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    <title>Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Club upcoming events</title>
    <link>https://www.valleyspokesmen.org/ridecalendar</link>
    <description>Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Club upcoming events</description>
    <dc:creator>Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Club</dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:36:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Brisk Bunch: Livermore to Power Station via Patterson Pass (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;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Livermore to Power Station via Patterson Pass&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;Type:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Brisk with regroups.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;No swee&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;p. 4B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;When:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; Rolling at&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;9:30A&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;M&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" 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;25.1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;miles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Elevation ga&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;in:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;2,469&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;f&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a friendly ride, however there will not be a designated sweep. &amp;nbsp;We will have regroups, and we will all look after one another.&amp;nbsp; If you leave the ride, please text the ride host when you end your ride, or if you need assistance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;E-Bikes are encouraged because they allow riders to participate in rides that otherwise couldn't. E-bikes must be pedal assist only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app.&amp;nbsp; You do not need to be a VSBC member, but we’d appreciate your support and you’ll appreciate the many benefits in being a member.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”.&amp;nbsp; Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Randy Simpson&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Cell Phone: ‭925-980-9304&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44882205" target="_blank"&gt;CLICK HERE FOR LINK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=44882205&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6905736</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 - Dublin, Eden, and Cull Canyons&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&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;: 36mi, ~2482 ft&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shorter Route Option&lt;/strong&gt;: Skip Eden Canyon to cut 5.3 miles and 500 ft of ascent.&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;: 1) Dublin Hills Preserve at top of Schaefer Ranch climb 2) Bay Trees Park in Castro Vly&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 face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Paris Baguette, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/54157182" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/54157182&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=54157182&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true&amp;amp;distanceMarkers=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228" face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&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-6770647</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Heather Farm W.C. (09 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;u&gt;PLEASE NOTE START TIME OF 9:00 A.M.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Monday rides from Heather Farm are no-drop and between 25 to 40 miles in length, ridden at a leisurely to moderate pace.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;To determine if this ride is appropriate for you, imagine pedaling a flat 15-mile route and be able to maintain an average rolling speed of 13-15 mph.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;There is a coffee stop on all rides.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register on the VSBC website or Wild Apricot app in order to participate! Please download the route as we will not have paper copies.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times in a year, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club as a member! :-). &amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;If you would like to lead a Monday ride, please contact David Glazer, 415-847-5046, or dbglazer@comcast.net&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Meet at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek. Take I-680 to Ygnacio Valley Rd. exit and go east; turn left at San Carlos Dr. into Heather Farm Park; go 1/3 of a mile and park in the lot by the far ball fields on the right.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Arrive in time to be ready to ride at 9:00 a.m. &amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Please make note of ride host's phone number, in case you run into difficulty and need to notify him or her.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 12.8px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;David Glazer (415-847-5046)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 12.8px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Email: &amp;nbsp;dbglazer@comcast.net&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 12.8px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Please download the route here (RWGPS link):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45442117?via=Tew2lhwIfVGAbCJDK1gUpA" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45442117?via=Tew2lhwIfVGAbCJDK1gUpA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=45442117&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6908128</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>VSBC Monthly Exec Board Meeting (10 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Executive Board Meeting held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;VSBC Executive Board meetings are open to everyone. T&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;he meetings are being held via Google Meet, so it is very easy to join us from the comfort of your home.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;VSBC Exec Board Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Google Meet joining info&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Video call link:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://meet.google.com/tcp-vnzn-qkf" target="_blank"&gt;https://meet.google.com/tcp-vnzn-qkf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Or dial: ‪(US) +1 413-752-1092‬ PIN: ‪338 378 522‬#&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/tcp-vnzn-qkf?pin=7665864832668&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6876372</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Wandering Wednesday (11 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt; &lt;u&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt; &lt;u&gt;NOTE EARLY START TIME!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wandering Wednesday rides are drop rides and may separate into two groups* determined by rolling speed. You select where you want to ride based on your comfort zone (see below). If you start out 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="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All groups will ride the published route which will be between 35 and 55 miles in length.&amp;nbsp; Routes by may include moderate grades.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;* A Group:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;To determine if this Group is appropriate for you, imagine pedaling a flat 15-mile route and be able to maintain a rolling speed between 16 to 18 mph.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;* B Group:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;To determine if this Group is appropriate for you, imagine pedaling a flat 15-mile route and be able to maintain a rolling speed between&amp;nbsp;14 to 16 mph.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;There is a coffee stop on all rides.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10px;"&gt;&lt;u&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;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&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="line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Ride Host:&amp;nbsp; Lauren Thor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Text: 510-409-8787&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Email: laurenthor@att.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;A turn-by-turn Ride with GPS route will be available at least 48 hours before the ride. Please print your own cue sheet.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;RWGPS Link:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/47795651" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/47795651&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6899627</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Heather Farm W.C. (11 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;u&gt;PLEASE NOTE START TIME OF 9:00 A.M.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Wednesday rides from Heather Farm are no-drop and between 30 to 50 miles in length, ridden at a leisurely to moderate pace.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;*&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;To determine if this ride is appropriate for you, imagine pedaling a flat 15-mile route and be able to maintain an average rolling speed of 13-15 mph.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;There is a coffee stop on all rides.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register on the VSBC website or Wild Apricot app in order to participate! Please download the route as we will not have paper copies.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times in a year, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club as a member! :-) &amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;If you would like to lead a Wednesday ride, please contact David Glazer, 415-847-5046, or dbglazer@comcast.net&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Meet at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek. Take I-680 to Ygnacio Valley Rd. exit and go east; turn left at San Carlos Dr. into Heather Farm Park; go 1/3 of a mile and park in the lot by the far ball fields on the right.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Arrive in time to be ready to ride at 9:00 a.m. &amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Please make note of ride host's phone number, in case you run into difficulty and need to notify her.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ride Host: &amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Colleen Samsing (&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Noto Sans, Liberation Sans, sans-serif, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Noto Color Emoji; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;925-899-8094)&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;Email: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em style="font-size: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;csamsing@comcast.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Please download the route here (RWGPS link):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/47218910?via=atqDioZwYWRkHL8Wd_WFLA" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/47218910?via=atqDioZwYWRkHL8Wd_WFLA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=47218910&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6904412</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (11 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Host: Marc Cohen&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868896</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (13 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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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-6770551</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Sisyphean Sunday -  Del Puerto Canyon Loop (15 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Ride Details&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A FORECAST OF 50% CHANCE OF RAIN CANCELS THE RIDE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Working front and rear lights are MANDATORY for this ride. No lights and you will not be checked in for the ride.&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: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Name of Ride:&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Sisyphean Sunday Del Puerto Canyon Loop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Del Puerto Canyon Loop&lt;/strong&gt; 08:00 AM start&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Host:&lt;/strong&gt; Peter Morrissey&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cell Phone:&lt;/strong&gt; 510 703-0221&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Name of Ride:&lt;/strong&gt; Del Puerto Canyon Loop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Type:&lt;/strong&gt; Moderate paced with few regroups. Drops possible. No sweep! Ride is paced to finish in less than 8.5 hours.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Starting/Ending Location:&lt;/strong&gt; Ernie Rodrigues Softball Fields, 505 S Livermore Ave. Livermore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Estimated Mileage:&lt;/strong&gt; 107.3&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Elevation Gain:&lt;/strong&gt; 5243 ft&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Rating:&lt;/strong&gt; 4M&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note : This ride is not a good choice for ones first century ride.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All participants must register online on the VSBC website or via the Wild Apricot app before the ride&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;If you are not sure if you can make it? Register now and you can unregistered before the rolling time by going to the ride calendar event, clicking on “already registered”, and then clicking on “cancel registration”.&amp;nbsp; Or, on the Wild Apricot app go to your event ticket and click “cancel”.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (RidewithGPS):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45019986" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45019986&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6899632</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (16 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Timber Vincent&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;timbervincent@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;925-948-5094&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770613</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (18 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Host: Marc Cohen&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868899</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Easy Riders (19 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for this weekly or bi-weekly ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register for the ride on the VSBC website or the Wild Apricot app! I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;f your plans change, you can always cancel online.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And if you do ride with us more than three or four times a year, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club as a member! :-)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Name of Ride:&lt;/strong&gt; EASY RIDERS -&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This ride is perfect for new, returning, or casual riders who prefer a more relaxed 12mph pace and regular regroups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Host:&lt;/strong&gt; Susan Roberts&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cell/Email:&lt;/strong&gt; 925-997-3819 / msfaux@gmail .com&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Route:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;To be determined by ride host at start of ride.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Distance/Ascent:&lt;/strong&gt; ~20 mi / flat to gentle grades or a few rolling hills.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ride Rating:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;L / 1-2, See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/sys/website/?pageId=1727679" title="Club Ride Ratings" target="_blank"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6891627</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>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (23 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Jen Schulze&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 925-690-7610&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770586</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (25 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Host: Marc Cohen&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
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&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <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>
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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;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&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 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (02 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Host: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&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;

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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868912</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2026 02:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Quarterly Member Meeting (02 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Quarterly Member Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;6:30PM: Join us for pizza, salad, &amp;amp; soft drinks. No charge for food for VSBC members.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;7:00PM: General Meeting. We will announce and welcome the 2027 VSBC Board Members!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Please register online so we can plan for the number of attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guest Speaker:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;All Members Welcome!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6894546</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>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Truly Mellow Monday (07 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Truly Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Kathy Koos&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;, Cell: 925-963-8506, Email: kathleenkoos@yahoo,.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770653</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2026 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>VSBC Monthly Exec Board Meeting (08 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Executive Board Meeting held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;VSBC Executive Board meetings are open to everyone. T&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;he meetings are being held via Google Meet, so it is very easy to join us from the comfort of your home.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;VSBC Exec Board Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Google Meet joining info&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Video call link:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://meet.google.com/tcp-vnzn-qkf" target="_blank"&gt;https://meet.google.com/tcp-vnzn-qkf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Or dial: ‪(US) +1 413-752-1092‬ PIN: ‪338 378 522‬#&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/tcp-vnzn-qkf?pin=7665864832668&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6876373</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (09 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Host: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
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&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868915</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (11 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;San Ramon Sports basement&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Jennifer Schulze, Cell: &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;925-690-7610,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi / Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif"&gt;2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;L/M&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;(See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770552</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (14 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone, Cell: 650-533-7124, Email: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770648</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (16 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Host: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868918</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (18 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Sue Montero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;summ@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: (925) 984-6075&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi / TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770566</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (21 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Timber Vincent&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;timbervincent@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;925-948-5094&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770616</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (23 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Host: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868920</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (28 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Jen Schulze&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 925-690-7610&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770589</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mt. Diablo Social Ride (30 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Host: Kim Chan / Rodney Lum&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/After%20Ride%20Cafe.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="425"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you wish to sign up to bring coffee or pastries:

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7sPPFLk_bya-j0DtCf4pZo7omBMj2Lpxobow45gLE8/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Pastires Sign Up Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;Name of Ride: Mt Diablo Challenge Training&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Date and time of the ride: Weekly - Wednesdays&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Starting location: St Timothy's Church&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Estimated Mileage: 24.3 with 3400' climbing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ride Rating &amp;amp; Elevation: 4-5 M&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  Short stop at Junction and Summit
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Weather forecast for summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Diablo/forecasts/1173" style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Mt Diablo Summit Forecast&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Current weather at summit:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SJS02&amp;amp;unit=0&amp;amp;timetype=LOCAL&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR1ToHs4UbyAwSeWEdU4h6hl8mbP_Z5I4Z0FrCm4-FrDAIS-MG3LHBb4PFw"&gt;Summit Weather&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Meet at St. Timothy's parking lot at 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville for a group start.&amp;nbsp; There are designated spaces for cyclists.&amp;nbsp; This is an out and back route so each rider can ride as far as they wish at their own pace before turning around for the descent back to the parking area.&amp;nbsp; Descent may be cool and each cyclist should consider bringing additional layers to put on for the downhill.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Link to the ride ‘turn by turn’ instructions (Ride with GPS):&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445" target="_blank"&gt;https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52792445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://ridewithgps.com/embeds?type=route&amp;amp;id=52792445&amp;amp;sampleGraph=true" style="width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6868921</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (01 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Debbie Wick, Cell:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;602-418-9401&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;, Email: d&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="email-pill"&gt;&lt;span data-test-id="message-to"&gt;_wick@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: 602-418-9401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770502</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770502</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Truly Mellow Monday (04 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Truly Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Kathy Koos&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;, Cell: 925-963-8506, Email: kathleenkoos@yahoo,.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770657</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770657</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (08 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;San Ramon Sports basement&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Jennifer Schulze, Cell: &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;925-690-7610,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi / Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif"&gt;2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;L/M&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;(See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770553</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770553</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday (11 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Thomas Avellone, Cell: 650-533-7124, Email: avellone@pacbell.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770650</link>
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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;

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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;Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;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;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&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;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&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;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&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>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (12 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday Ride&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;50% chance of rain and extreme heat cancels ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is not a no-drop ride; riders should be able to average at least 14 mph on flats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Faster riders will self lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Obey all road Rules including using hand signals, no passing on right, moving over to side (and riding single file as needed) when cars are back, calling out obstacles in the road, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;All riders should download map of route (or bring printed copy) prior to ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;San Ramon Sports basement&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Jennifer Schulze, Cell: &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;925-690-7610,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;j1schulze@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi / Ascent: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif"&gt;2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;L/M&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;(See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770692</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2027 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Friendly Friday Ride (19 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Friendly Friday Ride&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Friendly Friday - &lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Sports Basement, San Ramon&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Sue Montero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;summ@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: (925) 984-6075&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40 mi / TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770568</link>
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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>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2027 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Feather Pedals Graduation No-Host Lunch (15 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://valleyspokesmen.org/resources/Pictures/featherPedals_160.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" style="margin: 10px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;J&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;oin us for a Feather Pedals No-Host Celebration Luncheon at Beeb's Sports Bar &amp;amp; Grill next to Las Positas Golf Course. &amp;nbsp;We will have a table reserved - look for the balloons - and cupcakes of course. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;It's a fun way to celebrate your achievement in completing the Feather Pedals Training Ride series!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6803543</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6803543</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;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bikesignup.com/Race/CA/Dublin/CycleofHope" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6655002</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6655002</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2027 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday** (31 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Name&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Mellow Monday -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Shannon Park, Dublin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Time&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: Arrive at 8:45am, Roll at 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Host&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#F26100"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Ride Leader Needed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;/Phone&lt;/strong&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Distance/Ascent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;: 30-40mi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Ride Rating&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;3L/M,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;No Drop. (See &lt;a href="https://valleyspokesmen.org/page-1727679"&gt;Club Ride Ratings&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regroups/Restrooms/Water&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Coffee Stop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Route&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;: Link to turn-by-turn route instructions (Ride with GPS): TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770674</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2027 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Mellow Monday** (30 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;RIDE DETAILS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please join us for our weekly Mellow Monday Ride&lt;font style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;You don't need to be a member to ride with us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, but &lt;u&gt;everyone&lt;/u&gt; must register!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And when you do ride with us more than three or four times, we ask that you show your appreciation and support by joining the Club! :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&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>
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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>
      <link>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770680</link>
      <guid>https://valleyspokesmen.org/event-6770680</guid>
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