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Noooooooooooooooooo. This is terrible. How could it be possible. I am broken by the news.
He is a great safe rider. Don’t know what to said.
Please be safe.
Ernesto
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I shuffled into the main dining hall practically comatose, yet I still managed to locate some familiar SFR faces in the back of the room: Eric L., Metin and Theresa. Kevin was there, too (and I apologized to him for my earlier surliness) and hey, so were Vinnie and Ian! Unable to say much, I zoned out in a useless haze, until Metin said to me paternal fashion, “All right, Jenny. If you’re not eating, you should be sleeping. Don’t just sit there.” I was still too keyed up from riding to rest, so I said I was going to head to the bathroom. He nodded in approval and after I returned, I put my head down on the table — unable to eat or act like a human being. Ian encouraged me to join the TPP again, but I knew I didn’t have it in me to hang with them. But Eric L. took pity on me and said he, Metin and Theresa were going at a slow pace, so I was welcome to join them.
It was less than 40 miles to the finish, but they were, without a doubt, the hardest miles I’d ever ridden in my life. Eric was an excellent pace-setter, even asking me if he was going too slowly or too fast. I hung on to his steady wheel and tried to forget the fact that I was still riding my bicycle. At least the sun was now up and the morning was helping me return to some form of semi-sentience. We caught up to Drew Buck and admired his tenacity for completing several PBPs on vintage bicycles.
Then it began to rain — a gentle sprinkling at first, then it grew more insistent. And it was a wasn’t warm, soothing summer rain either. We’d all just removed some layers and now we had to put them right back on to ward off the freezing cold raindrops. Then we hit the dreaded, aforementioned section of Rambouillet. My heels were throbbing, I couldn’t put any pressure on my knee so I was stuck in the saddle (and so my ass was screaming with pain) and I just had nothing left in me to climb any more hills. Eric and Theresa went on ahead, but Metin stayed back with me on his fixed gear, a calm, reassuring presence through the final hellish miles. While I felt like I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown, Metin kept talking to me, telling me we didn’t have far to go and had a good chunk of time in the bank — but that we still had to keep moving. Occasionally I’d stop and walk when I couldn’t take it any longer and he’d tell me, “It’s all right, do what you need to do.” I’d ask him, like a whiny child sitting in the back seat of a car during a long road trip, “How much further? Are there more hills?” It was so arduous and agonizing that I don’t think I could have finished without Metin urging me onwards to St. Quentin. About 4k from the finish, Ian flagged me down at the gate where a volunteer was directing riders onto a separate bike path. We had made it with two hours to spare, and he said, “Hey — come with us so we can cross the finish line together for Adrian Hands!” I turned to Metin and said, “I’m going to wait here a bit with them,” and thanked him, as best as I could, for his supreme act of mercy.--
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ISLE OF WIGHT, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal crash that killed a bicyclist Thursday night in Isle of Wight County.
State police said they were called to the intersection of Foursquare Road and Magnet Drive around 6:15 p.m. Thursday for a report of a bicyclist who was hit by a car.
The bicyclist, 56-year-old Kamil Metin Uz, of Palo Alto, California, was riding southbound on Magnet Drive when he approached a stop sign. He didn’t stop and was hit by a 2010 Acura that was traveling westbound on Foursquare Road.
Uz was thrown off his bicycle. Uz died at the scene from his injuries. The driver of the car, a Smithfield resident, and his passenger were not injured. Police do not believe alcohol or speed contributed to the crash. No one will be charged
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Was Metin riding with anybody at the time? I know we all make mistakes from time to time but I find this hard to believe. It is even more tragic because it makes it harder to make sense of give Metin’s attention to detail.
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State police said they were called to the intersection of Foursquare Road and Magnet Drive around 6:15 p.m. Thursday for a report of a bicyclist who was hit by a car.
The bicyclist, 56-year-old Kamil Metin Uz, of Palo Alto, California, was riding southbound on Magnet Drive when he approached a stop sign. He didn’t stop and was hit by a 2010 Acura that was traveling westbound on Foursquare Road.
Uz was thrown off his bicycle.
Uz died at the scene from his injuries.
The driver of the car, a Smithfield resident, and his passenger were not injured.
Police do not believe alcohol or speed contributed to the crash. No one will be charged."
Posted: May 19, 2022 / 10:54 PM EDT
Updated: May 19, 2022 / 11:31 PM EDT
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Like everyone else I am shocked and saddened by this news. Metin was such a great person and randonneur. He is one of many people I got to know pretty well through Randonneuring and one I could relate to on many many levels. I will miss him. I hope there is a heaven and he is having better times than he had here. His "accident" is yet another reminder that we all need to act reasonably, stay safe, and don't do stupid stuff.
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