I used to live in Las Cruces. There is so many great rides there, especially on the mountain bikes. Hope you were able to eat at a few of the good spots while in town.
Thanks again. That looks pretty perfect! Love my local amazing steep climb to an old radar station in the middle of nowhere off a long section of gravel road. Up in around 39 minutes and down in about 8 :)
Cool video - you definitely weren't in FL! Since I'm originally from Los Angeles, I love the desert! Love the wide-open expanses with the great views (of course we have great views here in Denver, too with a ton of gravel roads close-by). Yeah, the wind blows pretty good when on the desert, which can make for a sucky ride. That sucks about having to crank uphill with only 32 in the back. My knees ache just thinking about it... Thanks for sharing, sir
Some of this area reminded me of the northern part of my Aussie home state of South Australia. I enjoy the solitude and desolation of desert-like areas!
I live in Las Cruces and ride a 40mm slick in the sand. Yeah it's like the Netherlands with the wind. Doesn't look like you use Strava anymore and I didn't see your route on your webpage, it would be nice to see your routes, or am I just missing them somewhere?
I upload to Strava maybe once a year? Not a fan to be honest. I will likely be adding some of my routes from the most-recent roadtrip to the website soon. They likely need some tweaks because as usual, my plan went awry along the way :)
Thats The Blue Mesa Climb a 90 mile round trip from Cruces out n back if you do pavement all the way. Las Cruces has 350 days of Sunshine and 333 days of Winderrrr lol
I used to live in Las Cruces. There is so many great rides there, especially on the mountain bikes. Hope you were able to eat at a few of the good spots while in town.
I lived in SE New Mexico for many years. Can never forget that wind and dust. But I love it out there. Thanks JOM!
Thanks Bob!
Thanks again. That looks pretty perfect! Love my local amazing steep climb to an old radar station in the middle of nowhere off a long section of gravel road. Up in around 39 minutes and down in about 8 :)
Looks like a fun descent! Thanks for video.
Cool video - you definitely weren't in FL!
Since I'm originally from Los Angeles, I love the desert! Love the wide-open expanses with the great views (of course we have great views here in Denver, too with a ton of gravel roads close-by). Yeah, the wind blows pretty good when on the desert, which can make for a sucky ride.
That sucks about having to crank uphill with only 32 in the back. My knees ache just thinking about it...
Thanks for sharing, sir
Some of this area reminded me of the northern part of my Aussie home state of South Australia. I enjoy the solitude and desolation of desert-like areas!
Also, you ought to post where you're heading. I live real close to Corralitos ranch and could have put you up for your stay and ridden with you.
I live in Las Cruces and ride a 40mm slick in the sand. Yeah it's like the Netherlands with the wind. Doesn't look like you use Strava anymore and I didn't see your route on your webpage, it would be nice to see your routes, or am I just missing them somewhere?
I upload to Strava maybe once a year? Not a fan to be honest. I will likely be adding some of my routes from the most-recent roadtrip to the website soon. They likely need some tweaks because as usual, my plan went awry along the way :)
Thats The Blue Mesa Climb a 90 mile round trip from Cruces out n back if you do pavement all the way. Las Cruces has 350 days of Sunshine and 333 days of Winderrrr lol
Thanks Ron!
Nearly fat bike territory out there with that sand. Good work!
Worst of the sandy spots came when I was riding north into a block headwind on 700c x 38mm. Whee!
@@GravelCyclist Go phat or go home! LOL All kidding aside, 38mm in sandy conditions with a headwind has got to be soul-sucking. :)
@@karlr6810 It was a smidge soul-sucking, err. Thankfully I have good skills riding sand :)
What size tires are you running on your bike?
In this video, I was running 700c x 38mm. I generally prefer 700c x 43mm.
Maybe one day you will ride on a downhil bike, what's the difference with gravel
Well, I was on a very fast paved descent...
Fat Bike country. That coyote .:))
Haha. I was stoked to get so close before the Coyote learned of my presence.
Jornada rd
Nice, Tony has "tribal knowledge" of the local roads.
@@GravelCyclist I lived there 20plus years. Got a lot of time in that desert
Riding in the wind kinda sucks the energy out you!
Until that tailwind, which was absolutely mega on that day.
Those cows have it pretty hard to make a living off that desert
I spotted a few cows off in the distance, they at least looked healthy.
Sounds like you had to make a effort .
A wee bit.
Typical New Mexico and very windy, worse than Tucson, AZ
Yikes!