Tucson Area Rides Thread

Seems like 8-15-13 is gonna work best for most people, myself included.

I'm thinking a meetup at the Speedway/Houghton Circle K at 7:30 am the morning of the 15th and heading up Redington from there.

I'll see if I can get in on this. I might try Chiva again on Thursday or Friday. We took trucks up there on Saturday, and when you get into the wash area with the trees, you go left and it takes you to the chiva pools - very nice! Rained in the whole regiona good bit last night!

I'd love to take a shot at Chiva falls again, but I can't make it this week.

I hope you do get in on the 8-15 DS loop though. I haven't gotten any PMs from anybody confirming that they want to go for sure, but it'd be awesome to get a real group ride together.

Any of you Tucson area riders that can make it up for this ride are more than welcome to join in on the fun!

Here's the linky:

http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=908255

Hope some of you Tucson riders can make it up for this ride, it should be a great time!

I'm in Tucson for about twelve days, including next weekend. Hoping to get in on the 8-15 ride but I'll have to see how the meetings at work fall. At any rate, I'm here with an R100GS and was wondering if anyone can recommend any nice, half-day routes I could either hit after work, get up early and ride, etc. Looking for dirt roads and GS-able trails. Wish I had my husky with me but 1,600 miles is a lot to ask of a 250cc thumper.

I'll be here next weekend as well if anyone is getting anything up on Saturday or Sunday. I WILL be riding those days either in a group or alone -don't know where, but I will definitely be out there. Prefer it if I had some idea of where I should start

DS ride - Where?
Reddington to backside to catalina highway.
When? Sunday, September 1.
Meet at Tanque Verde Circle K at 7:30, tentatively.
Difficulty: Not*

Class: 650s, larger and smaller.

Distance: ~100 mi, 3 or 4 hours depending on what you do at the catalina highway. Some of us might explore some side roads while up there - eg. Bigelow, etc.



* Not expected to be

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Bummer I can't be out riding with yzccathy today, then. Oh well. Just got a spark on the quad, so I'll play around with that today

"...Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing - end them." W. S.

I salute you! Builders, makers, fixers, breakers - skeptics, believers, dreamers, achievers - for you turn the very wheels of progress!

So is there a ride on Sunday or not?

Sunday is a go! My parts just arrived for the DiRt350 too, so I might have an additional rider with!

"...Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing - end them." W. S.

I salute you! Builders, makers, fixers, breakers - skeptics, believers, dreamers, achievers - for you turn the very wheels of progress!

Where and When again?

5 posts ago, http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=22201054

"...Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing - end them." W. S.

I salute you! Builders, makers, fixers, breakers - skeptics, believers, dreamers, achievers - for you turn the very wheels of progress!

Anyone coming in the morning to reddington/mt. Lemmon backside ride, feel free to text me @520-82zerro-929zerrro.
I'd hate for someone to get left behind! Though it wouldn't be hard to catch us if need be!

We had fun and the weather was perfect!
Photo quality is poor, sorry.











in my defense, i have taken better quality photos:
dave's photos

Thanks for posting those, Dave. Here's some more:








My bike has dreams of grandeur..








"...Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing - end them." W. S.

I salute you! Builders, makers, fixers, breakers - skeptics, believers, dreamers, achievers - for you turn the very wheels of progress!

Ride Name: Redington 1/12 Ride
Date: 1/12
Meeting time: Noon
Meeting location: Last Circke K gas stop on Tanque Verde.
Estimated Length of Ride: 40 mi tops
Difficulty: Cathy difficulty = medium
Notes: (I'll be in my 200 2T. Bring water. NOT noob friendly; fast paced...)

I'm hesitant to ask, but it would be better than finding out I'm not up for the ride after it starts.
If the ride is dirt roads, what do you call "fast paced"?

I don't think they are going to be riding roads. More like trails and maybe some single track. Lots of rocks.

Russ

I saw that there's a little single track up there, but don't have a grasp on how much. Is it pretty vast?

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The spear has been shaken!!

No, it isn't that much and technically it is quad track. It is probably 5-6 miles total. It is a nice diversion from the jeep trails.