It varies, sometimes I'll go two or three weeks without a day off which makes training or faster paced and / or longer mile group rides a pain in the ass.
Indeed the streets are pretty scary because of all the old people and tourism and rednecks in really big trucks, however your rednecks are tamer than the former Michigan rednecks in trucks I had to deal with.
I take 21st ave and end up on cortez and 66th which isn't too bad. After that its all bike lanes and ****.
I found some decent group rides and shops. I like Ryder bikes more than Ringling. Ringling seems to be more about roadies and the newest hottest gear.
Ryder has 10 speed race bikes hanging from the ceiling and asks me how my ride is / was every time I'm in.