BVC-CHAT Sad Tidings

[drjinx at texas.net]

>From Bike Bits, Adventure Cyclings' Newsletter:
 
> A TRAGIC LOSS
> Adventure Cycling joins the greater cycle-touring community in mourning
> the death of bicycling advocate Ken Kifer. Last Saturday evening, while
> riding a few miles from his Alabama home, Ken was hit and killed by a
> drunk driver. One of Ken's legacies is the Bicycle Advocacy list at
> Yahoo, where you will find a great deal of discussion going
> on about his senseless death and what a great person he was, along with
> thoughts on ways to keep his respected website
> (http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages) up and running. Click here to visit
> the Yahoo site or visit Phred's bikelist:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bicyclingadvocacy/messages 
> http://www.bikelist.org/ 
> 
> During what turned out to be his last big bicycling adventure, Ken
> stopped in at Adventure Cycling headquarters this summer. Greg Siple
> had the opportunity to take this photo of him for the National Bicycle
> Touring Portrait Collection:
> http://www.adventurecycling.org/beta/gallery/index.cfm 
> *******

I've gotten lots of good information from Ken Kifer's website over the
last several years.  I'm sorry to hear this.

Jean
Marie