Comments on: FFS Fridays: Lost Friends and Blood Pipes

By: David Booth Beers

David Booth Beers — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:55:39 +0000

Somebody please explain how Andrei could possibly shave those legs without causing a deep red (oxygen-rich) geyser. No doubt a laconic response with a butterfly Band-Aid would choke it off. As a skinny kid in high school, I was anything but casual about my deliberate attempts to get even one vein in my biceps to pop like those pipes- by curling barbells in front of a mirror!

By: KogaLover

KogaLover — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 07:29:11 +0000

Scary, did not know until now that @itburns died 3 years ago, I have been reading comments from him on various articles. Still makes me chuckle when I see his Gollum-avatar.

By: Teocalli

Teocalli — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:26:02 +0000

@universo They surely would have been buttons then or should I say Studs.

By: universo

universo — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:05:02 +0000

I definitely wanted to shake Jon’s hand. He is remembered on my end — often.

By: universo

universo — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:02:51 +0000

@markpa

Mr Alfa Lum certainly has his Casually Deliberate down, as if James Dean had ridden a bike.

James Dean -- I think his fly is open.

By: Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:43:50 +0000

@Oli

@markpa Mr Alfa Lum = good old Andrei Tchmil, bless him.

Fuck, that's three-monument-winner Tchmil!?!?! I did not even recognize him! Thanks once more, Oli!!!

By: RobSandy

RobSandy — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 10:45:40 +0000

@itburns passed away before I found the path of Velominati but I have absorbed enough of his presence through archived articles etc to understand the effect he had on everyone, and the shockwaves caused by his death; I think about him quite often when I ride. Similarly, my 'real' club lost a racer in a local road race just before I joined. The fact I didn't know the guy and wasn't part of the club when he died doesn't mean I don't feel the loss (especially considering the circumstances), and I think about him most times I ride and every time I race. I'll be out tonight and I'll take a moment to remember Jon and Ben, two guys I never knew but whose deaths while riding has cast a shadow onto my own cycling, and I'll ride hard, ride safe and ride home.

By: Oli

Oli — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:25:18 +0000

@markpa Mr Alfa Lum = good old Andrei Tchmil, bless him.

By: markpa

markpa — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 01:49:46 +0000

Mr Alfa Lum certainly has his Casually Deliberate down, as if James Dean had ridden a bike.

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 17:46:39 +0000

Gone too soon, Jon. We miss you, bud.

Enjoy today, enjoy your next ride everyone!

ron

By: rob

rob — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 13:36:34 +0000

@itburns death was the one that made all of you real, all whom I have not met, all who sadly I am out of touch with because I am not posting up these days. It happens that I come back today and we celebrate a creative who made us laugh - just his screen name made me laugh and still does. RIP @itburns

By: sthilzy

sthilzy — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 10:21:52 +0000

Today's ride with @itburns heavy on my mind. Miss the banter. RIP

By: Mike_P

Mike_P — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 08:53:39 +0000

Never forgotten. Such a great contributor to the community. Sad day.

By: Teocalli

Teocalli — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 08:28:56 +0000

I commuted to the office and then back home again on Friday. 36 Km and 46 Km may not seem much except that I was Working From Home. RIP @itburns - may the wind be always from behind.

By: Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 03:19:14 +0000

Yes, as I get older and now into my mid-40’s and lose more friends through such unexpected and seemingly karmic arbritariness, it gives me pause to wonder.

Often I just mentally walk away and shake my head but each of their passings makes me want to deserve the next breath I draw that much more.

Ah fuck, getting all wishywashy here in the early dawn.

@itburns–ride easy, Mate.

By: Oli

Oli — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 03:16:50 +0000

RIP, Jon. You’re missed, mate.

By: xyxax

xyxax — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 02:29:09 +0000

Thanks for marking this moment, Frank. I only knew Jon as @itburns though we were riding partners once removed, if you will. He was always either outright funny or curious in that way where you know it was funny but you weren't smart enough to get it. And sometimes his comments matched his name. Tomorrow we leave for Geneva to start a new life but it is best to slow down and remember Jon and his friends. Merckxspeed Jon.