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norcalbiker
09-08-2006, 01:53 PM
Anyone here from Vegas? I'll be visiting my brother next week and bringing my bike. Where is a good place to ride?

TIA
sellsworth
09-08-2006, 02:01 PM
I'm from Reno. Close enough?

I would ride up Kyle Canyon (highway 157) or Lee Canyon (highway 156) towards Mt. Charleston.
stevep
09-08-2006, 02:30 PM
toward red rocks. not bad out there.
davids
09-08-2006, 02:31 PM
This probably isn't what you're looking for, but...

I went out to Blue Diamond and rented a mountain bike from the Bike Outpost (http://www.bikeoutpost.com/). As a New Englander, I'd never ridden anything like that terrain, and I had a complete blast. I was there in October, and the weather was ideal.

As far as road riding, :confused: . Good luck!
slowgoing
09-08-2006, 02:42 PM
Head north up the 15 a few hours to St. George, where the rock start to turn red. Beautiful riding up there. You won't regret it.
bcm119
09-08-2006, 02:49 PM
+1 on the Red Rock Canyon recommendation. Its about 15 miles west of town, and has a "scenic drive" that is a fantastic little paved loop with some good rollers. I would just drive out there and ride the loop a few times.
SoCalSteve
09-08-2006, 02:56 PM
]+1 on the Red Rock Canyon recommendation[/B]. Its about 15 miles west of town, and has a "scenic drive" that is a fantastic little paved loop with some good rollers. I would just drive out there and ride the loop a few times.


Word! 2 hours outside of Vegas...Great road riding. Start at the base of Snow Canyon National Forest and climb up....At the top, go right and you will have about a 1/2 an hour of rollers. Great fun!

Steve
ada@prorider.or
09-08-2006, 04:18 PM
awesome is to go to henderson and lake vegas
as well the road behind this towords Utah
would be a great ride
MadRocketSci
09-11-2006, 08:57 PM
Here's the map for the Las Vegas Century:

http://www.vegasbikeclub.org/century/04century.jpg

the highlights imo are the 159 leg (make sure to detour into the Red Rocks loop as others have said) on the west-sieed and the Lake Mead area (east-sieed). Lake Mead is nice, rollers galore, and pretty windy the day I rode it.

The rest of the ride is mostly plazas and mini-malls, with some hills through the subdivisions.
sellsworth
09-11-2006, 10:53 PM
Anyone here from Vegas? I'll be visiting my brother next week and bringing my bike. Where is a good place to ride?

TIA

Do you like to climb? Are you going to be there on the 16th? If so:

http://www.mountcharlestonhillclimb.com/

I would take cycling near Mount Charleston over the other recommendations - partly because I like to go to the cooler temperature zones