Originally Posted by
Tom Bombadil
On other forums I used to frequent, a couple of regular contributors went silent, and a few months later it was discovered that they had died. One in an accident and the other due to a long, terminal illness that he had never disclosed to us.
All this happened before I started posting, but a guy named Sydney who posted a lot on either the Road Cycling or Advocacy forums (fora?) was killed while riding and his daughter started posting and discussing his death. I thought it was a very nice thing to do, and it seemed to matter to those who came to know him through his posts. I don't know any of you guys, and I suspect that none of you could pick me out of a lineup, but if one of you suddenly went to the Big Velodrome in the sky unexpectedly, it would matter. Maybe we should make a rule to put sign-on information on your Road ID in case something happens.