I knew I was going to be in LV for a few days midweek (visiting from Boston) and a friend of mine connected me with Jon to rent a road bike.\nWe emailed a few times in the couple weeks before I was going to be out there as I was debating between renting a road bike from them or a mountain bike from their sister shop, Blue Diamond.\nI ended up heading over to Mcghie's for a road ride, Jon set me up with one of their Cannondale rentals, gave me a map of the route to Red Rock and the loop and went over them, pointing out where I'd be on busier roads, made sure I had a few bucks, the right setup on the bike and enough water and off I went.\n\nAlso, while I was there, another rental customer came back after a close call with a car in which he'd had to lock up his brakes and blew out a tire. The team replaced both tires, set up a fresh flat kit and had him back in action in a flash. PLUS because of the inconvenience of having to come back to the shop, they gave the guy's girlfriend a rental, including a helmet and pedals, on the house. Classy move!\n\nA word of advice to anyone planning to do the loop, consider driving to Red Rock, doing the loop and rolling down to Blue Diamond. The first couple miles are on a pretty major road (no incidents at all, just not particularly scenic) and it's a long, slow climb to the loop. Saving energy and only riding in the desert would make that ride even more fun.\n\nA+. Next time I'm out there, I'm going to rent a mountain bike for a second day of riding.