Tucson Area Rides Thread

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Use the Tucson Area Bulletin Board to sort out logistics and once the date, time and meeting place are confirmed, then post your ride here!

Please post in the following format:

Ride Name:
Date:
Meeting time:
Meeting location:
Estimated Length of Ride:
Difficulty:
Notes: (ex: General route, big bike friendly; noob friendly; fast paced...)

Don't forget:

BROKEN BONES EXPECTED:

Only if you ride with Allyn

Let me give it a try.

Ride Name: Ruby Road Ride
Date: 2/7/10
Meeting time: 0700 Stands up at 0730
Meeting location: I19 & Continental (South side of Green Valley)
Estimated Length of Ride: 3 hours guesstimate
Difficulty: Depends on what the rains have done to it. Should be an easy to moderate difficulty. There is a side loop near the halfway point out Warsaw Canyon and back California gulch that should be a bit more difficult.
Notes: (ex: General route, big bike friendly; noob friendly; fast paced...)

Out to Arivaca south on Ruby road and up into the mountains. Either end up on I-19 just north of Nogales or we can turn around and come back the same way. The area is incredibly green right now. Potential for a couple of smaller water crossings. A couple of washouts along Ruby. There is probably some standing water in Calif Gulch.

Big bike friendly with a large Border Patrol presence to keep the bad guys away.

Any interest or better knowledge of the road conditions?

What's the date?

Feb 7, 2010 ?

woops was supposed to be this saturday 8/7/10. I got the day and year right. Isn't there a song about 2 out of three ain't bad?

Ride Name: Reddington/Chiva Falls Single Track
Date: 8/7/10
Meeting time: 07:15
Meeting location: Horse corals off Reddington Road (approx. mile marker 7)
Estimated Length of Ride: 3-4 hours guesstimate
Difficulty: This is 450cc and smaller territory. Moderately difficult single track turning to jeep/quad trails back to Chiva then loop back to staging area has some steep loose climbs and some stair steps.
Notes: experienced riders with some off-road skills who want to keep moving

Changed to 8 due to weather. See you all there. Skip

CANCELLED DUE TO HEAT

Ride Name: Charlou Gap
Date: 8/15/10
Meeting time: Stands up at 8:30AM
Meeting location: Staging area off N. Lago Del Oro Pkwy
Estimated Length of Ride: 4 hours
Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Notes: We will ride at the pace dictated by the group. Once over to Oracle one can decide to slab back 77 or back over the gap. Directions to staging area, North on Oracle Road to Catalina, turn right on E Golder Ranch Road to N. Lago Del Oro Pkwy. Turn Left on NLDOP and go about 2 1/2 miles. Staging area is on the right side of the road.

Ride Name: Ryan Field Ride
Date: Today, Now, Aug 14th
Meeting time: 9am ish
Meeting location: Ryan Field Restaurant
Estimated Length of Ride: However long it takes to eat
Difficulty: Easy Peasy
Notes: No Doggie Bags (Meg don't eat that people food eh!)

Ride Name: box/fish canyon
Date: Sunday 08/15/10
Meeting time: 7:30am
Meeting location: the roadrunner
Estimated Length of Ride: done around noon
Difficulty: easy, big bike and noob friendly
Notes: we'll be taking it slow, I haven't ridden dirt in a while and may be rusty!

Hey Kids, I might take a ride up to mt lemon on sat 8/21/10 on the pavement in the morning. My rehab is coming along and i'm jonesing for a little seat time, i will just blast up to the cabin, and come back down.Ride On Phil

Anyone riding this weekend? (if it's not too hot or raining?)

Hey Kids, We will be ridding up to Mt Lemmon on saturday morning on the pavement, Kevin on the DRZ, and Nigel on the new VStrom will be joinning me on the X, we will meet @ the McDonalds on the corner of tanque verde rd & catilina hwy @ 8:30. We will ride up to the top explore some of the camping trails grab a bite to eat and then roll back down. I would think we would be back to the starting point @ noon. Ride On Phil

Ride Name: Redington Road/Chiva area
Date: Sunday 08/22/10
Meeting time: 8:30AM (breakfast then ride)
Meeting location: Frank's Diner on Pima
Estimated Length of Ride: ? (depends on heat)
Difficulty: mid-easy, big bike (this might be an overstatement, but you can always go back) and noob friendly, no broken bones tour
Notes: Stock up on greasy spoon and then head to the land of guns and 4-wheelers (by-passing both). We will get in the dirt but nothing too tough (unlessen y'all want to). I am going to ride the new to me 640 Adventure just to test how adventurous it wants to be. Might go down to Castle Rock, who knows.

Good luck on the new bike.

Bill....quit ruining our "ride only's" thread. :huh

Oops...my bad. Sorry.

I rode one of the TW's today over to my dad's to pick up my KLR.

There.. I talked about a ride today.

FUTURE Rides Only!

Sheesh, go to the TARR!

The heat is getting to me and I've saved up enough vacation to take some time off so it is time to ride to some cool country and camp.

Ride Name: White Mountains Ride and Camp
Date: Starting 9/2 through 9/12
Meeting time: When you get there
Meeting location: KP Cienega (State route 191 just south of Hannigans Meadow)
Difficulty: You can make it what you wish
Notes: From Tucson it is just about equal distance from the south approach through Safford/Morenci or the north approach through Globe. About 5 hours either way. If you have taken 191 you have passed about 1 mile from the camp. KP Cienega is a small campsite of about 6 spots. Vault toilet. Incredible view. Lots of wood in the area had plenty of cut up logs and downed trees nearby. Small stream nearby with a great hike in the area to some waterfalls if your legs are up to it. Plenty of forest roads to explore. Running water available at Hannigan Campsite about 3 miles away. Showers reportedly available at Hannigan Meadow.

I may move down slope to another campsite that I've heard about called Blue. Reportedly sits at a lower elevation next to the Blue river. 28 mile dirt road access if I recall.

Here are some weather info sites. Zoom in and click on the satellite for a view of the area.

KP Cienega:
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...wc&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text

Blue:
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...58&site=twc&smap=1&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text