Shift into the Weekend MTB Ride
Queen Creek, AZ · San Tan Mountain Regional Park · Mountain bike · Gravel
- When
- Third Saturday of the month, 7:00 amThird Saturday of the month. Start time slides with the season: 6:00 am on Sept 19, 7:00 am on Oct 17 and Nov 21, 8:00 am on Dec 19, 2026. Check in 10 minutes early.
- Starts at
- San Tan Mountain Regional Park, 6533 W Phillips Rd, Queen Creek, AZ Map ↗
- Pace
- Solid pace with regroups; gravel crunch and dirt flowNo-drop: nobody gets left
- Hosted by
- Santan Shredders Biking ClubClub
- Started
- 2013Santan Shredders' website says it was founded in 2013.
- Cost
- free; the park charges entry
- Kind of ride
- Mountain bike · Gravel
For visitors
Join the Meetup group, request to join, then RSVP. Bring water, snacks, a helmet and a spare tube. Park entry (as listed Sept 2026): a Maricopa County annual pass, $10 per vehicle, or $5 on foot or by bike. Some months the group also lists an edition at Usery Mountain Regional Park, so read the event's location.
First time on this ride? Here’s the drill
- Bring
- a helmet, water, a spare tube or patch kit, a way to pay for the stop.
- Arrive
- Ten or fifteen minutes before 7:00 am. Tell whoever's leading that you're new.
- Pace
- Solid pace with regroups; gravel crunch and dirt flow. It's no-drop: if you fall off the back, someone waits. That's the point of a group ride.
- Check
- Look at @santan_shredders the day of — that's where cancellations, weather calls and start changes get posted.
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About the Shift into the Weekend MTB Ride group ride
Shift into the Weekend MTB Ride is a mountain bike and gravel group ride in Queen Creek, AZ. It rolls third Saturday of the month at 7:00 am from San Tan Mountain Regional Park.
A monthly Saturday-morning mountain or gravel ride at San Tan Mountain Regional Park. The host calls it no-drop, with regroups often and a mix of gravel and dirt. Santan Shredders runs it on the third Saturday of each month.
Where to find them
Checked Sep 30, 2026 against source 1, source 2, source 3. Schedules change. Confirm with the host before you go.