Day 5, Bisbee-McNeal-Tombstone

Bisbee copper mine

Great ride again today with Art, Art2, Joe, Cindy and David (Velo members).  We started with a ride up Mule Pass, down the washed out road to Bisbee, stopping again for a coffee.

Coming into Bisbee

Riding out to McNeal via Davis Road is pretty cool; we had a fast descent going about 30-33 mph in a tight paceline.  The weather sure has warmed up.  By the time we climbed back up to Tombstone, it was about 79 degrees.

Art and Art2 make me laugh so much. Today going down the old, washed out road to Bisbee, Art 'cyclecrossed' through some of the gravel sections.  I followed with only one small mishap on the second section and rode with some gravel in my glove for a while, thinking I must be getting a blister.  Art2 bunny hopped the dirt, but....oops, wrong side - he rode over on the left side which is the side where the road is washed out.  There is a steep drop off over a cutout in the road over there!  He didn't realize it until we all commented about what he just rode over.

Stats:  94.2 miles, 16.4 average pace, time 5:43, my max speed erroneously said 74.7 miles.

Lunch again was very good; tacos, lots of guacamole, cherry pie and chocolate cake.  Again, lots of supplements, ice cold coke, sunscreen, and chamois cream....we all needed it today!  Buttache problems.

Tomorrow we ride back about 80 miles to Tucson.