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    <title>Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Club upcoming events</title>
    <link>https://www.valleyspokesmen.org/ridecalendar</link>
    <description>Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Club upcoming events</description>
    <dc:creator>Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Club</dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 23:09:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (30 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Host: Kris Yost&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
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&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819184</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Wandering Wednesday (30 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Triple Donkey Delight with Goats - bring carrots or quarters&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wandering Wednesday rides are drop rides and may separate into two groups* determined by rolling speed, provided there are enough riders. You select where you want to ride based on your comfort zone (see below). If you start out too fast simply wait for the slower group to pick you up. Your level of fitness should allow you to maintain the rolling speed for your group. There are frequent regroups on hilly routes to help everyone stay together..&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All groups will ride the published route which will be between 35 and 55 miles in length.&amp;nbsp; Routes may include moderate grades.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;* A Group:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;To determine if this Group is appropriate for you, imagine pedaling a flat 15-mile route and be able to maintain a rolling speed between 16 to 18 mph.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;* B Group:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;To determine if this Group is appropriate for you, imagine pedaling a flat 15-mile route and be able to maintain a rolling speed between&amp;nbsp;14 to 16 mph.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Coffee stop at Portola Starbucks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10px;"&gt;You must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app in order to participate in the ride. Please bring your own route sheet as I will not have any paper copies. You do not need to be a VSBC member in order to participate in this ride, but we ask that you become a member if you ride with us more than 3 times in a year.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 13px;"&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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;Kaya Balke&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;510-590-7132&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Email: kaya_0920@yahoo.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bring carrots or quarters to feed the goats!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;RWGPS Link:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56342318?via=IhgyQfQ7E_P0ofXU1TJjyA"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56342318?via=IhgyQfQ7E_P0ofXU1TJjyA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=56342318&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true&amp;amp;hideSurface=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-6857538</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bike &amp; Brew Pub Ride - Fieldwork (30 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font&gt;Join us for our pub ride series on Wednesday or Thursday evenings though the summer and early fall. We'll typically start from&lt;/font&gt; different brew pubs in the Livermore, Dublin/Pleasanton, or Danville/San Ramon areas. On super hot days we may opt for cooler closer-to-the-Bay locales. It'll be a socially paced 18-20ish mile ride with&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font&gt;food, libations and social time afterward.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;: Bike &amp;amp; Brew Pub Ride - Fieldwork: Norris, Alcosta, Windemere, Old Dougherty Loop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Start Time/Location:&lt;/strong&gt; 5:00pm, Fieldwork Brewing Co, San Ramon City Center (Meet on&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Bishop Drive&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;sidewalk next to Fieldwork).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;After Ride&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;No-Host Social&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Fieldwork San Ramon,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://fieldworkbrewing.com/order/san-ramon/" target="_blank"&gt;https://fieldworkbrewing.com/order/san-ramon/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;:&amp;nbsp; Thomas Avellone, Cell: 650-533-7124, avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Register:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Members and non-members are welcome, but &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to participate.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And if you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask you to show your support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Ride rating:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;2L/M, No-drop; Distance: 18.5 mi, Ascent: ~1300-ft&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Route&lt;/strong&gt;: Turn-by-turn route directions using "Ride with GPS" navigation:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52587940" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52587940&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52587940&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true&amp;amp;distanceMarkers=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&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;/iframe&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6858699</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (02 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Debbie Wick, Cell:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;602-418-9401&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;, Email: d&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="email-pill"&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="message-to"&gt;_wick@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 602-418-9401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770496</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Women on Wheels 2026 (03 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Sebastopol, CA -&amp;nbsp;Hosted by: The Santa Rosa Cycling Club&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;" color="#49454F"&gt;&lt;a href="https://srcc.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=beba2a33ac3490462e42619fa&amp;amp;id=b85c510386&amp;amp;e=7271960ee2" target="_blank"&gt;https://srcc.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=beba2a33ac3490462e42619fa&amp;amp;id=b85c510386&amp;amp;e=7271960ee2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6755361</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mount Diablo Challenge 2026 (04 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mt. Diablo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Challenge 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#2E3192"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The grand Mount&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Diablo Challenge&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;is scheduled for October 4, 2026, the first Sunday&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;in October.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Mount Diablo Challenge is a 11.2 mile timed cycling hill climb to the summit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Details can be found at &lt;a href="http://MountDiabloChallenge.org" target="_blank"&gt;MountDiabloChallenge.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6597644</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Truly Mellow Monday (05 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Truly Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Kathy Koos&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;, Cell: 925-963-8506, Email: kathleenkoos@yahoo,.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770659</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (07 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Mark Dedon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496349</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Bike &amp; Brew Pub Ride (07 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font&gt;Join us for our pub ride series on Wednesday or Thursday evenings though the summer and early fall. We'll typically start from&lt;/font&gt; different brew pubs in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Danville/San Ramon,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dublin/Pleasanton, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Livermore&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;areas. On super hot days we may opt for cooler closer-to-the-Bay locales. It'll be a socially paced 18-20ish mile ride with&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font&gt;food, libations and social time afterward.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;: Bike &amp;amp; Brew Pub Ride -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Start Time/Location:&lt;/strong&gt; 5:00pm, TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;After Ride&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;No-Host Social&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thomas Avellone, Cell: 650-533-7124&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;, avellone&lt;abbr&gt;@pacbell.net&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Register:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Members and non-members are welcome, but &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to participate.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And if you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask you to show your support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Ride rating:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;2L/M, No-drop; Distance: 18-21 mi, Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Route&lt;/strong&gt;: Turn-by-turn route directions using "Ride with GPS" navigation: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770465</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (09 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;San Ramon Sports basement&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Jennifer Schulze, Cell: &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;925-690-7610,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi / Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif"&gt;2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;L/M&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;(See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770550</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Brisk Bunch (11 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Brisk Bunch -&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Type:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Brisk with regroups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;No swee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;p. 4B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;When:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;9:00&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Starting/ending location:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ernie Rodrigues Softball Field,&lt;/strong&gt; 1505 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Estimated mileage:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;miles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Elevation ga&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;in:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;f&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a friendly ride, however there will not be a designated sweep. &amp;nbsp;We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another.&amp;nbsp; If you leave the ride, please text the ride host, or if you need assistance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;E-Bikes are encouraged because they allow riders to participate in rides that otherwise couldn't. E-bikes must be pedal assist only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app.&amp;nbsp; You do not need to be a VSBC member, but we’d appreciate your support and you’ll appreciate the many benefits in being a member.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”.&amp;nbsp; Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Randy Simpson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Cell Phone: ‭925-980-9304&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819114</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (12 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone, Cell: 650-533-7124, Email: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770644</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (14 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Mark Dedon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496346</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (16 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Sue Montero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;summ@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: (925) 984-6075&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi / TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770563</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Foxy's Fall Century (17 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Davis, CA -&amp;nbsp;Hosted by: The Davis BikeClub&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://davisbikeclub.org/foxys-fall-century/" target="_blank"&gt;https://davisbikeclub.org/foxys-fall-century/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6597646</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MARTINEZ TO DAVIS - Return by Train (17 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RIDE STARTS AT 9:00 a.m&lt;/strong&gt;. - Moderate Pace - 72 miles&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This ride is only available for VSBC members and will leave from the bocce courts in Martinez (&lt;a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ken+Doth%C3%A9e+Bocce+Courts+%7C+Martinez+Waterfront/@38.0207858,-122.1378951,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x80856f8355b0153d:0x56b967c5c336b90d!8m2!3d38.0207858!4d-122.1353202!16s%252Fg%252F11gh37ww08?entry=ttu&amp;amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D" target="_blank"&gt;Martinez Bocce Courts Link&lt;/a&gt;)&amp;nbsp;at 9:00 a.m. The ride host plans to take 5-1/2 hours to reach Davis and then return to Martinez on the 4:09 p.m. Amtrak train.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;A support vehicle will tentatively be available for those wishing to change shoes/clothes in Davis.&amp;nbsp; Lunch will be at Tres Hermanas across from the train station.&amp;nbsp; Other eating options are available nearby.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The ride is restricted to 25 people due to limited bike rack space on AMTRAK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Ride Host : Kris Yost and Kevin Thieben&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The route is available at:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/%3Ciframe%20src=%22https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=57074525&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true%22%20style" target="_blank"&gt;Another Way to Davis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=56603409&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" face="Verdana" color="#26282A"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rain or poor air quality cancels.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp; You will get a "ride cancelled" email the morning of the ride (or earlier if possible) if the ride is cancelled.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;______________________________________________________&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Capitol Corridor&amp;nbsp; - Davis (DAV) to&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Martinez (MTZ)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Purchase your return ticket online.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amtrak.com/capitol-corridor-friends-and-family-companion-fares?cmp=wsp-CCJPAFriendsFamily-HPCard4"&gt;https://www.amtrak.com/capitol-corridor-friends-and-family-companion-fares?cmp=wsp-CCJPAFriendsFamily-HPCard4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#26282A"&gt;You must have PHOTO ID with you for the train ride&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adult Fare: $16&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Group of 5 (Adults) $48 total&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Use this link to BOOK A SENIOR FARE (You must be 62 or older)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amtrak.com/promotions/state/california-senior-discount.html?intcmp=wsp_deals-landing-page_link_ca-seniors_deals"&gt;https://www.amtrak.com/promotions/state/california-senior-discount.html?intcmp=wsp_deals-landing-page_link_ca-seniors_deals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" face="Verdana" color="#26282A"&gt;Trains leave Davis at 2:09 p.m., 4:09 p.m. (planned return) and 5:19 p.m.&amp;nbsp; The train trip back to Martinez is 45 minutes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" face="Verdana" color="#26282A"&gt;You should purchase&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;train tickets&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;in advance.&amp;nbsp; If you do purchase train tickets in advance, you should wait to make sure the weather will be good on Wednesday and the ride won’t be cancelled.&amp;nbsp; If the air quality turns bad the $16 Adult ticket is 100% refundable if cancelled before departure. If you purchase group tickets check to see if the discounted fares are refundable.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;____________________________________________________&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6833757</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (19 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Timber Vincent&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;timbervincent@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;925-948-5094&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770608</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770608</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (21 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Mark Dedon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496344</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496344</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (23 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 650-533-7124&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770481</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770481</guid>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Brisk Bunch (25 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Brisk Bunch -&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Type:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Brisk with regroups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;No swee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;p. 4B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;When:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;9:00&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Starting/ending location:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ernie Rodrigues Softball Field,&lt;/strong&gt; 1505 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Estimated mileage:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;miles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Elevation ga&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;in:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;f&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a friendly ride, however there will not be a designated sweep. &amp;nbsp;We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another.&amp;nbsp; If you leave the ride, please text the ride host, or if you need assistance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;E-Bikes are encouraged because they allow riders to participate in rides that otherwise couldn't. E-bikes must be pedal assist only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app.&amp;nbsp; You do not need to be a VSBC member, but we’d appreciate your support and you’ll appreciate the many benefits in being a member.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”.&amp;nbsp; Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Randy Simpson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Cell Phone: ‭925-980-9304&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819116</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819116</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (26 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Jen Schulze&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 925-690-7610&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770585</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770585</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (28 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Mark Dedon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496341</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride** (30 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770484</link>
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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 (04 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Marc Cohen&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496358</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (06 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Debbie Wick, Cell:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;602-418-9401&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;, Email: d&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="email-pill"&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="message-to"&gt;_wick@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 602-418-9401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770497</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Brisk Bunch (08 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Brisk Bunch -&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Type:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Brisk with regroups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;No swee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;p. 4B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;When:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;9:00&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Starting/ending location:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ernie Rodrigues Softball Field,&lt;/strong&gt; 1505 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Estimated mileage:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;miles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Elevation ga&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;in:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;f&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a friendly ride, however there will not be a designated sweep. &amp;nbsp;We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another.&amp;nbsp; If you leave the ride, please text the ride host, or if you need assistance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;E-Bikes are encouraged because they allow riders to participate in rides that otherwise couldn't. E-bikes must be pedal assist only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app.&amp;nbsp; You do not need to be a VSBC member, but we’d appreciate your support and you’ll appreciate the many benefits in being a member.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”.&amp;nbsp; Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Randy Simpson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Cell Phone: ‭925-980-9304&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 0.8em; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6819120</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (09 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone, Cell: 650-533-7124, Email: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770647</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770647</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (11 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Marc Cohen&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496354</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (13 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;San Ramon Sports basement&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Jennifer Schulze, Cell: &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;925-690-7610,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi / Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif"&gt;2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;L/M&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;(See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770551</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770551</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (16 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Timber Vincent&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;timbervincent@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;925-948-5094&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770613</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (18 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Marc Cohen&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496353</link>
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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 (25 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Marc Cohen&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496351</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (27 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 650-533-7124&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770480</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770480</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday** (30 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;/Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770668</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (02 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496313</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (04 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Debbie Wick, Cell:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;602-418-9401&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;, Email: d&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="email-pill"&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="message-to"&gt;_wick@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 602-418-9401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770499</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770499</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Truly Mellow Monday (07 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Truly Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Kathy Koos&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;, Cell: 925-963-8506, Email: kathleenkoos@yahoo,.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770653</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770653</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (09 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496311</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496311</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (11 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;San Ramon Sports basement&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Jennifer Schulze, Cell: &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;925-690-7610,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi / Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif"&gt;2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;L/M&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;(See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770552</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770552</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (14 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone, Cell: 650-533-7124, Email: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770648</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770648</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (16 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496310</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496310</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (18 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Sue Montero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;summ@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: (925) 984-6075&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi / TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770566</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770566</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (21 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Timber Vincent&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;timbervincent@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;925-948-5094&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770616</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770616</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (23 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496308</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496308</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (28 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Jen Schulze&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 925-690-7610&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770589</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770589</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo (30 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Hosts: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6496306</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (01 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Debbie Wick, Cell:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;602-418-9401&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;, Email: d&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="email-pill"&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="message-to"&gt;_wick@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 602-418-9401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770502</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770502</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Truly Mellow Monday (04 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Truly Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Kathy Koos&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;, Cell: 925-963-8506, Email: kathleenkoos@yahoo,.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770657</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770657</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (08 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;San Ramon Sports basement&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Jennifer Schulze, Cell: &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;925-690-7610,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi / Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif"&gt;2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;L/M&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;(See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770553</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770553</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (11 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone, Cell: 650-533-7124, Email: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770650</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770650</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (15 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Sue Montero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;summ@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: (925) 984-6075&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi / TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770567</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770567</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (18 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Timber Vincent&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;timbervincent@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;925-948-5094&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770618</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770618</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (22 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 650-533-7124&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770486</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770486</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (25 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Jen Schulze&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 925-690-7610&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770591</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770591</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride** (29 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770489</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770489</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (05 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Debbie Wick, Cell:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;602-418-9401&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;, Email: d&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="email-pill"&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="message-to"&gt;_wick@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 602-418-9401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770544</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770544</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (12 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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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>
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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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