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Dublin/San Ramon/Danville ride 2016-02-23 41.6 km25.9 mi 2h:29m 13 photos

New rest stops along trail now open Blooms along Iron Horse at Alcosta Starting out from Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride on Tues./Thurs. mornings leaving from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes.

Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve hike 2016-02-21 10.9 km6.8 mi 2h:34m 33 photos

Start of hike near entrance kiosk on Somersville Rd. Map

Outing of the East Bay Casual Hikers in the Black Diamond Mines park area south of Antioch.

Pleasanton - Livermore Feather Pedals ride 2016-02-20 87 km54 mi 4h:42m 17 photos

Vineyard Start from Pleasanton BART station lot Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride by the Feather Pedals group as part of a weekly series of conditioning rides leading up to the Cinderella Classic in early April. Today's ride started at the Pleasanton BART station and headed over to Livermore via Vineyard rd. where we had our first Starbucks stop at Isabel. We then continued south of town and over Cross rd.

San Ramon - Blackhawk - Alamo loop 2016-02-19 48.7 km30.2 mi 3h:00m 10 photos

Regroup on Blackhawk Dr. Greenbrook Start from San Ramon Central Park Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on odd-numbered Fridays starting at San Ramon Central Park and following various routes. Today we headed north through Danville, then looped to the east to Blackhawk before returning via Alamo with a stop at the Peet's in Danville.

San Ramon/Danville area ride 2016-02-17 44.4 km27.6 mi 2h:44m 17 photos

Camino Tassajara Bike trail to Morningside Regroup at Lunardi's in Danville Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting from Heather Farm in Walnut Creek on Monday and Wednesday mornings using various routes. Today I rode up from San Ramon and met the group as they were heading south through Alamo. We then continued through Danville to Blackhawk and through the Windemere Development before returning via Old Ranch and Alcosta with a Starbucks stop in The Marketplace.

San Ramon 2016-02-17 44.4 km27.6 mi 2h:44m

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Pleasanton - Calaveras Rsvr. 2016-02-16 70.9 km44 mi 3h:09m 9 photos

Starting up the Calaveras hill Wait at Geary rd. and Calaveras for construction traffic Ride start from Crank-2 shop Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting at the Crank-2 Bicycle Shop in south Pleasanton and riding south to Sunol and out to the Calaveras reservoir. I rode from home but then turned around at the first summit on Calaveras instead of going past the reservoir.

Martinez - Jelly Belly - Gordon Valley ride 2016-02-14 93.9 km58.3 mi 4h:47m 29 photos

Onto Park Ave. Across the Benicia Bridge Start from Waterfront Park Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting at Martinez Waterfront Park and heading up to Fairfield for a visit to the Jelly Belly factory. After our stop there we continued north through Mankas to Gordon Valley Rd. before returning on Suisun Valley Rd. through Rockville and Cordelia.

Danville - Livermore ride 2016-02-13 71.7 km44.5 mi 3h:29m 19 photos

Starting out on Sycamore Ave. Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride by the Feather Pedals group as part of a series of conditioning rides leading up to the Cinderella Classic in early April. Today's ride started at the Park&Ride lot on Sycamore Ave. in Danville and headed out to north Livermore by way of Camino Tassajara, Highland, Collier Canyon, Carneal, and Manning.

San Ramon - Verona Bridge 2016-02-11 37.3 km23.2 mi 2h:04m 1 photo

Starting out from Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride on Tues./Thurs. mornings leaving from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes.

San Ramon - Walnut Creek - Berkeley ride 2016-02-10 109.4 km68 mi 7h:55m 33 photos

Pinehurst Stop at Moraga Commons Lafayette-Moraga trail Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting from Heather Farm in Walnut Creek and heading over to Moraga Commons and then up Canyon and Pinehurst to Skyline before descending on Tunnel into Berkeley. Our ride through town included stops at Performance Bike Shop and the original Peet's location where we had refreshments before tackling the climb up Spruce to Wildcat Canyon.

San Ramon - Dublin - Danville 2016-02-09 35.4 km22 mi 2h:28m 5 photos

Iron Horse trail Greenbrook Westside Starting out from Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride on Tues./Thurs. mornings leaving from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes.

Las Trampas Hike 2016-02-07 9.2 km5.7 mi 2h:30m 27 photos

Starting at gate to Chamise trail Map

Outing of the East Bay Casual Hikers in Las Trampas Regional Park. Our route was on the following trails: Chamise, Mahogany, Chamise, Las Trampas Ridge, Corduroy Hills, Madrone, Virgil Williams, Del Amigo, Sulphur Springs, Trapline, Mahogany, Chamise.

Danville - Lafayette - Alamo ride 2016-02-06 72 km44.7 mi 3h:30m 12 photos

Newell Olympic Blvd. Start at Park&Ride on Sycamore Ave. Map

Ride by the Feather Pedals group of the Valley Spokesmen club. Part of a series of training rides leading up to the Cinderella metric century in early April.

San Ramon - Sunol 2016-02-05 52.3 km32.5 mi 3h:28m 3 photos

Hopyard Regroup at Sunol RR station Start from San Ramon Central Park Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on odd-numbered Fridays. Today's ride started at San Ramon Central Park and headed south through Dublin and Pleasanton to Sunol on Foothill Blvd. Our return was along Pleasanton-Sunol Rd. to Valley Blvd. with a short stop at the Corner Bakery and then Hopyard north to the BART station and continuing on the Iron Horse trail.

San Ramon - Castro Valley - Moraga - Danville loop 2016-02-03 71.8 km44.6 mi 4h:07m 12 photos

Regroup at Marciel Gate Redwood Rd. Bay Trees Park in Castro Valley Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride using a modification of our usual 'Moraga Loop' ride by heading over to Castro Valley on Norris Canyon Rd. instead of Dublin Canyon. From there we followed the usual route up Redwood, Pinehurst, and Canyon into Moraga where we stopped for refreshments and then continuing past St. Mary's into Lafayette before returning on the Blvd. and Iron Horse trail.

Danville - Windemere - Las Trampas ride 2016-01-30 62.3 km38.7 mi 2h:59m 11 photos

Starting up Windemere Pkwy Camino Tassajara Start at Park&Ride on Sycamore Ave. Map

Fourth in a series of Feather Pedals conditioning rides leading up to the Cinderella metric century in April. Starting at the Danville Park&Ride lot on Sycamore we rode out Camino Tassajara to Windemere/East Branch and then over Old Ranch to Alcosta. From there Norris Canyon took us to Bollinger Canyon and out to the Las Trampas area at the end of the road.

San Ramon - Livermore - Pleasanton ride 2016-01-29 49.4 km30.7 mi 3h:05m 8 photos

Trail along Jack London Camino Tassajara 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. Today's ride took us through the Windemere development and then Fallon/Jack London into Livermore before returning along Stanley to Pleasanton. After a stop at Specialty's we returned along the Iron Horse trail.

Dublin - Castro Valley 2016-01-28 43.4 km27 mi 2h:54m 17 photos

Dublin Hills Park in Schaefer Ranch Starting out from Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery Map

Valley Spokesmen club ride on Tues./Thurs. mornings leaving from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes. Today's route was a bit shorter but hillier than usual for this ride series. We headed east to the end of Dublin Blvd.

Dublin - San Ramon loop ride 2016-01-26 46.2 km28.7 mi 3h:03m 7 photos

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Valley Spokesmen club ride on Tues./Thurs. mornings leaving from the Dublin location of Livermore Cyclery and using various routes.

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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