Training in Las Vegas area

I've been to vegas 2 time and took my bike. Red Rocks canyon is a good ride, but its pretty hilly.
If you ride out of the south end of the strip, hit route 160, go past blue diamond and come back in
on the north end, the ride will be ~50 miles. If you add in Red Rocks it'll be about 60-65.

I've never ridded on the east side of the city towards Lake Meade, so I can't give any advice for
you there...

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So, the hubby & I are going to Vegas next week. Business for him, mini training camp for me. :-)
(The casinos will get old fast!) We heard about

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great area to ride outside of town with some good climbing called Redrocks Canyon, so I'm planning
on doing some training out there, but having

never

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been there, I was wondering if anyone has any "insider tips" for me, like:

-is it ride-able from the city (we'll probably have a rental car, so

driving

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out there is an option). -what's the weather like this time of year -any recommended routes -
anything else I should know

Also, does anyone have a weekday faster group ride I could tag along with. I'm thinking a whole
week of riding alone will get boring fast. We'll be there Feb.1 through Feb. 6, leaving Friday
morning.

Reply here or email me directly.

Thanks!

Suz

Moved from Vegas 10 years ago but I'll give it a shot.

"Suz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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We heard about a great area to ride outside of town with some good climbing called Redrocks
Canyon, so I'm planning on doing some training out there, but having

never

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been there, I was wondering if anyone has any "insider tips" for me, like:

-is it ride-able from the city (we'll probably have a rental car, so

driving

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out there is an option).

Yes, it's 17 miles west of the Strip out Charleston Blve. map at
desertusa.comlasvegasmap.jpgOpen ↗

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-what's the weather like this time of year

variable/nice - check weather.com

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-any recommended routes

The Canyon is a simple 13-mile loop. Other places to ride - out/back to Boulder City. Some more
challenging riding north of the city in Mt Charleston area.

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-anything else I should know

not sure what you mean by "good climbing" - canyon loop is a nice ride with one moderate hill of
1000ft climbing over 4-5 miles

check out the topo at topozone.commap.aspOpen ↗

Exceptional hiking (esp. this time of year) there if you're so inclined.

Enjoy the trip, Barry

In article <[email hidden]>,

Suz said:

So, the hubby & I are going to Vegas next week. Business for him, mini training camp for me. :-)
(The casinos will get old fast!) We heard about a great area to ride outside of town with some good
climbing called Redrocks Canyon, so I'm planning on doing some training out there, but having never
been there, I was wondering if anyone has any "insider tips" for me, like:

Check with the Las Vegas Valley Bike Club: vegasbikeclub.orgvegasbikeclub.orgOpen ↗. I rode with them once when
my wife was at a conference in LV, on a Thursday morning ride. It was a nice ride at an easy pace -
this was in the middle of June, so hard riding wasn't a good idea. It was around 100 deg when we got
back to the ride start.

Their ride schedule shows some rides scheduled for the time you are there.

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