;
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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868915</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (11 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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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-6770552</link>
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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>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (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 Host: 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-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868918</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868918</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>
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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>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (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 Host: 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-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;

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  &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;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868920</link>
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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>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (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 Host: 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-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;

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  Short stop at Junction and Summit
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  &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;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868921</link>
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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>
      <dc:creator />
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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>
      <dc:creator />
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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>
      <dc:creator />
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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;

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  &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-6770692</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (19 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Sue Montero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;summ@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: (925) 984-6075&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi / TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770568</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770568</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2027 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday** (29 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;/Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770669</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770669</guid>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2027 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Cycle of Hope (23 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/cycleofhope.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="567" height="405"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6655002</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6655002</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2027 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday** (31 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;/Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770674</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770674</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2027 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday** (30 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;/Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770676</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770676</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday** (29 Nov 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;/Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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