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Remember before "Cyclsm Sundays" on VS, when OLN first started? About the time it took off, Steve was doing these goofy commercials for Mongoose bicycles. RIP Steve. I'll pray for your family.

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39? Far far too young

depressing

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by Willj on May 20, 2009 3:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

39 years old, heart attack, Motorola. Hmmnnn …

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on May 21, 2009 4:35 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

It sounds like they have ruled out a heart attack

and a blod clot and that the family has asked for more tests to better understand what happened.
The follow up from VN is here.

I love C, not because he rocks as a cyclist, but because deep down he's a band geek! LOL!

by nikki on May 21, 2009 12:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

There's been some research about systemic risks in extreme endurance athletes...

…recently, no? I think some of this was mentioned in the wake of Frederik Nolf’s death as well. Very sad, as many say.

by Ed K on May 26, 2009 3:37 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

fmk's commet about Motorola...

…that’s just rude. I didn’t know Mr. Larsen, but he showed up to race with the pros a few times when I was in other events here in NoCal. The guy built a massive career for himself, and he did it the hard way. No 1/4 million dollar team buses, no multi-year contracts, etc. It seemed like he was just starting to enjoy the fruits of his years in the sport, and now he’s gone, leaving a wife and several kids behind. He was a tremendous rider, one of the very best of the 1990’s. Truly, truly sad.

Never, ever, work with a sprinter.

by Put 'Em in the Gutter on May 25, 2009 4:30 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Rude?!?

What’s rude about acknowledging that he was an LA teammate?

And what’s rude about his sudden death raising an eyebrow? Isn’t it ruder to believe that there’s a pretty and palatable explanation for everything, despite all we know about this sport’s history?

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on May 26, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's a time and a place for everything.

When someone posts what’s basically an “in memoriam”? That would generally not be the time & place.

by JFS_PGH on May 26, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"comment" sorry...

Never, ever, work with a sprinter.

by Put 'Em in the Gutter on May 25, 2009 4:31 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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