Damn girl another perfect asmr ride. Need to put it in a bottle for later. This is true biking without having to jump major gaps and hospital visits, got the xrays to prove it🤣
Enjoying your channel and content. I live in Tucson and would also recommend some other trails and trail systems I think you would like and would be great for you to visit, besides 50 Year that you mentioned: Sweetwater Preserve, Honeybee Canyon, McKenzie Ranch, Vail Vortex, Fantasy Island, Mt Lemmon, to name a few of my favorites.
That's a fun trail to ride. Personally, I like starting from Genser. Normally I don't like technical climbs, but for some reason, that one clicks for me. I'm riding flats though. Looks like you didn't film anywhere else, but hopefully you hit Mt. Lemmon (Bugs-Molino Basin), Fifty Year, Honeybee in Oro Valley (26 miles of easy desert back country with great views of the cats and torts) and Sweetwater. Plenty of camping options at each spot.
This is a really cool looking ride. I do lots of rides in the Tucson area, and have never done this one. This is one I will have to check out. Tucson has some great MTB trails! Enjoy your time here.
So cool to see you here in the Old Pueblo. If you ride 50 Year Trail make sure to include Upper 50 and The Chutes. Enjoy your days here and the many trail options. New subscriber! Keep on rolling 🌵
Nice ride looks like a lot of fun little rough but I take it better than the snow I’m dealing with in the Northeast right now back on my fat tire bicycle in the snow
Ha! Yeah…my family in ME said they got another 8 inches of snow last night. Looks like it’s a pretty stormy winter for the northeast so far. At least you still get out and ride your fat bike though! ❄️
@@Sara.Jo. Heh, my family has lived in Maine the last 20 years or so....I lived there in 2015-2016 before moving out west (I'm over on the east side of Tucson across the street from Fantasy Island trail park). I don't miss the 6-7 months of crappy weather back east lol.
I lived down there last Winter for four months while working. Rode all the area's multiple times. You did a great job on this route. It can be done either direction. There is a lot more to explore out there. If you have time, check out Sweetwater Preserve, the Colossal Cave area. If you want more cc type terrain look into Hohokam Trail to the Makenzie Ranch section. It was built as a CC race coarse and it's flowy and fun. If you have time check out the Patagonia area. It's about an hour drive from Tucson south. There is a awesome loop that incorporates a good section of the AZT. Starts at the school in Patagonia for a great loop. Completely different than Tucson. Reminded me of northern California. Have fun.
AWESOME, you made it down to Tucson, my fav place in AZ due to the lush cactus forests there. I happen to like rocks and chunk so I get what you're saying. However, there is a great smoother surface ride there called Honeybee. Its a gentle climb up, then a long roll back down. Try it!
Yes I did finally make it down! Plus people keep telling me about all these other areas to ride it looks like I’ll have to go back and do more exploring
Hi. I just stumbled onto your channel and glad I did 😊. I live in Vermont but visit AZ every Spring to visit my parents who live in Sun City. I did a similar loop to you outer limits ride 2 years ago. What fun. My fav was Ground control. Spectacular views from the top and although a double black was very rideable. Last year I did Tucson for the first time, as I love Sedona so much, but there was flooding and mud/rock slides up there. I rode the East side. First day was a shuttle up with Homegrown Shuttle co. Started at bug Springs and ended on LaMilagrosa. I'm not normally a lift access or shuttle type of rider but OMG that is a must do. Chunky and technical for 4.5 hours with over 2k climbing and about 7k descending. Most memorable ride ever. We also explored the 50 mile trail and surrounding system for recovery day rides the next two days and loved the rolling hills and flowy trails. You have to try it. Highly recommended. I leave for AZ 2/29/24 and staying for 4 weeks this time, normally just go for a week to 10 days but I just retired from a 38 year career at IBM and going to ride my ass off for a month this time. I'm so stoked. If you are in the area during March I'd love to have a riding partner as I normally ride alone. I enjoy it but need to be a bit more cautious that way. Last years Tucson trip I had my Son along and it's was a good thing. Two Superman's over the bars. 😂 He is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and I feel a lot more confident when he is along, plus he keeps me in check when I start getting too nuts 😂 Anyway ... sorry for the long comment but I'll keep watching your AZ rides for new routes. Keep up the good work and ride on. 💪
Hey ... are you done riding AZ? I've been here now for about 2 weeks now. Riding Phoenix Sonoran Preserve perimeter loop, then heading to McDowell and then Hawes. Haven't seen a video for a while from you, hope everything is ok. Looking forward to riding the loops you filmed at McDowell and Hawes. Keep riding. 😊
Yes I’m still here riding all the time, waiting for the weather to get warmer in other areas so I can venture out and make more videos 😁 you are going to love hawes
I tried to go mountain biking for the first time in a while at rail-x and I am so out of shape, that every little hill I hit, knocked me off my bike and my fat-a** was walking! xD But it was fun, and painful. I haven't been able to bike around since i was younger since I can't really keep a bike in my current place and I just been working, and not being as physically active as I used to be. I do miss riding my bike.
I hope you were able to experience other trails that The Old Pueblo has to offer because I don't feel that these are that great of a representation to what is available here. I know not where you are from, or what type of weather you are acclimated to riding in, but I do hope that somebody stressed to you the importance of staying hydrated. I am assuming from the upload date that you were not here in the summer, but staying hydrated does apply all year round. People do not realize how much water they are sweating out in this type of environment because of the higher temperatures, and low humidity, sweat does not have a chance to build up on your skin, or in the fabric of your clothes. It will generally evaporate away before enough is accumulated into a small bead of sweat that you will feel roll down your skin. In this type of environ, by the time you realize you are dehydrated, it's too late. One needs to drink an ungodly amount of water to stay sufficiently hydrated here, especially in the summertime, which although I can not find the exact amount, I recall that during a summer's day, a rider could lose over 1.5 L of sweat in a single hour!!! So, if you should ever return, please be well-hydrated long before beginning any rides, and take more water with you than you think you will need!!! I hope you enjoyed your visit here!
Although one can spot wildlife around Tucson at anytime of the day, if you want to ensure that you definitely see some wildlife, you need to go out in the early morning hours, before the temperatures begins to rise, for that is the time when most animals are the most active.
I love all this info! I am someone who drinks a ton of water and needs to drink so much when I’m riding..,always a bottle or more than the people I sometimes ride with! What are some good places to ride in Tucson?!
