I finally managed to get in a ride on Lemmon with my new bike to test it out. It was cool up there (49 degrees) and, at time, very windy (25mph gusts?), but overall it was a good day.
I started at Middle Bear and got to Summerhaven in 1:26 just cruising in zone 4 with no big push. Had coffee and cherry pie before starting back down.
That first pic is from about a mile above Windy Point looking back at Tucson. The second pic a very late pic of fall colors. I was a bit late this year.
--Larry- the water faucet is still on at Paradise
--Barry & Scott - too late for good leaves. This pic is of the only tree that still had a bunch of leaves. (Let's do next year's climb in October for good colors)
On the way down from Windy Point to Middle Bear was really windy with very big gusts so I had to slow a bunch through that section. No need for my disc brakes. I had to work hard to go over 20 mph downhill!