I believe we rode S to N. We started at the Bearfoot trailhead, off the 87, a mile or so SE of Strawberry. We rode to Pine Canyon Trail and then N on Pine Canyon, ending up on the 87 just E of the 260 junction.

Thank you! We hope to be back out and filming in a couple weeks.

Thank you! We’re doing better than expected as compared to the usual amount of time it takes to mend from our particular injuries. I hope to be back out on the trails sooner than anticipated.

@@azmountainbikingadventures2781 rply my 2nd comment.

Thank you. We really appreciate that. I have to say we have the best viewers out there. We’ve ever only gotten great support and nice comments from all of you guys.

Thank you. Just have to deal with some short term injuries. So far, there doesn’t appear to be anything that will have long term consequences. I can’t say much, but we’re also dealing with the legal side of things which requires us to abide by our doctors orders until we are released to resume normal activities. Even if that means no riding for a while. Otherwise, it could hurt our case.

I believe I had knee pads on that ride, but I dispensed with the elbow pads cause it was hot that day. I keep bugging Scott to get some pads since he likes to crash a lot. Lol

Thank you! We’re on the mend and doing pretty well.

Thank you! We hope to be back out in the trails filming in a couple weeks. By all means, stop us and say HI if you see us. We love meeting people and making new connections.

Thank you! We’re blessed in that we’re both dealing with injuries that are only short term. Nothing that will have a life long impact. We should be out on the trails doing our thing in a couple weeks.

I thought about going 27.5, but decided on 29 based on advice from multiple advanced riders. I road 26 up til almost two years ago. Climbing had me always trying to catch up with the 29ers, but I could out corner most on the downhill. I’ll have to take a ride on a 27.5 to see what it’s all about.

@@azmountainbikingadventures2781 Not just 27.5, but 27.5+ tires aka 650b+ tires. I run both 29 x 2.4 and 27.5 x 2.8 on the same bike. 29 is great for high speed straight line riding and covering big distances, but 27.5+ gives huge float and lower tire pressures (like 16 psi) to roll over rough stuff, and float over and through sandy stuff (while sacrificing some top speed). The tool has to match the task. Happy trails.

Hey Scott! Welcome to the channel. I was told by another MTB’r that lives in the area, that trail was in pretty poor shape as compared to others in the area. They’re supposed to be cleaning Barefoot up next year sometime.

Thank you for the comment Bruce. I’d say you’re about an hour plus by freeway from the Gold Canyon area, depending on where, in Goodyear, you will be staying. You’re basically gonna be at the opposite end of the valley from Gold Canyon. That being said, there are lots of great trails around the valley to which I will gladly drive an hour. Also, there are some spectacular trails near where you will be. White Tanks Regional Park and Skyline Regional Park are just north of Goodyear proper. And There is also Estrella Mountain Park to the south. Spring time in those areas are just about as spectacular as Gold Canyon. There are no fees for Gold Canyon. However, there are fees to get into any of the regional parks. Currently it’s $7 per car to get in.

You might also consider Browns Ranch. It’s a 7 mile by 7 mile preserve with miles of awesome, smooth crushed granite trails through huge granite rock formations and your quintessential desert plant life. It’s like someone took all the different desert plants around the lower half of AZ and threw them all together in one area. I’d say that area would rival Gold Canyon in the spring with the added bonus of all the cool rock formations. It’s one of our go to spots for riding. Again about an hour or so away, but worth it. And there are no parking fees. Hit us up here when you’re about to come down. We’d be happy to show you around to some of the premier trails around the Phoenix Valley.

To get to Gold Canyon, take the 10 freeway to the Tempe area, then jump on the 60 heading east. Go past Apache Junction, the freeway will end and you’ll start encountering traffic lights. Head North (left) onto S Kings Ranch Road until you get to Baseline Road. There is a small gravel parking area the on the SW corner of S Kings Ranch & Baseline. You’ll have to ride a little ways east, to the end of Baseline, to get to the gate, marking the trailhead.

I’ve been looking around at getting one. Just haven’t pulled the trigger yet. I haven’t tested the camera in low light since that time. I had it do something similar a while before that. - Low light with the camera facing into the sunset. I’m daily certain however that it’s a battery issue. The picture stabilization quits when the GoPro batteries get near running out. Usually have about 5 - 10 minutes after that point til it dies.

Yeah, I’ve considered getting a helmet light. Thank you for the tips.

So is charging you light before going on a night ride. Lol

Yes it is. It’s off of Stetson Valley Parkway, just north of Happy Valley. The road dead ends at the canal.

I believe we did this ride in late March. The video just doesn’t do the colors proper justice.

I was pretty nervous during parts of that ride. Lots of loose little rocks just waiting to slide you into one of those prickly puppies. And not to mention the hitchhikers that spin up off a tire if you even brush past one of those loose little buggers on the trail. I’ve had more than a few spin up onto an ear, shoulder, arm, etc. My partner in crime, Scott, was riding there a few weeks earlier and fell onto a hedgehog cactus. I actually wiped out recently and put my arm and hand into a dead one. First time of doing that in 20+ years of riding.

Thanks for the comment. We took a look at Dynamite and decided against it. You’re obviously a much better rider than us if you can conquer that.

@@azmountainbikingadventures2781 You certainly can do Dynamite. It will work your cardio, but it's fairly smooth to ride.

Correction: we were looking up at “Goldmine”, not “Dynamite”. Goldmine reminded me of a climb we attempted to do at Skyline Park, (way out west, SW side of the White Tank Mountains). Now I really want to go check out Dynamite!

@@azmountainbikingadventures2781 I've done Goldmine from the South side. The North Side seems to be sketchy with a lot of loose rock and steep.

We keep talking about getting e-bikes, but it’s just too cost prohibitive at this point. It took me a bit to talk the wife into getting the Giant. Lol. Maybe if this channel takes off and we can monetize. I would definitely love to have one for doing the long explores.

We already want to go back and check out all the stuff we bypassed.

Thanks David! It took us about 4 hrs to get To Yuma from the Valley, and about 20 - 25min from our hotel to get to the trailhead.

Yes. Definitely check it out. Lots of fun stuff. We only hit the outer loop, and not even all of that. Let me know how it was and if you hit any of the connectors that go across the loop. We’d love to get back there and do some more exploring.

Thank you for the comment. We looked at doing the longer loop, but by the time we got to Dynamite, we knew we just didn’t have it in us to do that climb. We’d like to go back and explore some of the connector trails. Perhaps we’ll try it then.

Have you been to Paloma or Sunrise Mountain? From what I understand, all are supposed to link up with each other.

Thank you for the comment. I primarily use GoPros for filming. It was a steep learning curve with the shooting, editing, and downloading videos to YT. There are some tricks to getting the best quality out of YT that we had to learn on our own. As to the riding. We’re pretty much old guys who love riding and aren’t out to race or do big jumps and dangerous black diamond trails . While we do take some risks, we know our limits and prefer to stay in one piece. Our goal is to cater to the casual and intermediate riders like ourselves. There’s lots of great trails out there that don’t require expert level skills.

Thank you for the comment. It wasn’t a great ride, but we had some fun. There are some trails SE of there that we thought about doing. They’re a little steeper and some are almost black diamond rated. But definitely more fun. We were just so whooped from our Bearfoot ride that we just wanted an easy pedal. There’s definitely some offshoots that we would like to go back and investigate.

Yes we have ridden Gold Canyon. In fact we have a video of a ride from this last spring. I don’t know of any group rides. That’s not something we do. However, you might check with some of the bike shops in your area. Someone usually has a line on group rides in the local area. We created this channel to help people like you find trails around the valley and state. Our videos will give you a good idea of what each trail is like and what to expect from the terrain. So far, our favorite trail systems are Browns Ranch (Granite Mountain) in NE Scottsdale, Hawes NE of Mesa, South Mountain -South Phoenix, and Sedona AZ. Sedona has some world renowned trails there. But it might be a bit cold this time of year.

@@azmountainbikingadventures2781 Thanks. I will take a look at some of your other vids.

Thanks for the comment. Getting to the bridge was our initial goal. We just ran out of time. Had to get back for an appointment. We hope to go back out and make it to the bridge.

What kind of trails / terrain do you have where you’re at? I hear there’s some great stuff in the Carolinas, Maine, Michigan, etc. we don’t have fall here, unless you’re up in the mountains, a few hours north of us. Even then we don’t get the color like I remember when I was a kid, living in Michigan.

It’s one of our favorite places and so far one of our favorite trails.

I’m still waiting for Scott to get a mountain bike so we can come have him show us around.