Gandalf Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 RIP Tumbles.My deepest condolences to the family and friends. Tumbles certainly has influenced many people
Popular Post KevMac Posted March 11, 2017 Popular Post Posted March 11, 2017 Hi all I've wanted to write something on here since my last and only post on Barry, but I've struggled to think straight, and right after I wrote an update for Facebook, I would get hammered. I needed to numb the fear that Barry would go. This week, when it came close and then when it was confirmed, I could not get numb enough. I doubt I ever will. Barry's organs were donated. I won't go in to detail, but his body, the bits that survived his crashes and beer and ciggies and the other daftness that he got up to, will perhaps save a life. I really hope a cyclist gets a part of him. That would make me happy. It would make him laugh. Barry would have loved to have known he was loved the way he was. He and I were too very different people, but we were close when we weren't arguing about something stupid. We both loved bikes. I gave him bikes. He would give them to someone else. Then I would want them back and I would have to hunt them down. Myself and his boys are going to his house on Monday or Tuesday to see what things the kids would like. I have already laid claim to the bikes. There is a plan to take one of them and make it a ghost bike at Grapes. I think that would be perfect. His funeral will be on Friday at, hopefully, 2pm at the St Dominic's church in Trichardt Ave in Boksburg. We are still firming up details, and have been asked to get a case number so we can free his body. No one thought to report the accident when it happened. I doubt they will hold on to his body. You are all welcome to attend. Barry would like that. No flowers. Flowers die. We have had enough death. There will be food in the church hall afterwards. The wake will be at Grapes. The owner has told me that Barry's death has been good for business. I have told her she owes the McCallum family a 10 percent cut. I don't know how many updates I will put out there this week. This may be the last one. I'll be on Facebook. I'm sure the good people here will pass on any messages. Thank you all. The black banners broke me when I saw them this week. But they also helped heal a part of me. Thank you for that. Kev Kevin McCallum flymango, Kranswurm, jaxtun and 53 others 56
worriesnot Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 Extremely sad... condolences to the family. Walking through Rosebank Mall with one of my favourite bicycle t-shirts - bumped into him wearing the same one;"Nice shirt!""Yes, I know" and a wink. Will for as long as that shirt holds together and when I wear it think of him.RIP Barry.This is the shirt.Wearing it today and drinking wine BigDL, BSG, Little Fish and 2 others 5
BSG Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 I think I spoke once or twice to him on the hub, never met him, but I followed this post from the very first one daily, almost never read the other ones but my heart is so broken, when I read about the cardiac arrest and that, tears started running down my cheeks. My wife wanted to know about who and why I am crying and I couldn't tell her what happened and I gave her the phone to read. So sorry ???? for everyone involved and everyone who knew him. "Keep the rubber on the gravel " Warthog and Little Fish 2
Guest Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 I don't think I have ever seen an outpouring like this for one guy. The fact that so many people have not even met him yet his personality was such that it could reach through to so many. It speaks volumes. ChUkKy, Gen, L.T.G and 3 others 6
KevMac Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 (edited) Many have offered to ride the @CTCycleTour in memory of @BarryMcCallum - to borrow a hashtag - #IrideforBarry - he would be honoured. Edited March 11, 2017 by KevMac Tubehunter, cat-i and Patchelicious 3
Patchelicious Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 (edited) Many have offered to ride the @CTCycleTour in memory of @BarryMcCallum - to borrow a hashtag - #IrideforBarry - he would be honoured. I would love to ride the CTCT for Barry, but I'm stuck at home with a broken clavicle and 3 broken ribs... BUT I will "ride the Argus" on my IDT for him! #iRideForBarry Edited March 12, 2017 by Patchelicious BigDL, ZakAttak and T-Bob 3
mtb impi Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 Reunited again post-1604-0-86797400-1414653262.jpg RIP Mate I do not know this gentle man, but a pic like this above speaks volumes. I have find myself unintentional reading nearly all 50 odd pages of this thread. All of them in deep appreciation and gratitude for who he was to family & friends. It hurts to read of his tragic passing. I am pretty much a HUB-novice, but I also have been reading lots of interesting threads.Quite often I would come across a post of Tumbleweed. I always had a "take-two", first reading his post, then looking at his "unusual" avatar. I want to believe he was a free spirit ....With the words of a first nation chief (Riding Storm) I would like to say ... "give [him] a horse for riding and embracing all the hidden winds in the air" hagar, cat-i and Nancy Drew 3
Red Robin Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 Seems somehow fitting that the funeral is on St Patrick's day. cat-i, Eugene Brown, Bateleur1 and 5 others 8
ZakAttak Posted March 12, 2017 Posted March 12, 2017 (edited) I don't think I have ever seen an outpouring like this for one guy. The fact that so many people have not even met him yet his personality was such that it could reach through to so many. It speaks volumes.I think it's because he was the one oke that was sensible in almost all his responses to whatever topic was being discussed.... he always had fruitful insights.... And was always there to help out a fellow hubber... Edited March 12, 2017 by ZakAttak Iwan Kemp, jules1976 and Sepia 3
SuperDooperSnooper Posted March 12, 2017 Posted March 12, 2017 RIP to a Gentle and Pure Soul. What more can be said...?
Patchelicious Posted March 12, 2017 Posted March 12, 2017 (edited) I would love to ride the CTCT for Barry, but I'm stuck at home with a broken clavicle and 3 broken ribs... BUT I will "ride the Argus" on my IDT for him! #iRideForBarryBecause l said I would.... Edit: Those are not average PWR numbers... Edited March 13, 2017 by Patchelicious Escapee.., Tubehunter, Blokman and 37 others 40
Harryn Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 Many have offered to ride the @CTCycleTour in memory of @BarryMcCallum - to borrow a hashtag - #IrideforBarry - he would be honoured. Well, I did not ride the Argus, and I was not the only one who didn't. But I rode to Emperors Palace, and thought of Barry on my cycle, as I have been doing each night in the pool these past weeks since he was hospitalized. I told my riding mate all about the large personality on the hub called Tumbleweed, and my brief interaction with him in real life. Next weekend, I think we will go East again - this time to Benoni - a fitting destination for my own personal "memorial ride". Let us keep his memory alive. ChUkKy, Nancy Drew, cat-i and 10 others 13
Harryn Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 Because l said I would.... https://twitter.com/team_genasys/status/840954901043773440 Respect, in spades. and not only for the numbers. Pikey, DJR and jules1976 3
rattlesnake Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 Cheers mate. I only had one or two interactions with you, but you seemed like a really decent human being in world that needs more people like you. Hope the riding up there is sublime. (Deon) 1
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