Ride Buddy Passed at 85 y/o
11-26-21 | 11:17 AM
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Galveston County Texas
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He still Posts here in the Mechanic Forum.
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Fred "The Real Fred"
Fred "The Real Fred"
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11-26-21 | 11:24 AM
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Let's do a Century
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Sorry to see that. A fellow engineer.
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11-27-21 | 08:04 PM
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Galveston County Texas
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From: In The Wind
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11-27-21 | 08:31 PM
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From: Bastrop Texas
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Sorry to hear that Fred... If age is not enough then also getting a disease that very well could be vaccine preventable is a kicker. I see the loss of someone who knew and experienced "The ****". I have worked around engineers of the type that were trusted to put together refineries and trouble shoot things in the oil industry. I can say this... They have all been "Jacks of All Trades" and very easy to get along with. They have always been people who offered solutions rather than problems. So not even knowing him I can see his profile in his life long career and his friends on this forum...
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11-29-21 | 02:43 PM
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The Wheezing Geezer
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Sorry to hear about your friend Roy.
Friends are harder to make as we get along, and mean more to us as well, I think.
- a fellow Fred
Friends are harder to make as we get along, and mean more to us as well, I think.
- a fellow Fred
12-01-21 | 01:38 PM
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feros ferio
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
True -- there are a lot of us engineer types on Bike Forums. Just reading this thread made me feel as though I have lost another "good friend I never met."
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
12-02-21 | 06:58 PM
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Sorry to hear of your riding pal. I bet he always turning the pedals over.
12-30-21 | 07:36 PM
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Sorry to hear about your loss. It's a bit close to home for me... kind of-- eventually. I'm 56, and my riding buddy is twenty years my senior. He continues to ride with our local cycling club and comes with me to cycling events I ride. Usually, I'll do the century, and he'll do the metric century or 80-mile option. He did his last century in February 2018 when I organized a century ride for a few of us from Key Largo to Key West. He looked at me at about the 85-mile mark and said, "We're not friends right now." I laughed and told him he could hate me after the next 15 or so miles. He's still in great shape even though I pull him more and more each year. But the lovable and grinning SOB still consistently drops me on the climbs!
I have thought about the day he won't be riding or might not be with us.
I have thought about the day he won't be riding or might not be with us.
