Long Valley Loop
My first “away” mountain bike ride, for which I prepared by riding what I call the Mega Church Loop, around mostly flat Moon Valley and […]
Bike Riding
Maricopa Trail: 119th Ave-Sun Valley Pkwy
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 7th segment of the Maricopa Trail. The Maricopa Trail is a 315-mile trail system around the Phoenix metro […]
Maricopa Trail: Lake Pleasant – 119th Ave
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 6th segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal is to hike or bike all 240 miles of the […]
Bike Neighborhood
I recently bought a new GoPro HERO10 Black. This after much consideration of other brands of action camera, including some that are mounted in sunglasses. […]
Pemberton Trail
McDowell Mountain Regional Park is a 21,099 acre Maricopa County park north of Fountain Hills and east of the McDowell Mountains. MMRP is immediately adjacent to […]
Biscuit Flat
I have not ridden my mountain bike since my ride along the Arizona Canal — aka the “Homeless Highway” — March 2, 2014, nearly eight […]
Ride for the Children
Ride for the Children is an annual mid-April charity bike ride to benefit homeless kids. Basically, it is a loop around Mummy Mountain. Note that […]
Cholla-Dreamy Draw Loop
Another fairly common bike loop of mine: Head east on Peoria into the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. Realize I had forgot my water. (Not a normal […]
Mega Church Loop
Listed as “road biking” as it was mostly canal, streets and bike paths, even though I ride a mountain bike. Down to Crack Whore Corner […]
Bike back from Trailhead Bike Cafe
The wind that felt so good when I was walking, sucked when I was biking it home. Sweating wrists dousing laptop as I type. It’s […]