My husband and I will be coming to the Phoenix area (from Canada) in mid-April for a week of road riding. Is there a particular area of Phoenix, or surrounding Mesa, Scottsdale etc, that would be a better place for us to set up 'base camp' and find accommodation?

We'll rent a car, but it'd be great if we could access the fantastic road riding we've heard all about right from the door of our accommodation without spending half the ride getting out of the sprawl TO the fantastic roads and/or without having to drive to the start of the rides.

Any suggestions on areas that we should avoid, or areas we should concentrate on looking for a place to stay, would be greatly appreciated.

thanks