The rider that passed away on Saturday was our good friend Eddie (not sure of his surname) <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> This was a very sad day indeed and Eddie will be dearly missed. Condolences to his wife and children as well as all his friends. The bunch was very well controlled on Saturday (for a change) and we were riding two abreast approaching the Klipriver bridge. I was riding in the right-hand side column when the rider on the left hand side behind me reacted to a stone in the road resulting in a puncher on his front wheel. He swerved out and pushed Eddie into the oncoming truck. I estimate that aprox. 8 to 10 people came down. This was a freak accident and will hopefully serve as a wakeup call to how dangerous the <?: prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Lido circuit has become. I have been riding these roads for many years and never has so many people been knocked down, some survived with mental and physical scars, and others killed.
