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San Ramon - Macedo Ranch and Livorna Park 2016-07-19 42.2 km26.2 mi 3h:02m 8 photos

Regroup at Macedo Ranch Green Valley Rd. Camino Tassajara Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting from San Ramon Central Park and heading north through Danville to Macedo Ranch at the end of Green Valley Rd. From there we took Stone Valley and Roundhill to Livorna Park before riding down Livorna to the Blvd. and into downtown Danville for a stop at Peet's Coffee.

Dublin - Alamo 2016-07-18 41.1 km25.5 mi 3h:11m 7 photos

Westside Dr. Welcome back, Kathy! Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on Monday and Thursday mornings leaving from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes. Today we rode up to the Peet's Coffee in Alamo Plaza.

Livermore - Tracy and the Delta 2016-07-17 67.7 km42.1 mi 3h:32m

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Valley Spokesmen club ride. No pictures today. We headed east over Altamont Pass into Tracy and then rode a loop through the delta farmlands before returning via Mountain House and back up and over Altamont Pass.

Danville - Manning Rd. loop 2016-07-16 82.2 km51.1 mi 4h:12m 16 photos

Summit of Collier Canyon Deer grazing along Highland Start at the Sycamore Ave. Park&Ride Map

Ride by the Feather Pedals group of the Valley Spokesmen club. Starting at the Park&Ride lot on Sycamore and I-680, we rode east on Camino Tassajara to Highland and then up Collier Canyon to Carneal and Manning. Our return on Highland back to Tassajara added a number of out-and-backs on dead-end roads: Victorine, Marciel, Johnson, and Finley.

San Ramon - Rossmoor - Livorna Park loop 2016-07-15 54.2 km33.7 mi 3h:12m 9 photos

Crest Ave. Camino Ramon at Sycamore Valley Start from San Ramon Central Park Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on odd-numbered Fridays starting from San Ramon Central Park and using a variety of routes.

San Ramon - Walnut Creek - Blackhawk - Dublin 2016-07-13 69.2 km43 mi 3h:41m

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Valley Spokesmen club ride that started at Heather Farm park but I rode up to join them at Broadway & Newell. Went up Rudgear/Stewart to Lavender and Livorna Park, then past three country clubs (Roundhill, Diablo, and Blackhawk) to Crow Canyon and south on Dougherty to Dublin. Our return was on Amador Valley to San Ramon Valley Blvd. and then north back to the start.

Briones Regional Park Hike 2016-07-10 16.7 km10.4 mi 3h:57m 24 photos

36 hikers at start Map

East Bay Casual Hikers outing in Briones Regional Park. Starting at the parking lot near the entrance kiosk off Bear Creek rd. we hiked up the Crescent Ridge, Sunrise, and Buckeye Ranch trails to Russel Peak. After a short snack stop there we made a loop using the Mariposa trail and back on the Russel Peak trail before returning on the Seaborg and Bear Creek trails.

South San Francisco - Union City (BART-BART Ride) 2016-07-09 75.9 km47.2 mi 5h:40m 34 photos

Golden Gate National Cemetery Centenniel Trail Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting from the South San Francisco BART station and heading south on the peninsula past the San Andreas, Lower & Upper Crystal Springs Reservoirs, and the Pulgas Water Temple to Woodside. We then turned east and had a refreshment stop in Menlo Park before crossing the Dumbarton Bridge and ending our ride at the Union City BART station.

Augustin Bernal Park hike 2016-07-07 10.3 km6.4 mi 2h:33m 17 photos

My parking spot Map

Outing of the East Bay Casual Hikers in Augustin Bernal Park in Pleasanton. This park adjoins the East Bay Pleasanton Ridge Park. We started at the trail head at the end of Longview Dr. off Foothill Blvd. and hiked up to the ridgeline.

Lake Chabot Hike 2016-07-06 12.4 km7.7 mi 3h:59m 21 photos

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Hike by Wilma's Wednesday Hikers led today by Pamela. We started at the Marina, headed around the lake on the East Shore trail, then up the Cameron and Proctor trails to the Willow Golf Course where we had a refreshment break. Our return was Ten Hills to Indian Cove and back to the East Shore.

Dublin - Carneal/Collier - Danville 2016-07-04 59.3 km36.9 mi 3h:29m 13 photos

Carneal Windemere Start from Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on Mondays and Thursdays starting from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes.

Livermore - Tracy and the Delta 2016-07-03 71.2 km44.2 mi 4h:08m 17 photos

Crossing the aqueduct Heading up the Altamont Start from the shopping center at Vasco & Scenic Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting from Vasco & Scenic in Livermore and heading east over Altamont Pass to Tracy for a loop through the Delta farmland. Our return was via Mountain House and then back over Altamont Pass.

Livermore - Mines Rd. 2016-07-02 68.6 km42.6 mi 3h:43m 10 photos

At the county line - turn around point Start at the former Nob Hill shopping center Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting in Livermore at the intersection of Pacific and S. Livermore Aves. and heading south on Mines Rd. on an out-and-back ride. Some extended the ride by going to the Junction Cafe and the very ambitious made a loop by continuing over Mt. Hamilton. But the track shown here turned around at the county line marker.

San Ramon - Livermore - Pleasanton loop 2016-07-01 57.8 km35.9 mi 3h:17m

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Valley Spokesmen club ride held on odd-numbered Fridays from San Ramon's Central Park and using a variety of routes.

San Ramon 2016-06-29 62.6 km38.9 mi 4h:15m

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Redwood Park Hike 2016-06-28 11.4 km7.1 mi 3h:00m 16 photos

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Outing of the Tuesday hiking group in Redwood Regional Park. We started from the Canyon Meadows Staging Area, crossed the bridge with the fish ladder and continued on the Bridle trail to the Orchard. After a substantial climb that led us to the French and we stayed on it through assorted ups and downs to the Starflower and Tres Sendas down to the Stream trail.

San Ramon - Verona Bridge loop 2016-06-27 41.8 km26 mi 2h:02m 3 photos

Iron Horse trail Dublin BART Marilyn Murphy Kane trail Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on Mondays and Thursdays starting from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery in Dublin and using various routes.

SF - Samuel Taylor Park - China Camp - SF 2016-06-25 151.4 km94.1 mi 18h:04m 51 photos

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Three day bike camping trip starting in San Ramon with a ride to the BART station and taking that to the Ferry Bldg. in San Francisco. We then rode along the Embarcadero to the Golden Gate and across to Sausalito, continued through Mill Valley, Corte Madera, Larkspur, Kent, Ross, and Fairfax to Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Samuel P. Taylor Park.

San Ramon - Cull and Eden Canyons 2016-06-22 72.9 km45.3 mi 3h:52m 9 photos

End of Eden Canyon End of Cull Canyon Regroup at Dublin Hills Park Start from San Ramon Central Park Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting from San Ramon Central Park and heading up past Schaefer Ranch to Castro Valley. We then went out-and-back to the end of Cull Canyon Rd. On our return we did another out-and-back to the end of Eden Canyon before coming back over Dublin Grade.

Danville - Lafayette - Alamo 2016-06-18 70.6 km43.8 mi 3h:48m 6 photos

Stop at Starbucks Lafayette Danville Blvd. at Rudgear Start at the Sycamore Ave. Park&Ride Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride leaving from the Sycamore Ave. and I-680 Park&Ride lot and heading north to Walnut Creek and then west to Lafayette before returning and continuing up to Livorna Park and back to the start.

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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