<strong>The True version</strong>
But before I start <em>my</em> report on the whole fiasco, I loved this, written by Profette, and I quote "The climb was worth the effort, yielding spectacular views due to the thrust faults" This is complete BS, after listening to the Fungirl 3 Bitching and whining the whol way to the Summit, getting yelled at, adjusting Saddles multiple times, getting several Text messages on my Phone saying "PINEAPPLE" when I was already relaxing at the top waiting for them to arrive I say it <em>wasn't</em> worth the effort...
<strong>Let the Fiasco begin</strong>
I will fast fwd through the Bike adjustments I had to make at 5:45am, the test-rides around the foecourt of the Hotel, the Bell Boys taking Pics of us etc to the part where I asked for directions to the Red Rock Scenic route, to me, they were simple enough, see if you could remember this:
<strong>Left at the Stop Sign, Left at the Lights and go straight</strong>
Even I could remember that, so OK, we were all set, I rolled out and turned left, followed by the PM and Profette...suddenly "HEY, COME BACK"!! That was Prof yelling at her sister, "GO GET HER" the remaing two members of the what was to be a 4 person ride...so I went sprinting off in pursuit of Profsis, she went the wrong way and was sprinting to catch what she thought was us..
Normally, when you set off on a ride you take it easy, a nice Cadence, more spinning than anything, because I knew it was gonna be hot, there were some tough climbs, but no, immediately after leaving the Hotel I was doing a 30 mph sprint...
Then I had multiple choices of which way to turn because Profsis was out of sight, miraculously, after crossing the freeway she returned..
So OK then, we had a 7 mile ride along the main road, all uphill, to the start of the scenic Route, which was awesome...
It was a stright shot and even Profsis couldn't get it wrong, although I must admit, I did have my doubts... :-S
We re-grouped at the entrance to the scenic route which is absolutely awesome by the way.
"Let's stop and re-fill our Water Bottles" I said. "No stoopid, we have plenty of water left" replied the Girls in unison, "Look, we still have 1 1/2 Bottles left" I should have filled mine, I shouldn't have listened...
So off we pedaled, it was going to be 7 miles of climbing, Prof posted the elevation in Her post, I think on the way up, my wife fell once and Profsis twice, all due to being unable to un-clip I think, I'm not sure, I wasn't there..then Profsis' chain came off, yet another repair for me to contend with, but we all made it to the top, it was a magnificent effort by the 7C's once again...
I have a ton of pics to upload for those that are interested (No, not those ones Guys, do you want me to get killed)? and I still need to finish the story of this 3 day fiasco...
But untill then, I'll just say that we had a blast, this is in no way meant to be an advertisement, but I think the Girls will agree with me (for once) that the red rock resort is a fantastic alternative to the Strip, I was surprized by the amount of Staff who greeted me as Mr xxx everywhere I went, for the entire time we were there, plus, the Bell Boy brought us cold water on our return after riding in the heat and took the Bikes to a room at the back...the Girls were treated like Princesses, not by me of course, I was trying to escape them, a good friend of mine was staying at the Bellagio so our Host sent a Limo to pick them up and we spent the evening together at a great Japanese restaurant, it took almost 3 hours to eat but the Food and service was awesome...
Anyway, I'm sure Profette will ad her 2 cents...
<strong>The Picture Gallery</strong>
Here is PeterUKette powering Her way up one of the Climbs in hot pursuit of the Profsisters, the last mile of the Climb is the toughest but once at the Summit we were rewarded with a spectacular view and a relatively cool Breeze...
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An early morning shot....
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