Southwest Bikes Sunday Morning Classic

Our CLASSIC Sunday morning ride begins a leisurally paced start at 7:30am with everybody slightly angry at the organizor for being late as usual. Promise of smooth sailing begins on Teneya at a 12 mile an hour pace then a gentle rise begins and tests those legs going up towards frontage. 6 miles in finds us at 95 and the Mount Charleston turn off. Beginers decide Starbucks sound good at this point and turn around for a healthy 12 mile round trip and a hot beverage as a reward. The rest of us form a paceline on 95 taking one minute turns into the usual headwind until we reach that spot which marks our sprint for bragging rights at Piaute overpass. Then Woo Hoo! down FAAASssst down to the golf coarse. What goes down must come up and we huff our way back up the way we came,..a little break and then a very fast pace to Frontage and on to Southwest Bikes where Starbucks welcomes us with seductive hot breath of coffee aromas, 24 miles for us today!
Some hearty souls went on to Lee Canyon Turnoff turning this ride into a 44 miler.