[CR] Bisbee Bicycle Brothel

(Example: Framebuilders:Tony Beek)

From: "Pat Moffat" <rocketman_531@msn.com>
To: Classicrendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:11:24 -0700
Seal-Send-Time: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:11:24 -0700
Subject: [CR] Bisbee Bicycle Brothel


If you ride your bike into Bisbee from the west, you make a long, fairly steep climb to a tunnel at the top of Mule Pass. It's a screaming decent into Bisbee, and when you pull your face up off the handlebar to slow down, the town flashes by through the trees, and it's easy to lose concentration because all you want to do is drink in the sights. You roll down through Tombstone Canyon and wind through town, and it is quickly evident that there aren't many towns like Bisbee. It's a town that, above all else, celebrates it's colorful past.

If you stay, you might have lunch with old miners who like to eat burritos at the local eatery. Hang out in the park, and you'll likely share space with some badass bikers, some kids, a couple of art queens. Artists, retirees, big city refugees. Shop owners, transients, gangsters. 5th generation families. They all live there. It's one of the most diverse little towns you will ever visit, and they all live in relative harmony.

The name of the bike shop just fits. The name wouldn't work in Tucson, but in Bisbee, it beats the heck out of something like "Ken's Bike Shop".

If you ever get to Bisbee and forget to bring a bike, I'm sure that Ken will let you sleep with one of his beautiful bikes. It could be a memorable evening.

Pat Moffat Tempe Arizona USA Heading off to Bisbee soon to celebrate the new year, chat with old friends.