MT. LEMMON - A CYCLIST'S PARADISE!
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- Come along as I tackle the legendary Mt. Lemmon climb in Tucson, AZ. This is one of the most famous climbs among professional cyclist in the US and is a breeding ground for cycling snowbirds during the winter months!
Filmed with GoPro Hero 6, GoPro Hero 3+ and GoPro Session.
Instrumentals by:
Jeff Kaale - Bae
Joakim Karud - Summer Vibes
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In 1984 I was stationed at DM Air Force base Tucson az. I purchased a brand new Peugeot road bike. I rode up to my Lemmon from the base in mid summer. 38 years later and I’m back in Tucson.
Cool tune ,digging the vibe
Great to watch this video! I rode Mt Lemmon in 93 I think, in April. Had to to go around a mud slide halfway in my ride. Like you I turned around when there was all this snow at the side of the road, and it got pretty cold. It was the end of the afternoon, 4 o'clock. Surreal, but I could hear voices when I stopped. That appeared to be some rock climbers, high above me on a rock face. I have no idea how far up the mountain I was. And of course I was back in the desert, and Tucson, in a jiffy ... It seemed! Great memories!
Never been in Arizona looking forward to visit and bring my bike with me and do mountain lammon .
camped there about 25 years ago first campground on left run by boy's town young men. $.10.oo a night.
Good call and not proceeding on in icy conditions. I had the experience of not using such good judgement and was going about 20 mph on flat ground and hit a slick spot and went flying. I had taken my gloves off since had warmed up and first came down on my left hand and cartwheeled over and slammed might right side of my body. By the end of it all, I bloodied the palm and knuckle of my left hand, the knuckle on the pinkie of my right hand plus had a strawberry right above my right knee and on the side of my right elbow. My helmet was scuffed up and destroyed my nice Nike sports coat but it did save me from road rash. It also messed up my bike a little bit. I was lucky i was able to walk away from it.
i live 40 feet from you thanks for the video man!
Awesome video. Brings back memories of when I spent a month in Tucson tagging along with the Canadian Olympic team back in 1992. I remember thinking I could climb, but was in for a rude awakening. Steep 1 km ascents pale in comparison to the effort it takes to ride up these beasts. Note to those from eastern Ontario who travel to Tucson for early season training: If you're in shape, it really doesn't take a long time to drastically improve your times riding up Mt Lemmon. I was there for a month and was dropped barely two km's in to the ascent when I arrived. I never managed to hang with the fittest, but by the end of my stay I could do 8-10 km's before blowing up. Never managed to stay in contact with Olympians and pros, but I was strong like bull when returning home.
Thanks for the video!! Heading from Boston to Tuscon this weekend and plan on climbing Lemmon on Monday morning for the first time.
Great video. Great ride. I've done it twice, 4 hours each time for this old man. Would have loved to have seen a speed shot on the descent.
Thank you for making this. I’m climbing Mt. Lemmon in March and I’ve been combing TH-cam looking for vides of the climb. This is by far the best. Awesome job!
Excellent video, Matt. I'm hoping to try this climb myself in the spring. Grateful to know what to anticipate.
What size cassette are you running in this?
I was checking this video after being amazed by zipping bicycles down the slope of Lemmon. Want to know the max speed you hit while riding down. Thanks again for sharing.
Maybe like 45mph or so depending on the winds.
wondering about the 120bpm HR?
Sky Island. Catalina, Mountains. Tucson, AZ.
What a great place I would love to have a go at that. I'm from the UK
Not quite the top at Summer Haven. True distance is about 27 miles. The last road past the ski lodge is the steepest stuff ever, over 16% at many spots.
Wow, cool video! We just drove up it and wondered how anyone could bike ride all that uphill distance! 👏
JoshRimer yeah she's a beast for sure!
This is such an excellent video. I'm a professional Media educator and have watched many cycling videos; this is by far the best for photography, editing, length, music and overall quality. A joy to watch! I'm also a cyclist, soon to move from New Hampshire to Tucson. Your inspirational video has given me one more confirmation for moving to Tucson! Thank you and well done!
Diane Bourke, New London NH
Started the ride sweating.. froze to death at the top, wind blowing like a hurricane... couldn't squeeze my brakes hands so cold.. all good.
Nice ride! What glasses/goggles are you using?
Awesome video! I'm totally doing this. On my motorcycle though. His heart rate didn't go over 85 I don't think! Mine jumps that high on The Loop. Excellent physical condition.
He has an almost constant BPM of 150'ish. Which is much more impressive, cause holding that for over an hour takes some real mental strength!
I can't even handle a little steep hill by my house, I can't imagine climbing an entire mountain!
Thanks for sharing! How did you get the speed/power/map/elevation to display as an overlay on the video? Is that a GoPro feature or Garmin? If you can point me in the right direction that would be great. I'd love to get something that would overlay stats like that on my videos.
I use Garmin Virb Edit software to be able to do it
I sure miss Tucson, moved to DFW and no hills to climb.
Love Tucson!
42nd most difficult US climb per The Complete Guide to Climbing by Bike
Brah 55 degrees climbing is perfect weather I didn’t even climb Haleakala with that much clothing 😂🤷🏼♂️🚴🏼
probably wasn't 55 degrees in Paia when you started, never is.
how hard is it? does everyone stop for breaks? I guess it's hard to imagine until you try it
It pretty hard as it's so long and you are at altitude for most of it. You can stop whenever you want
i'm thinking about doing a bit of solo training camp out there in March. is there an ideal part of tucson to stay? mostly concerned with being able to ride from my door to the goods roads. also, walking/riding distance to stores would be cool too. thanks for the vid!
n0twist1 we are on the East end of town and it's super easy access to lemmon and open roads to the east like pistol hill. Grocery store is half a block away as well! Check out my Strava and you can see all the rides I've been doing and it will give you the best idea!
What kind of bike did he ride?
What does one do for water on a climb that long? You just have the 2 bottles going up?
You can stop at the very top as theres a little town with a general store but I didn't make it that far due to the snow
ha so yes they somehow make it on 2 waters. My wife and I almost need 2 waters to ride small parts of the Loop!
I just did it! Fun but super trafficky. So so so many cars. Not my kind of paradise tbh.
Nice work! Yeah I always avoid it on the weekends as thats when it usually busy but weekdays its not bad at all
Matt - what is the name of the song and artist of the 2nd half of your video?
Live in Goodyear, planning to train on South Mountain in Phoenix, about 7 miles long and 1,500 feet of climbing. Only way to replicate the mileage of Mt Lemmon is to do repeats. I think the climb tops out about 2,500 ft. Concern is the elevation gain on Mt Lemmon. How would you suggest I train for that aspect?
I've actually done some riding on South Mountain a few years ago. Training for climbing is like training for anything else really as you are training that specific energy system rather than that specific effort. You can simulate similar training with long, low cadence intervals on flats or just working with what you have and doing intervals or repeats on south mtn
Come on man! No speed or power overlay on the descent? Not acceptable.
Hey, any chance I could use a bit of your footage as part of a background video I'm making for a new Mount Lemmon shuttle service that's beginning this year? Please let me know :) please give me a quick call if so. My cell is on the front page at reelworthy.com
Yeah man go for it!
Hey man, thanks a million!!! By chance, if I send you a dropbox folder, could you drop the video into it? I could download it from one of the TH-cam-rip-off sites, but it's not as good. If so, just shoot me text message of your email address and I'll share a dropbox folder with you. Either way, THANKS A MILLION :D