Bikeside LA

The last photo of Rod and Christian Armas together:

Follows is a letter from the LA Wheelmen about how Rod was killed on the final leg of the Wheelmen’s 200 mile Grand Tour on Sunday:
“The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience
We’re spiritual beings [...]

Stephen Box has written the best piece to date about the tragedy that occurred this weekend:  while riding the LA Wheelmen Grand Tour, a father and his son were struck by a car.  The father was killed, and his son is in critical condition:
As Saturday turned into Sunday, Rod and Christian had approximately 190 miles [...]

Stephen Box forwarded this message from the LA Wheelmen:
Sadly -
Harvey Hetland, loyal LAWheelmen member, excellent cyclist, Grand Tour rider, RAGBRAI rider, and friend of many has lost his life on a bike ride on Wednesday, 03/05/08 …
He and his companion, Christie Edinger, were on their way home after riding up to Montrose with the Griffith [...]