I did all of my AZ riding out in the East Valley. My parents retired to wintering Apache Junction - and then what is now Gold Canyon. I Bought the Miyata 710 in Tempe five years ago from a graduating AZ State student that didn't want to ship it back to the east coast... I kept it at my mom's place out there to give me something to do when she wasn't napping or whatever...

On my yearly week-long visits out there - usually sometime between January and March when I needed a break from Cleveland winters - I rode the Miyata as far west as Mesa 20 miles to the CAF Air Museum at Falcon Field, or farther south as far as the 30 miles to Florence - Those are one-way distances. I really wanted to ride US60/SR79 all the way to Tucson (80 miles) to visit family there, but mom passed away two years ago so I shipped the bike back home....

Would I want to be riding out there this time of year? Nope.