Challenging Cycling in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona

This mixed-surface bicycle ride began and ended in the Sonoran Desert, between Phoenix & Tucson, Arizona, USA

Sonoran Desert:
"The Sonoran Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Sonora) is a hot desert and ecoregion in North America that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the Southwestern United States (in Arizona and California). It is the hottest desert in both Mexico and the United States. It has an area of 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 sq mi)." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoran...

In this video, JOM of the Gravel Cyclist crew solo rides the Pure Sonoran route designed by the Dirty Freehub (https://dirtyfreehub.org). This route is deceivingly easy early on, but due to the ever changing nature of mixed-surface cycling, conditions become very challenging later in the route. It is suggested you do not ride this route solo. This area is remote and desolate, and there is no cell phone coverage. Water is available near the trailhead seen in this video. JOM was riding the fabulous No. 22 Drifter Adventure Titanium bike, review coming later.

Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to the Sonoran Desert, Arizona!
0:27 No. 22 Drifter Adventure Review Bike
1:16 Cow Crossing
2:19 Easy Going Thus Far
3:12 Snake Rescue
4:57 Welcome to the Arizona Trail
5:22 Trail Maintenance
6:27 Plenty of Singletrack
7:30 Sandy Conditions
8:02 Tough Doubletrack
9:39 ATV's Beat Up the Roads
10:54 Return to Pavement
11:26 Closing
12:13 General Madness

Links of Interest:
Dirty Freehub - https://dirtyfreehub.org

Pure Sonoran Route (pay attention to the difficulty of this route, particularly towards the later half) - https://dirtyfreehub.org/routes/arizo...

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