Jay is one of the best people I've met and worked with. He's incredibly patient, laughs easy, eats and drinks great stuff and doesn't cover up truth to make others happy. He also bends over backwards to make others happy. He's become a great friend, someone I can talk El Rego Et Ses Commandos with.
I remember talking with Jay when I first called saying something like I can't believe people spend the kinda loot they do on bikes and bike related stuff. It blew my mind, I thought I was above it, talking to a man that was in it. Looking back, what a stupid and jerk thing to say, Jay was gracious through it all. Jay rode with me to make sure I made it home safe after a night at the bar while I was visiting California last month. Normally I walked, but he rode up the toughest hill in Berkely, maybe the toughest hill I rode the whole time I was there, and insisted on riding up, not walking up, and taught me how to snake side to side to make sure I didn't put a foot on the ground. We were both sweating bullets of liquor by the time we reached the top. He was laughing the whole time, I was hyperventilating. And then he rode off into the night like a cowboy. He makes art when he rides. It's a beautiful thing to see. I like him a lot. Riv's losing one of the best, ever. Good luck homie, wherever you go, whatever you do I hope you 'git it!' with passion, love and happiness. I'm annoyed that this sounds like such a dramatic goodbye message. I'll text you as I'm throwing back a drink to celebrate your upcoming journey. On Jan 15, 9:41 pm, Manuel Acosta <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed. I never really knew Jay as a personally. My visits to the shop > always consisted small talks with Jay. Sometimes on a rare occasion, I > would catch him around Berkeley and we would exchange cycling nods. I > was always star-struck whenever I saw him. The pictures on the site > and his videos made him seem like some type of superman for Rivendell. > Sad to see him go. Glad he's going for a good reason. Cheers to Jay > "Superman of Rivendell" Hope life brings nothing but great things. > > On Jan 15, 3:23 pm, Pondero <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > What a nice tribute to Jay. I interacted with him a couple of times > > by phone, and once in person during a rare visit from Texas. Seemed > > like a nice guy, but then everyone has always been quite hospitable to > > me. > > > The way Grant worded it, he encouraged ME to be a better person. > > Assuming that's really Jay, I guess Grant nailed it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
