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I am posting this for my Boss...



We lost a great rider (car vs bike) .. car won



Pedalshop says:
l just found out today a rider bud of mine, team rider, (Aaron Ryan) lost his life, possibly due to a crash he had with a car while riding his fixie home from work. He was a team rider for Old Dominion Brewing Company and Pedal Shop ... has been for several years, dating back to at least 1997. He rode his fixie to and from work almost every day of the week... he totally loved riding his bike to work. He didn't need to ride his bike --- he owns a perfectly good -- new(ish) Subaru. After thinking about him... l'm honored but saddened to think it was me who turned him on to the fixie thing several years ago. He fell in love with it and he's also been an active XC rider too. l raced with him several times through the years.. l lost count how many times we did local/casual rides when we lived closer to each other. l don't know the full details yet but he had an encounter with an automobile about two weeks ago. (not the first time he got hit by a car while on a bike)... from what l hear, he didn't really get hurt and didn't see a doctor or anything. l also don't know who was at fault or even how bad the crash was. Fine one day -- started to feel like he may have had nerve damage so he went to see a doctor... left the doctor and suddenly died while at work on Friday. He was extremely fit so it's very shocking to hear about him passing on. Fit as in: e.g. we did a single speed stage race up in MD a few years back -- the bike race was at least 4 hours long, very grueling.. l was only rider support and l had a hard time finishing the ride. After getting back from the ride, he swam across Liberty Reservoir (must have been at least a mile swim, if not more). When he races, he always had very fast times -- he was no rookie rider. Now he's gone!!! leaving behind a beautiful wife and daughter . We're going to put together some sort of awareness ride in honor of Aaron. It's very soon after learning about Aaron so l'm blank at the moment but l'm open to ideas.

God bless you and your family Aaron.


l will miss you.

Love Mike


P.S... do they have bikes in heaven?


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From Pavi --- Aaron's wife: Aaron's memorial service will be held at the Church of the Resurrection, 2280
No. Beauregard St. on Tuesday the 17th of May at 11:00 A.M
Reception will follow in the church parish hall. Burial will be private. In
lieu of flowers. there is a "Bank Fund" set up for his children (Pavi is
expecting) if you want to contribute. Checks to be made out to "Pavlina Ryan"
with a memo to "Ryan Children's Schoolarship Fund" Check can be mailed to

Pedal Shop LLC
C/O Pavi

932 Edwards Ferry Rd
Unit 72
Leesburg VA 20176


EDIT 5/17: When the time is right -- we will collect Aaron's bikes and bike stuff and putting them up for sale -- help raise some money for Pavi and kids.

We will also be hosting an event in honor of Aaron.


I will get with Aaron's wife Pavi to see if she can also accept contributions via paypal.
If you would like to send funds now -- through paypal, send to info@pedalshop.com --- please note: send it through "personal" do not send it though Goods or services, doing so paypal will take 3.8% off the top.



Dates on the auction = pending.
Dates on the first event *for sure -- June 18th (a day after his birthday).

 

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On June 18th we will be having a memorial ride in honor of our friend Aaron Ryan. He was a great friend, dedicated ODBC/Pedal Shop teammate, fellow WUSS and most importantly an amazing husband and father. June 17th would have been Aaron's 40th Birthday and June 19th he would have celebrated Father's Day with his daughter Natalie and expecting wife Pavi. We will miss Aaron tremendously and want to use this day to ride with him in our hearts and minds and remember the great times we had, particularly on the bike whether in group rides or in competition. We will also use this ride to help raise money for the Ryan Children's Scholarship Fund that has been set up to help his family. I'm thinking 40th birthday so $40 a person would be great to raise, but feel free to give more! I will take a collection and cut a check to the Scholarship fund after the event. Going forward we will host an annual ride around this time to remember Aaron and raise money. In addition, the Liberty Jamboree which will be held this year on July 23rd will donate all the money we raise to the Ryan Children's Scholarship Fund so spread the word and hopefully we'll have the biggest turnout ever. It's still a shock that he is gone, and our hearts are still heavy, so hopefully this ride will help us heal and remember him and honor him on some trails that we spent years riding and racing on together. Whether you knew him well or just knew of him, we hope you'll join us. For those of you who don't know -(we posted a note in the forum about this)- Aaron died suddenly at his desk while at work. He was hit by a car two weeks earlier -- thought of as a light accident, nothing was done about it.. he thought he was fine. He started feeling strange one day so he went to the doctors.. doctors didn't find anything so they sent him away, he died later that day, leaving behind a beautiful daughter and expecting wife. Ride Details: Location: Wakefield Park Annadale VA -- off 495 (meet in the parking lot by the tennis courts) Date: June 18th, 2011 Time: Wheels roll at 10:30AM Level: Ride will be self paced group ride (but please limit any mechanical as it always drove Aaron nuts waiting on someone to fix their bike when he could be riding!) Route: Will hit Wakefield and Accotink (expect 2-3 hours on the bike) Donation: $40 Post Ride: Bring PRB's and we will hit either Kilroy's or a local house (TBD) to drink some beers and tell some stories. If you can't make it but would like to contribution... you can do so at any time before the ride -- Send check to: Pedal ShopLLC C/O Pavi Ryan 932 Edwards Ferry Rd Unit 72 Leesburg VA 20176 Paypal - --- please send under "personal" and note that it is for Pavi's fund. For details about the Liberty Jamboree -- Note --- it's an off road single speed stage ride (race, wink wink). email us at Some time soon, we will be selling off all his bicycle goodies --- they won't be needed at the Aaron house any more -- his bikes are too big for his wife and it'll be waaay too long to see if his children will ever be able to use them. Funds raised will go to help the Aaron family. Once we set the price, we will absolutely ignore any low ball offers.