Mountain Biking TUCSON AZ - Enchanted Hills LOOP- Rocky + Challenging! Rugged trails to BUILD SKILL
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- My first experience mountain biking in Tucson Arizona! I found it to be quite the workout- physically and mentally. Rocky AF! Also, a great experience and I also got some good intel on where to go next in Tucson by talking to local riders I met there. For this ride, I started at 36th Street Parking lot, took the 36th Street Trail to Sarasota, winding through a mountain valley, up and down until getting to the back side of the loop where I took David Yetman Trail to start heading back. Little cat was a cross canyon rough trail to jump onto Explorer trail. This trail was fun, rough, and rocky...there were defiantly a few HABS. Then I took Max Shemwell Trail, which was a fun and faster downhill decent from Explorer back to 36th Street Trail. #bikerchick #mountainbike #santacruz #arizona #plantpower #vegan #lovebike #tucson #biking #rocky #trail #explorer #cactus #bikes #santacruzbicycles #mountainbiking #az
00:00 Intro
02:03 36th Street
06:46 Sarasota
16:04 David Yetman
18:52 Little Cat
22:04 Explorer
26:44 Max Shemwell
29:35 Back on 36th Street
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Loving the Solo mission, stay safe 💪 and see you on the trails 🙏
Thank you!!
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🤣
😂 thank you!
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.
I will definitely go to Tucson again soon and those places are on the list…any camping spot recommendations are helpful! Thank you for watching 😊
SO GOOD! Sara you absolutely killed it! That route is super tough. Loving your videos! I was hoping you were going to make it here. Enjoy!
Wow, thanks!
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.
Thank you so much for all those tips!! Next time in Tucson I’ll definitely get to some of those spots 😄
Epic ride… I’m getting my Van ready for my west coast trip & I’m hitting this loop.
Great video…. cheers
Thanks! It was a great ride you will have such a nice time out this way…the weather has been great!
Nice video. I like the simple ambient sounds of just riding a bike without music, as most TH-camrs do. Looking foreward to more!
Sweet! Thanks
If you are ever back out in Tucson, the 50 year trail complex is in my opinion some of the best riding around town.
Awesome thank you for the tip..,I will definitely be back in Tucson and that’s top of my list! Also what about mt Lemmon?
@@Sara.Jo.yeah certainly beautiful and technical up on the mountain.
Shred on 🤘
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Awesome vid. 👍👍 Have you tried Sweetwater preserve right down the road? Slightly flatter and less rocky but a ton more saguaro.
No I didn’t, I hear about it and read some things…next time I’m in Tucson it’s on my list! Thank you for the recommendation ☺️
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.
Awesome, this is a great ride and was very challenging but worth it
The downhill section at 30:33 between the cactus looked rad! New subscriber here.
It was!!
Good riding
Thank you
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 🌵
Awesome thanks for the suggestion!!
nice ride ! will have to check this one out!
Yeah, and it also connects to Tucson Mountain Park and there are a ton more trails. Definitely could make an entire day out of this area
Great video and riding. Sure looks like a great place to ride. Pedal safe
Thank you 😊
The awkward moment at 26:30 when he repeated what you just said, is why I dread talking to people on the trails! 😂
Hahaha
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.
iI’s a different world there, that’s for sure…I’m just waiting to see how hot it actually gets out here during summer!
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. 💪
Love the comment! Thank you!
pretty cool trail actually!
Yeah it was cool…different and unique and that rocky terrain keeps it constantly interesting!
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 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 tips, thank you!!
nice ride!
Thanks!
You finally came to Tucson eh? You rode some really good trails.
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
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!
Sweet! I agree, I like the rocks once in a while, it’s way less boring. I’ll have to make my way back there for sure
Honeybee is ok, but she did a really good one. Honey bee is more of a blue green.
I got tired just watching you climb that!
That wasn’t even half of it 😂
I would have suggested sweet water
Next time I’m there, that’s on the list
As a Tucson native I cringe every time you pass those cactus 🙈
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Hi Sara really enjoyed your videos,just wondering what time of year this was
Thank you… A week or so ago. I believe it was January 10th
@@Sara.Jo. thank you
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.
Keep at it Robert!!
You're no slouch on those trails.
Thanks 😬
Are you going to the Sedona Mtb festival in March?
That sounds awesome, not sure yet where I’ll be in March though!
Hopefully you ride tubeless. That way if you get a needle in there it won't go flat!
Haha…Yes, I do. Maybe I was more scared of the potential of crashing into a cactus 😅
@@Sara.Jo. Ya that hurts. I know by experience. It takes days to get the needles out.
Oh man, that sounds terrible
Cholla cactus to the knuckles is the worst
@@dannyrivera9805 Ya Cholla's have barbs. I've hit golf ball into them and they go into the ball and that ball is gone.
1:54 Why in the heck does Pima County still have a ban on pedal assist EMTB's? They're just bikes to help pedal uphill. It's archaic thinking. 🙄