True gentleman of the club, thoughts with his family at this sad time.
ALAN S

Lost a great friend, a friendship of nearly 50 years!. Please see Jim Goldens report on the LVRC web site link.

http://lvrc.org/latest_news.asp

Had some great times together .

RIP Dave. Deepest sympathy to Dave`s wife Margaret, their daughter, and son Mark with partner Lynsey.

RIP Dave, I have known him since the early 80's, Having got back into the sport after a long lay off, I was looking forward to continuing to swap old time stories with him. a true gent and asset to the club.. he is going to be greatly missed. Kathy and my thoughts are with his family at this difficlut time.

I'm shocked to the core. I was genuinely very fond of Dave and had a great respect for him. A dedicated, brave, knowledgeable and accomplished cyclist whose opinion I always listened to and valued.
I shall miss him a lot and I'm so sad that we won't see him again on our 'Wrinkley Rides'. A real gentleman who loved his cycling and his fellows. Away from cycling, Dave was a very talented craftsman. I saw the house he built just a couple of years ago and it was impressive.
I have sincere thoughts of concern for his family and when the time is right, I shall share my sentiments with them in person. The only speck of comfort is that he will never suffer again and he'll never have to endure old age.
Thanks for your words of encouragement Dave - you were very kind to me when I first joined the club.
Jed.

Can not believe that Dave has gone. A top person who always had a story to tell or advise to give.

Dave will be missed by everyone that was lucky enough to have known him.

RIP Dave

That's a terrbile loss to us all as club members.

A truly nice guy.

He'll be missed. Thoughts with his family at a very difficult time now over Christmas.

So shocked and sorry to hear about Dave. He always had a smile and something witty to say - even when his dubious sense of direction caught a few of us out!

A loss to the club, my thoughts and condolences go to his family.

Like everyone else, I am shocked and saddened by this news.

Dave was a very nice guy, obviously popular in the club. He was always easy to get on with and was always there at the races, even when he wasn't competing because he was so enthusiastic. You could always have a chat with him and he is going to be missed.

We've just heard the sad news - we just can't believe we won't see Dave again. Our deepest sympathy to Dave's wife and to Mark - and to all his friends on the wrinklies ride, you must be so upset - I know what a close knit group you all are, and how much Dave loved riding with you. Dave was just the most wonderful and kind man. I have so many fond memories of him - battling against the wind with him over the Sportsman pass on the Llanberis ride two years ago - or racing him up the hill to the Wizard (we raced up lots of hills) and this year, when we were both shelled out from the bunch on one of the TLI races, Dave made me continue riding the remaining 3 laps doing a two up with him, because he said it would be good training. He was such a stalwart of the club - writing the reports for the Guardian, and always turning up to marshal club events - (the top of Acton Bridge hill won't be the same without him - in the women's race he would always shout encouragement, whilst giving me an illicit but welcome push as I went past). We will miss him so much and we just feel so privileged to have known him.

As someone who is relatively new to the Club, it was obvious that Dave was well respected and always prepared to offer support and advice, which I valued a lot. My thoughts are with his wife and family, and also his close friends who must also be suffering at this time. A friend lost, but never forgotton. RIP Dave...

As a relative new comer to the club, it was soon clear to me how popular and highly
respected Dave was, always modest and quick to tell you how good to the other man
was, he will be truly missed.

jackmac

I was very shocked and saddened on hearing the news about Dave. On my infrequent visits back to the UK i would often meet Dave on a spin round the lanes or see him out whilst out walking the dog. He was one of the people who was always around when i first joined the club twenty years ago and was always very supportive and full of encouragement. An all round top bloke. RIP.