I mostly ride road these days. Are you out in the east valley? That is where I ride. I will have to look at Domenics one of these days. I like to go way out in the country when I ride. The ride' to Florence down the hunt hwy is good (come back on US60, some of the shoulders on this route are a little rough. Don't know how sensitive you are to rough shoulders, some riders I have ridden with really complain on anything but the smoothest roads!). I also like to Circle the San Tan mtns for a nice 85 mile trip (down bush hwy, over to Coolidge (resupply at wal-mart), up through Sakaton to Chandler and back to Hunt Hwy). Then there is always the Tour De Phoenix route, I usually start heading out the Bush hwy and cut off the shea boulevard part and take the Beeline back to Mesa for a nice metric century. I mostly ride solo as the club out here starts their rides a little too late in the morning for me. I usually have pretty busy Saturdays and like to get the ride done early. I should be finding all sorts of new routes this summer and fall as I am going to train for the Cochise County ride in October (assuming I can find a support team). I just got into road riding last July. I am not very fast yet (I average between 17 - 19 mph depending on terrain) but I am getting faster as the months roll by.

Almost forgot, a nice 1.5 (at least from my house) hour hill workout is the Usery Pass loop. Start at the corner of McDowell and Power, go north on Power, turn right at Salt River Recreation onto Ellsworth, Then turn right on McKellips, back to power and up power to McDowell. This is probably a 1 hour loop doing it like this but I always start from my house and get an extra half hour in when I need a short ride.