Safety Jim Buffalo NY. posted:Alb, what was his name? I remember a racer named Dave Vinney from the Toronto area building pretty nice racing frames in the late 70's early 80's.... I think? I road a whole load of races in Canada! Quebec to Montreal was the longest single state amateur road race at the time.. Incredible event!
His name was Leo Doyle, (RIP Leo) and he was from here in Vancouver. He was a couple years older, worked at a bike shop (one of the nicer shops on the west side), got into it relatively young, and then didn't have time for it any more 'cause he'd knocked up his girlfriend, got married, 2 more kids and was too busy working, trying to support a family. We used to ski together up at Whistler and that ended at the same time. He was killed (1995?) on his bike, riding downhill around a corner when a deer popped out of the bush, taking him out. He died doing what he loved.