From the category archives:

South Mountain

Hot, hot, hot

April 7, 2009

Summer is here. We hit 92 today in the valley today. The hottest day of the year. I had planned on heading to the Goldfields for a little more exploration, but following my routine bike inspection I found a knob torn off of my Larsen TT. I replaced it with a Crossmark and a slime [...]

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Tour de SoMo AZSF 09

March 22, 2009

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My big ride this Spring Fling was South Mountain. Sure SoMo is right there in my own backyard, but there was still plenty I hadn’t explored yet. So when the option to ride a National Coast to Coast to Coast with Chad Brown came up, I planned on it.
Not many other takers [...]

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First Time Down Corona de Loma

February 3, 2009

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For only 1.5 miles of new trail, I sure made a long ride out of it… but it was so worth it. Corona de Loma is ultimate gnar. I will describe it as steep, exposed, sharp, big hunka hunka burning rocks, with drops. Fun as can be. I’m not ashamed [...]

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Goat Sessions

November 25, 2008

Goat has my goat. I spent lunch out under the cloudy sky today. I wanted to give Goat a second go, and a third and a fourthâ€¦ After almost cleaning the trail last week I thought if I adjusted the tire pressure, seat height and played around with gearing I could sail up the loose [...]

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I Rode a Goat on Desert Classic

November 19, 2008

I’ve ridden Desert Classic as an out-n-back from Pima plenty of times. But how far “out” I go varies…since I’ve never made it out all the way, I decided to shake up the normal routine. With a hankering for fresh, steep, and technical Goat, I set out yesterday at lunch from the Telegraph Pass [...]

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Classic Desert for Lunch

November 7, 2008

Wednesday I had lunch on Desert Classic: It consisted of a Power Bar Berry Blast Fruit Smoothie, Cherry Kool Aid and 14 miles of dessert. Kool Aid’s not your traditional performance hydration choice, but when I’m thirsty on the trail all I have to do is yell out Hey Kool Aid and you [...]

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Yesterday’s Ride Down Geronimo

December 28, 2007

I needed a mini epic so I headed to South Mountain. It was cool and breezy but still short sleeve and shorts weather for me, I wanted to climb.
I started at the 46th street lot and warmed up on Javelina. I love that trail. Then up Mormon to National to the [...]

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South Mountain Trails Google Earth Mapped

August 27, 2007

UPDATE: Click to see my newest South Mountain Interactive Map

What I post today is a work of art…a masterpiece in mapping technology. A local outdoor enthusiast who goes by the name Nothra Bin sent me his latest Google Earth map of South Mountain. He meticulously built the map using existing GPS tracks on the [...]

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