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Message started by Bud_Bent on Nov 26^th, 2021, 10:24am

Title: Bob McClure
Post by Bud_Bent on Nov 26^th, 2021, 10:24am

Bob McClure has died. He was 76, and died of mantle cell lymphoma, likely caused by his exposure to Agent Orange while he served in the USAF. I did not know him really well, but had talked to him at events and corresponded with him by email over the years. For those who didn't know know him, he rode a homemade yellow velomobile which was always easy to spot at events. He was a part of rbent since before I joined, and joined this forum just a couple of months after it began. He also owned the rbent.com and rbent.net domains. He ran a mailing list, and had links to recumbent resources on the rbent.net pages. His wife, Sue, is transferring those domains to me now. For now, I'll probably just have them redirect to this forum. I'll post later to get everyone's thoughts on what we might do with them long term. Condolences to all Bob's family and friends.

Title: Re: Bob McClure
Post by kenbent6 on Nov 26^th, 2021, 10:43am

Thanks for letting us know about Bobcat, I came across him on the road which runs in front of his house at Millers Grove about 6 months ago and he was riding his banana bike, I knew he was not well but he said nothing about cancer. [smiley=deadhorsebeat.gif]

Title: Re: Bob McClure
Post by diannalightning on Nov 26^th, 2021, 1:07pm

Bob will be missed in the "yellow banana". He was one of the first people that I would recognize at events even before I started riding recumbents. Thank you Bud for passing this along.

Title: Re: Bob McClure
Post by aikigreg on Nov 27^th, 2021, 11:33am

He was a good dude and he will be missed. RIP Bob.

Title: Re: Bob McClure
Post by lowracer on Apr 13^th, 2022, 9:40pm

I worked with Bob McClure back in the late 80's early 90's and considered him a trusted mentor in the early days of my career in engineering. Later enjoyed his company on various bike rides starting in 96. Sorry to hear of his passing. He will be missed.
-Mark