Peter, I've had some friends that recently visited Luc and they say he is progressing well. I
hope to get by and visit with him sometime this weekend. In the meantime anyone interested in
sending a e-mail message to him can do so, via the earlier posting in this thread. And YES, he
does get the e-mail sent to him. EZ Biker
Pompano Beach, Fl. (GRR Ti, Tailwind and SOON,
Bacchetta Aero Pilot)
"Peter M Spirito" <
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> Boy do I remember that mountain bike..After Luc got into the van we loaded up his bike. It must
> have weighed 100 pounds and had these big knobby tires.
>
> I heard from another sag driver that during the ride Luc's legs were cramping so bad he would stop
> at convience stores along the route and buy a bag of ice and stuff his shorts with the ice to
> relieve the cramping pain.
>
> Luc is somewhat of a hero to me in that I had never ridden a century in all of my years on a bike.
> And I was secretely embarrassed about
> it....If Luc could do it then I could do it.......And I did.......And I will be doing the 7 day
> Bike Florida next weekend.
>
> Give Luc my best....
>
>
>
>
> "EZ Biker :-\)" <
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> > Peter knowing ole Luc like I do, I bet he does still have that
certificate
> > and it's probably hanging on his wall somewhere! I met him originally at Motorola (1997) and he
> > was close to, if not over 300 lbs, with a stomach that hung completely over his belt. He did the
> > Stark ride event, that
same
> > year and was humiliated that an ole geezer (Me) on a recumbent no less, spanked him pretty good
> > at the event. He had a rather in-expensive
Mountain
> > bike and I had a $3000.00 recumbent. He then GOT ZONED IN AND FOCUSED COMPLETELY into cycling
> > and has put more miles in 1 recent year, than I
have
> > in 10 years! In recent encounters with him, that spanking CHANGED and I
got
> > put into my place, period! (I have never been SO HAPPY AND PROUD to get
my
> > recumbo butt kicked by such a Great person! - Who also nursed my
computer
> > back to health on many occasions) Luc is one of the most safe riding
cyclist
> > I know. He clearly rides SMART AND HAS SAFE AWARENESS AROUND HIM AT ALL TIMES. I don't know the
> > specifics, BUT I'm willing to bet, the fault of
this
> > terrible accident, dose not lie on him. I sent the hospital an e-mail addressed to him and I'm
> > hoping to find
out if
> > he can have any visitors yet and if so, what the hours are. I plan to go
see
> > and harass my GOOD Friend, ASAP!!! EZ Biker
Pompano Beach, Fl. (GRR Ti, Tailwind and SOON,
> > Bacchetta
Aero
> > Pilot)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Peter M Spirito" <
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> >
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> > > Sorry to hear about Luc. It was only 3 or 4 years ago that Luc rode his first century on the
> > > WPBBC Lake-O ride. It was a miserably windy day. I was driving sag. Luc was the last man out
> > > on the road and it was almost getting dark. At the 85 mile mark I saw him stopped on the side
> > > of the road. He said he could not go any farther. When he said it would have been his first
> > > century I said its not over yet. There was no way we could let him quit this close to 100
> > > miles. He had been fighting a tough head wind so I had him turn around and go with the wind. I
> > > drove up the road 5 miles and waited for him to ride by. As he came by we stood on the side of
> > > the road cheering him on. I then drove up the road another 5 miles and again we went to
> > > cheering as he went by. One more five mile jump and we gave him a rousing reception. I took
> > > the sag wagon sign off of the truck and signed it as his Official Certificate of Completion.
> > > It was pretty cool to have been a part of his first century. I never would have guessed he
> > > would have ridden so many miles since. I wonder if he still has that "certificate"
> > >
> > > GET WELL SOON LUC.....
> > >
> > > Peter Spirito
> > >
> > > Peter M Spirito