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Mike's Last Ride
Posted: 05 Apr 2014, 16:17
by Kwacky
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A reminder how vulnerable we are on bikes.
Re: Mike's Last Ride
Posted: 05 Apr 2014, 16:25
by Godzilla
I knew him. He was in the same IAM group as me.
EDIT I thought you had linked the video. Will see if I can do.
EDIT 2 Oh you did lol.
Re: Mike's Last Ride
Posted: 05 Apr 2014, 19:41
by StMarks
Very sad.
He manages to stay exceptionally composed, considering the emotive subject.
Without wishing to appear disrespectful however, I'm not sure if I totally agree with the message. Surely your concentration needs to be at pretty much 100% 100% of the time when riding.?
Re: Mike's Last Ride
Posted: 05 Apr 2014, 23:03
by Rossgo
Very sad. Over done it and he under estimated just how tiring it would be due to his age (that journey would be hard enough when your young - no offence to this man)
EDIT didn't realowe the're was a video just seenough it on YouTube. You could see it took alot from his son to make that video. Everyone careful out there
Re: Mike's Last Ride
Posted: 06 Apr 2014, 10:12
by Bratty
Very sad.
Re: Mike's Last Ride
Posted: 08 Apr 2014, 08:11
by Flow
Huge respect for making and posting this video, it must have been incredibly hard.
RIP Mike
Re: Mike's Last Ride
Posted: 08 Apr 2014, 08:59
by bb41
Very sad indeed.
Age is a funny thing . I have to miss out on our tour of the Scottish borders and ride pillion due to the fact I know I could not do that many miles in a week without either holding people up or making careless mistakes. I have a circulatory defect as well which also hampers.
A brave son to make that video and I hope it gives him a small amount of comfort that it may make us oldies think before we contemplate certain trips