Joselas wrote:
"Ray" wrote in message
oups.com...
I don't know how many folks on this group know Bruce Frech. I know
he
posted here from time to time. In any case, very sad news. Bruce
was
killed in an automobile accident on Saturday morning near West
Chester,
PA. Fittingly, he was on his way to a ride.
Sorry to have to report this,

-Ray Sachs


I live in California and posted a message in rec.rides looking for
places to
rent and ride in the West Chester PA area while I was on vacation.
It was
the height of summer, my form was good and I really didn't want a
couple of
weeks setback which happens to me with a full week off the bike.
Plus I
can't go a week without riding because... it's a week without riding.
All
the shops I was referred to only had hybrids or mtbs. Bruce posted a
reply
and offered to loan me a bike and take me on a ride. I brought my
pedals,
he set me up on a Kestrel with 9sp DuraAce that fit me perfectly. He
took
me on a great ride with a Friend of his named Charlie. We hammered
for 55
miles through beautiful quiet backroads. I couldn't believe how
generous
he was to a stranger except that upon meeting him, going to his house
and
riding with him, I found that cycling was so deep a part of his heart
and
life that a fellow cyclist was not a stranger to him. Thank you
Bruce.

I think we can all only hope that someone say this kind of thing about
us.
Thanks
Bill C