RIP Gordon Singleton
 

Gordon Singleton...One of the great Canadian sprinters, World Champion, and a contributor on the forum died today. 67 yrs young.
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I met Gordon several years ago at the Milton velodrome. Interesting fellow. RIP.

This is sad news indeed! He posted here as dolanarc1, never tooted his own horn.
Brent

I sold many antique and vintage track bikes from my collection over the last few years to Gordon. He was always a pleasure to talk with on the phone. Just a super nice guy! I was planning on visiting him soon and didn't know about his cancer. A real shock!

RIP Gordon

Sorry to hear this, from the great generation of Canadian cyclists, including Curt Harnett, Steve Bauer and Alex Stieda.

Dang, I'm 67, that hits a little too close to home.
His Wikipedia page says he passed from prostate cancer.
Make sure you guys (men) get your yearly check-ups.
I was treated for prostate cancer just a year and a half ago (surgery), the stuff sneaks up on you.

I just had my blood panel done , PSA is good , I am 69 and no family history of Prostate Cancer. My good friend is 59 and got a bad PSA back . He went for further MRI and they found 2 masses in his prostate. Then came the biopsy and he has cancer but it is confined to the Prostate so he has decided to wait on the surgery to remove the prostate on his Dr.’s advice. He is going to keep testing over the next 5 years . I guess the side effects of Prostate removal is something to consider . He is a cyclist and the Dr. said he could continue riding so I don’t think it has any negative effect on the prostate. I had another friend who was gone in less than 2 years after being diagnosed , about the same age as Gordon Singleton. It is sad to hear this news , too young IMHO. Get tested , guys , I have had a few friends that have caught it early enough .

Without wanting to hijack this thread, be very careful of the medical industry's obsession with surgical solutions to what is a fairly endemic problem amongst us old guys.

The problem as a layman (for me) was determining what was the proper course, surgery, radiation or observation.
Surgery is gnarly, but ending up like Mr Singleton is way gnarlier.
Even after the fact I am still no closer to what was the correct (or best) course of action.
It seems to me that there is a lot of gray/fuzzy area to consider, nothing seems to be black and white.
I know I didn't want surgery but I also didn't want to die, not yet anyway.
I know as a 20 year old I thought: "Oh well, he was 67, he lived a good, long life".
As a 67 year old, I am: "Wait a minute there, son, I still got a few, good years left in me".
(leaving on a multi-month, self-contained Europe tour in 3 weeks on my BikeFriday)

RIP Gordon Singleton
My condolences to his family

Sincere condoleances to his family and friends