Sad News Guys - We have lost one of our own. :(

[Spare Tyre]

Oh wow, I'm shocked. How sad.

The forum is certainly poorer for his loss.

 

[El Imbatido]

Just left my condolences now. But it really puts things into a better perspective ....life is short and can be taken away at any moment. Use it wisely.

 

[Spider1964]

RIP - Swordsman

Always a thoughtful poster... poignant reminder that life is short and those last tweets are truly heartbreaking.

 

[thirteen]

rest in peace.

he had a tizzy about something a few months back. can't remember now, but i tried to make him a friend to let him know he wasn't alone... he never responded (probably thought i was a loon), but i will keep that offer out there

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Really sad, he was a very nice member.

RIP John

 

[halamala]

Alberto's brother (and manager) Fran has also reacted:

@fjcontador Francisco Contador
Thank you very much @theswordsman for all you support,RIP. #4theswordsman

http://twitter.com/#!/fjcontador

RIP theswordsman. -halamala-

 

[auscyclefan94]

Didn't ever interact with him but yes it is sad news. Best Of Wishes to his family.

 

[luckyboy]

Sad news indeed. RIP John/Swordsman.

 

[ansimi]

Terribly sad

He was a very good writer and contributed a lot to this forum.

RIP John.

 

[pedaling squares]

Very sad news indeed. Dim, good of you to start this thread so he can be remembered.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I just saw this. I never met him, but I enjoyed reading his posts. I am truly saddened to hear of his passing.

May he rest in peace.

 

[jsem94]

R.I.P

Great poster, gained a lot of respect for him when I used to lurk around here. Never interacted, but always sad to see some one go way too early.

 

[Havetts]

Meh Swordsman, sad to see this. You were a great poster, didn't post that often but your posts were great and with passion.

May you rest in peace .

 

[skidmark]

RaceRadio said it best, to me, in describing him as thoughtful and classy. He was very passionate about the sport and that was clear, and he had a very high ratio of reasoned argument-to-senseless fanboyish name calling (in other words, he engaged in very little of the latter in what I read by him). He was one of the few forum members whose posts I always read seriously, because they were pretty much always worth paying attention to.

I imagine that all of the communities and people he interacted with probably feel his loss with grief and sadness as we do.

 

[craig1985]

I read back to some his old twitter feeds when he said he wouldn't be watching pro cycling again, sounds kind of ominous now

 

[Kwibus]

RaceRadio said it best, to me, in describing him as thoughtful and classy. He was very passionate about the sport and that was clear, and he had a very high ratio of reasoned argument-to-senseless fanboyish name calling (in other words, he engaged in very little of the latter in what I read by him). He was one of the few forum members whose posts I always read seriously, because they were pretty much always worth paying attention to.

I imagine that all of the communities and people he interacted with probably feel his loss with grief and sadness as we do.

This pretty much sums it up for me.
Just want to add that without ever meeting the guy I'm 100% it was a very nice person just based on his behaviour on this forum. Such a shame

I remember he said he would stop posting on this forum and that he stopped watching pro cycling. At that time I thought it was sad that cycling and this forum lost him. He couldn't really stop though fortunately. Too bad he's forced to stop watching cycling now.

Rest in peace John.

 

[thirteen]

i'd like to think he just has a helicopter view now.

 

[step23]

R.I.P., very sad for such a great fan and poster he was.
Condolences to his family.

 

[Maxiton]

i'd like to think he just has a helicopter view now.

That's a nice thought. Anyway, I just read the news and I'm shocked. I always thought TheSwordsman was one of the more thoughtful and interesting posters here.

 

[The Hitch]

RIP. tweets present a tragic tale.

Thanks Dim for starting this thread.

Its better that his comrades at cnf know rather than never find out.

Alberto's brother (and manager) Fran has also reacted:
http://twitter.com/#!/fjcontador

High praise.

Show he made a mark.

 

[Maxiton]

RIP. tweets present a tragic tale.

Thanks Dim for starting this thread.

Its better that his comrades at cnf know rather than never find out.

Alberto's brother (and manager) Fran has also reacted:
http://twitter.com/#!/fjcontador

RIP theswordsman. -halamala-

High praise.

Show he made a mark.

Thanks for pointing that out. You know he would be thrilled to see it.

Death at any age is sad but fifty-four is way too young to die. Now his family is missing someone they can't replace.

 

[pmcg76]

RaceRadio said it best, to me, in describing him as thoughtful and classy. He was very passionate about the sport and that was clear, and he had a very high ratio of reasoned argument-to-senseless fanboyish name calling (in other words, he engaged in very little of the latter in what I read by him). He was one of the few forum members whose posts I always read seriously, because they were pretty much always worth paying attention to.

I imagine that all of the communities and people he interacted with probably feel his loss with grief and sadness as we do.

Agree totally with this sentiment, very sad to hear.

RIP and condolences to his family.

 

[thehog]

Raise my sword. Legend mate. Take care up there. I'll make sure the truth gets out there on your behalf.

 

[Chuffy]

That's a nice thought. Anyway, I just read the news and I'm shocked. I always thought TheSwordsman was one of the more thoughtful and interesting posters here.

He was on a (very) short list of Clinic posters who I would read and look out for. Sad news.

 

[peloton]

I'm deeply saddened by this.

RIP mate.

edit. I can't open the site http://www.rennerfh.com , is it US only?