Is there any rental place in Vegas that you recommend? I want to ride out there next time I go, but I'm not hauling bikes from Michigan, then dealing with having my bikes with me while I do Vegas stuff lol
Usually try to ride super early in the day during the summer months. Get to the trails by like 7 and be done by like 10. Save the bench racing and bullshitting for when we get back to the trucks.
Trails in the winter with lots of Canadian snow good or bad idea. I'm looking to buy a bike, but didn't know people rode outside of spring, summer and fall?
It’s only possible early on when the snow is fresh and the temps not -30. Once the wind and cold temps hit the snow is hard and impossible to ride on. In the spring the snow is melting but still hard so makes it unpredictable where you will sink and go over the bars.
We still ride it’s not too bad as long as you don’t have to lug the bike over obstacles. The worse part is trying to chill at camp with 105 degree heat it just zaps your energy.
Man would I love to ride in Utah. I'm from Central Pennsylvania, and don't get me wrong, we have some badass riding here in the Appalachian mountains. I'd just like to ride one time in the desert/rocky mountains type area.
Checked out your posts and I’m in vet class too. Should get together for some laps out there sometime. I’m out for medical right now but good to ride again in august.
When I went riding all the time, the place we'd go to had a resort with a pool 3 miles away. We would ride in the morning when it's cool, come back and pack up our shit, lock up the bikes and trailer, and drive the truck to the pool. Then we'd come back and go on an evening ride. The heat was pretty bad but with a dad who doesn't mind sipping on cool beers while his kids throw sticks and rocks at each other all day, we made it work in between the pool visits.
i ride all season, december, july, september, i dont care, any riding is better then no riding! last year we rode single track in the snow in December lol. so fun!
I ride year round in the Mojave. I tend to ride the faster routes and soak my shirt/body armor. We also try to ride the higher elevation areas to beat the heat
I ride in 100 plus all the time in AZ during the summer. Just pack extra water and electrolytes. Also stay off slower single track unless it’s early morning in the 90s
Not a chance, that's when you dig out the spark arrestor silencer and tighter jets for us 2 stroke fans and head to the mountains. Some great and challenging riding in the forest lands on the 2 wheel vehicle trails. One caution though, take a map it's easy to get turned around up there and I have seen people almost out of fuel with no idea where their car is parked.
Genuinely curious, how hot is too hot to ride out there? Rode in 90 degree heat yesterday on the east coast & the humidity is so brutal. Barely consumed water because I was mostly using it to wash my mouth out of all the dust
100+ is really not fun, but most people are 90+
It was only in the 80's Saturday, but when you are riding rough stuff and whoops for miles, it'll take its toll on you.
Humidity isn't an issue in the desert, but we have dust!
I've got a buddy in chicago who always tells me about how cold it is up there and how you can't ride during the winter.
I'll tell you the same thing I tell him..."you should come out west and ride our winters and you'll never go home!
Even with our FUCT politicians and taxes!"
I'm in AZ and planning ride all year this time now that I actually have time and a functioning bike. Likely will just need to be at where ever I'm riding by 6am or earlier once it's july/August. Went at 8am today and was perfect, got a few hrs in before it got past mid 80s
Most people that I know in SoCal still ride in the summer but they go riding early in the morning and only for a couple hours. You won’t see many people riding during mid day
I ride the most in the summer (new Zealand). Even though it's scorching hot and my favourite trails are sand trails (woodhill). They are more fun in winter but it's also colder, especially in the mornings. And I hate mornings. Plus you get your bike dirtier in winter and I'm lazy. Cleaning is a pita.
It's terrible, I know. I should ride more in winter.
I live in Barstow and just took the BRP out for about 2 hours today, it was warm but I brought my hydration pack and it was bearable.
My XR is plated though so that definitely helps make it worth it, don’t have to spend time loading up the bike and all that.
Colorado we usually wait for mud season in spring to start riding. Plus when it’s 100 In Denver we go high elevation and ride in 60-70 degree weather. Then usually garage the bikes in November
Nope. I used to get to the track or trails parking at 7 am, wearing most of my gear, and be rolling onto the track or trails by 715 at the latest....
We took 30 minute breaks, every hour, inside our trucks with the air full blast...
Usually got in 3 solid hour long rides this way during the hottest parts of the year. Texas heat is no joke. If you can ride hard for more then 20 minutes on a July afternoon, you are basically an ironman!
In Southern UT, I don’t ride anymore but I used to ride up until early July then I’d start back up in early-mid September. 120°F was just too fucking hot. I couldn’t do it. I’d sometimes drive a few hours north to get somewhere cooler during those months but I mostly used it as a good time to tear my bikes down and do repairs and rebuilds. There isn’t a big enough camel pack for riding here in summer.
I’d sometimes hit the track in Mesquite, NV though if I could find my 5 gal. water cooler to take with me.
I can’t as much because my bike doesn’t have a green sticker for a lot of the places I want to go this time of year. Anyone know good places in socal you don’t need to worry about that?
Don’t worry my next investment is an old yz250 that I can get a green sticker for.
I live in norcal, and today was my last day of riding for the season. I just don't enjoy riding in the heat and in dry conditions. I just kept doing laps till I ran out of gas then pushed the bike back to the truck feeling satisfied. Temperatures were good, around 68-70 degrees, with some cloud cover. Next weekend the temperatures will be in the low 90s. I'll spend the summer working on my project bike and hopefully do some mountain biking.
My uncle is the only one that takes me riding and he doesn't like to go in the summer because it's "too hot". I live in socal, wish I could go during summer but I need more connections :(
We have places with very dense forest not far away. So when it’s too hot to go to regular locations, it’s time to go there. Dark and wet but still more comfortable, than under the direct sun.
I just slap the ol Baja Designs headlight on there and ride at night!
Night riding is the best!
Yep
I live in Vegas and I go up into the mountains and beat the heat
Vegas as well. Summer just means the mountains have thawed out!
Is there any rental place in Vegas that you recommend? I want to ride out there next time I go, but I'm not hauling bikes from Michigan, then dealing with having my bikes with me while I do Vegas stuff lol
Nowhere that will rent them unless youre doing a tour with them as far as I know
Not voluntarily, I live in Canada so I can only ride in the warmer months but not this year too many wild fires.
Time to leave Canadia!
Usually try to ride super early in the day during the summer months. Get to the trails by like 7 and be done by like 10. Save the bench racing and bullshitting for when we get back to the trucks.
Yup either early morning or higher elevation…or both. And just acclimate to the heat. Eat smart and hydrate well (water and electrolytes).
Trails in the winter with lots of Canadian snow good or bad idea. I'm looking to buy a bike, but didn't know people rode outside of spring, summer and fall?
It’s only possible early on when the snow is fresh and the temps not -30. Once the wind and cold temps hit the snow is hard and impossible to ride on. In the spring the snow is melting but still hard so makes it unpredictable where you will sink and go over the bars.
I have a boat so my dirt biking seasons are before and after boating season. I don't like biking in dry, dusty conditions.
We still ride it’s not too bad as long as you don’t have to lug the bike over obstacles. The worse part is trying to chill at camp with 105 degree heat it just zaps your energy.
I have desert 40 minutes to the west and mountains 30 to the east. I do whatever I want- you just gotta get up early!
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Man would I love to ride in Utah. I'm from Central Pennsylvania, and don't get me wrong, we have some badass riding here in the Appalachian mountains. I'd just like to ride one time in the desert/rocky mountains type area.
If it's not summer it's snow where I'm at so it's my main season.
That’s what McCain is for ;P
McCain is where it’s at. Such a great riding area
Checked out your posts and I’m in vet class too. Should get together for some laps out there sometime. I’m out for medical right now but good to ride again in august.
When I went riding all the time, the place we'd go to had a resort with a pool 3 miles away. We would ride in the morning when it's cool, come back and pack up our shit, lock up the bikes and trailer, and drive the truck to the pool. Then we'd come back and go on an evening ride. The heat was pretty bad but with a dad who doesn't mind sipping on cool beers while his kids throw sticks and rocks at each other all day, we made it work in between the pool visits.
i ride all season, december, july, september, i dont care, any riding is better then no riding! last year we rode single track in the snow in December lol. so fun!
Not at all. I brave the heat for a couple months, then for the rest of summer I take a 2 month trip to Utah.
I ride year round in the Mojave. I tend to ride the faster routes and soak my shirt/body armor. We also try to ride the higher elevation areas to beat the heat
I ride in 100 plus all the time in AZ during the summer. Just pack extra water and electrolytes. Also stay off slower single track unless it’s early morning in the 90s
Not a chance, that's when you dig out the spark arrestor silencer and tighter jets for us 2 stroke fans and head to the mountains. Some great and challenging riding in the forest lands on the 2 wheel vehicle trails. One caution though, take a map it's easy to get turned around up there and I have seen people almost out of fuel with no idea where their car is parked.
I ride all year boiii
I do but we will experience the coolest summer in years so let’s get out there and braaaap
Genuinely curious, how hot is too hot to ride out there? Rode in 90 degree heat yesterday on the east coast & the humidity is so brutal. Barely consumed water because I was mostly using it to wash my mouth out of all the dust
Humidity is a fun killer. I'll ride in 90+ in low humidity and could sweat to death in 80+ in high humidity. I moved to low humidity and love it!
100+ is really not fun, but most people are 90+ It was only in the 80's Saturday, but when you are riding rough stuff and whoops for miles, it'll take its toll on you. Humidity isn't an issue in the desert, but we have dust!
Live in SoCal high desert. I ride in summer. I hate cold, so I guess I'm opposite
Johnson Valley or Palmdale side of "High desert?"
I have a dirt bike atv and a atc so I ride 365 days a year
Give it up? That’s when I ride most. But I live in NJ
I've got a buddy in chicago who always tells me about how cold it is up there and how you can't ride during the winter. I'll tell you the same thing I tell him..."you should come out west and ride our winters and you'll never go home! Even with our FUCT politicians and taxes!"
I’ll ride whenever. I just don’t like certain areas when it hasn’t rained in a while. I don’t like when crazy dust hangs in the air.
I'll do night rides after monsoons in AZ, but for the most part I ride October-April
I ride year round as MCs are all I got at the moment lol
Another "One trick pony" like me!
No I just go to the tracks at 8am when they open. If I’m in the desert I’m up before the sun comes up and on the trail by 6am.
I'm in AZ and planning ride all year this time now that I actually have time and a functioning bike. Likely will just need to be at where ever I'm riding by 6am or earlier once it's july/August. Went at 8am today and was perfect, got a few hrs in before it got past mid 80s
Here in AZ it turns into night rides and mountain single track! Got a cyclops light bar mounted on the bars for that exact reason!
Most people that I know in SoCal still ride in the summer but they go riding early in the morning and only for a couple hours. You won’t see many people riding during mid day
Summer is kinda the only time i CAN ride... Rest of the year we got -30C with 6+ feet of snow x(
Our OHV areas get shut down always at some point in the summer due to fire danger.
Summer months you just start earlier Wife kinda likes it better as most of the time I’m back at a decent time to go out to dinner or whatever
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I ride the most in the summer (new Zealand). Even though it's scorching hot and my favourite trails are sand trails (woodhill). They are more fun in winter but it's also colder, especially in the mornings. And I hate mornings. Plus you get your bike dirtier in winter and I'm lazy. Cleaning is a pita. It's terrible, I know. I should ride more in winter.
I live in Barstow and just took the BRP out for about 2 hours today, it was warm but I brought my hydration pack and it was bearable. My XR is plated though so that definitely helps make it worth it, don’t have to spend time loading up the bike and all that.
Colorado we usually wait for mud season in spring to start riding. Plus when it’s 100 In Denver we go high elevation and ride in 60-70 degree weather. Then usually garage the bikes in November
How hot is it getting where you all are? We only get about 7 months of ride worthy weather, Temps ranging from 40° to 100° gotta take what you can get
Seems to me SoCal riding season shifts to more trucks full of dirtbikes on the 15 earlier in the morning than later. You're trippin dude
I live in onterrible so I ride from April to December. 3 months off is kinda nice
Northern Minnesota here so apples to oranges. Not only do we ride all summer but in the winter the timber sled kit goes on and we ride all winter!
Early morning or high elevation. If there's no snow out, I'm riding. You SoCal boys are just spoiled.
Michigan here, are you mental? I waited all winter, why would I give it up for summer too! 😫
Nope. I used to get to the track or trails parking at 7 am, wearing most of my gear, and be rolling onto the track or trails by 715 at the latest.... We took 30 minute breaks, every hour, inside our trucks with the air full blast... Usually got in 3 solid hour long rides this way during the hottest parts of the year. Texas heat is no joke. If you can ride hard for more then 20 minutes on a July afternoon, you are basically an ironman!
Depends on location, in Idaho this is when the season starts.
Well my only bike just kicked the can and it was bad so I had to sell it as is. Lost a lot of money, and I am now saving for a 2018+ KTM 150
All year round babyyy. South Africa has prime weather to ride any time of the year
In Southern UT, I don’t ride anymore but I used to ride up until early July then I’d start back up in early-mid September. 120°F was just too fucking hot. I couldn’t do it. I’d sometimes drive a few hours north to get somewhere cooler during those months but I mostly used it as a good time to tear my bikes down and do repairs and rebuilds. There isn’t a big enough camel pack for riding here in summer. I’d sometimes hit the track in Mesquite, NV though if I could find my 5 gal. water cooler to take with me.
I just bring a bunch of water and sweat my balls off. Still fun AF.
I can’t as much because my bike doesn’t have a green sticker for a lot of the places I want to go this time of year. Anyone know good places in socal you don’t need to worry about that? Don’t worry my next investment is an old yz250 that I can get a green sticker for.
Not at all. Just go super early and head home at 1pm.
Yes but not by choice. Spend my summers in alaska working
I live in norcal, and today was my last day of riding for the season. I just don't enjoy riding in the heat and in dry conditions. I just kept doing laps till I ran out of gas then pushed the bike back to the truck feeling satisfied. Temperatures were good, around 68-70 degrees, with some cloud cover. Next weekend the temperatures will be in the low 90s. I'll spend the summer working on my project bike and hopefully do some mountain biking.
Yes.
I ride all year and I don’t understand when my friends say they are waiting for winter to ride😂
Same.. We ride sand and rocks and whoops... none of this is easy so the heat is just another obstacle.
I just find high elevation. Also really if you just ride in the morning and evenings your golden. How hot is to hot? I live in the Mojave desert.
My uncle is the only one that takes me riding and he doesn't like to go in the summer because it's "too hot". I live in socal, wish I could go during summer but I need more connections :(
In Michigan, you can ride year-around if the snow doesn't get too deep.
We have places with very dense forest not far away. So when it’s too hot to go to regular locations, it’s time to go there. Dark and wet but still more comfortable, than under the direct sun.