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Dublin area ride 2016-09-05 43.1 km26.8 mi 2h:23m 9 photos

Road closure on old Dougherty Rd. (to be converted to bike/ped path) Refreshment stop at Peet's Coffee Regroup at Crow Canyon and Camino Tassajara Start from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on Monday and Thursday mornings from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes, usually including a coffee shop stop.

Morgan Territory Hike 2016-09-04 15.3 km9.5 mi 3h:20m 31 photos

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Outing of the East Bay Casual Hikers in Morgan Territory starting at the staging area near the summit of Morgan Terr. Rd. We started the hike on the Volvon trail, right on Blue Oak, right on Miwok, left on Manzanita, right on Valley View, right on Volvon Loop, right on Eagle with a short break there, then right on Hog Canyon to the boundary and retrace our route back to the Volvon.

Livermore - Tracy and the Delta 2016-09-03 71 km44.1 mi 3h:48m 7 photos

1st flat tire repair Stop at Starbucks in Tracy Starting out from Vasco and Scenic. Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride from east Livermore (shopping center at Vasco and Scenic) over the Altamont Pass into Tracy and through the farmland in the delta.

San Ramon - Mt. Diablo Junction 2016-09-02 52.1 km32.4 mi 3h:08m 12 photos

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Valley Spokesmen club ride held on even-numbered Fridays starting at St. Timothy's church and heading up the south side of Mt. Diablo. Today most went to the summit but due to time constraints I turned around at the Junction Ranger Station.

Dublin - Livermore - Pleasanton 2016-09-01 55 km34.2 mi 4h:05m 6 photos

Vineyard Fallon Start from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on Monday and Thursday mornings from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes.

Walnut Creek - Moraga - Orinda loop ride 2016-08-31 80.1 km49.8 mi 4h:47m 8 photos

Orinda Chicken Moraga Way Regroup and RR stop at Moraga Commons Joining the ride on Olympic Blvd. Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting from Heather Farm in Walnut Creek and heading to Orinda via Lafayette and Moraga. I started from home in San Ramon, so the route shown here differs from the official route at the beginning and end.

Dublin area ride 2016-08-29 48.8 km30.3 mi 2h:58m 10 photos

Tassajara Dublin Blvd. Alcosta Start from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on Monday and Thursday mornings from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes.

Valley Spokesmen Anniversary ride and BBQ 2016-08-28 99.1 km61.6 mi 5h:02m 28 photos

Gathering in Ruby Ridge before the ride start Map

Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Club 45th Anniversary Ride & BBQ. Held at the home of one of our members we had a couple ride options out towards Del Valle Rsvr. and Wente vineyards before returning for hamburgers, salads, chips, cake, and assorted beverages. Track here also includes my ride to/from the get together.

Shannon Center - 'The Flynns' ride 2016-08-27 86.3 km53.6 mi 4h:00m 10 photos

Wildemere Pkwy. at Tassajara Dan C. met us at the Alamo Creek trail Donohue Dr. Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting from Shannon Center in Dublin and heading through the Windemere development and over to Livermore with a stop at the Starbucks on Vasco. We then continued up the Altamont with some going to the summit and turning around while a few of us went up Carroll to N&S Flynn rds.

San Ramon - Mt. Diablo Junction 2016-08-26 56.5 km35.1 mi 3h:19m 14 photos

Into the sunshine below the junction Start at St. Timothy's church Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting from St. Timothy's church on Diablo Rd. and heading up the hill to the Junction Ranger Station with option to continue to the summit.

Dublin - San Ramon area 2016-08-25 44.3 km27.5 mi 2h:10m 7 photos

Regroup on Dougherty El Capitan Start from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on Monday and Thursday mornings from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes.

Leona Canyon & Anthony Chabot Parks hike 2016-08-24 13.2 km8.2 mi 4h:23m 27 photos

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Outing of Wilma's Wednesday hiking group in the Leona Canyon and Anthony Chabot parks.

Dublin - Verona Bridge 2016-08-22 38.5 km23.9 mi 2h:08m 4 photos

Iron Horse trail Stop at Specialties/Peet's on Hopyard Verona Bridge Start from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on Monday and Thursday mornings from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery. Today's ride took us south on Foothill to Verona Bridge and then back through Pleasanton with a stop at Specialties/Peet's.

Shannon - Castro Valley - Orinda loop 2016-08-21 85.3 km53 mi 4h:30m 17 photos

Dublin Grade summit Start from  Shannon Center Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting from Shannon Center in Dublin and heading west to Castro Valley and then over the hills on Redwood and Pinehurst rds. to Moraga and Orinda. After a short stop at Theater Square we continued on the St. Stephens trail to Lafayette and returned along the Blvd.

Feather Pedals ride to Calaveras 2016-08-20 44.1 km27.4 mi 2h:17m 12 photos

Foothill Repaving of Bernal bridge Lagoon Rd. Start at former Crank-2 in Raley shopping center Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride by the Feather Pedals group. Starting from the Raley shopping center in south Pleasanton we headed south to Sunol and then out Calaveras Rd. to the first summit before the reservoir. The track here only has the outward portion of the ride since the batteries in my GPS died shortly after we started the descent.

San Ramon 2016-08-19 47.2 km29.3 mi 2h:42m 9 photos

Verona Bridge Iron Horse trail Alcosta Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on odd-numbered Fridays from San Ramon Central Park. Today we headed south to Verona Bridge and then returned with a stop at Starbucks in downtown Pleasanton.

Dublin - San Ramon area ride 2016-08-18 64.4 km40 mi 4h:41m 11 photos

Bollinger Canyon Rd. Alamo Canal trail (some construction under way) Start from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery Map

Valley Spokesmen conditioning ride held on Monday and Thursday mornings starting from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes. The track here also includes a short ride from home to the start and back home after the ride.

San Ramon - Macedo Ranch and Livorna Park 2016-08-16 52.3 km32.5 mi 3h:56m 6 photos

Turn around at Macedo Ranch staging area Green Valley to Macedo Ranch Start from San Ramon Central Park Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting from San Ramon Central Park and heading up to Macedo Ranch staging area and Livorna Park before returning vi Rudgear Rd., the BLVD, and the Iron Horse trail.

Dublin - Livermore ride 2016-08-15 53.1 km33 mi 3h:52m 7 photos

Refreshment stop at Peet's Coffee Arroyo trail through Livermoe Start from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on Monday and Thursday mornings from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes.

San Ramon area ride 2016-08-14 50.4 km31.3 mi 2h:31m

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Valley Spokesmen club ride. No pictures taken today.

Statistics Charts

Peter Rathmann Peter Rathmann
Trips 736
Photos 10421
Total distance 40885 km25405 mi
Max distance 1066 km663 mi
Avg distance 56 km35 mi
Total duration 116 days 12h:24m
Max duration 1 day 4h:15m
Avg duration 3h:47m

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