cooldad

croptonboy

It is with great sadness that I report that cooldad recently lost his battle with cancer

cooldad was a long standing member on here and many will know him from the London Calling thread and subsiquent Facebook group, participating in rides around the Surrey Hills, Swinley and other places

He was also a fairly regular poster throughout the forum, and many will know him for his sharp wit, myself included

For anyone interested, his son is organising a meet at the top of Leith Hill on the 13th at noon to celebrate his life, swap stories, eat some cake etc

R.I.P. cooldad

JBA

Sad news.
I always appreciated his dry wit and sarcasm.

cougie

Shiiiit. Thats really sad. I had no idea. Thoughts to friends and family.

daniel_b

That's brutal.

Never met the man, but thoroughly enjoyed his contributions (and his avatar) on here.

It's a year to the day my girlfriends father passed away due to cancer, and it's still a huge struggle for everyone in the family.

veronese68

That really is very sad, I knew he was ill and as others have said I enjoyed his contributions. Always entertaining.

billycool

Really sorry to hear. Condolences to all involved. I enjoyed cooldad's contributions.

Stevo_666

That is tragic - a life taken too early. My condolences to his family.

RIP Cooldad.

bonzo_banana

Really sorry to hear that. Doesn't seem long ago I was reading his posts maybe a few weeks ago although I could have remembered that wrongly. Seemed a decent chap. We all have an expiry date sadly. So fed up with hearing about good people gone before their time due to cancer. RIP.

sniper68

I had no idea he was ill.Very sad news.
RIP Cooldad.

bigmitch41

I also had no idea He was ill, always enjoyed His knowledge input and humour/banter on the forums. Sorry to hear of his passing.


RIP Cooldad!

slowbike

I remember him mentioning it - ages ago.

I'll miss his posts..

arthur_scrimshaw

That is sad and a tragic loss to his friends and family.

Whenever I saw his name on a thread I'd always head straight for that post, always guaranteed a chuckle or a wince!

homers_double

RIP Cooldad, you will be missed. Thoughts are with your family and friends.

itboffin

RIP Cooldad

apreading

Damn - saw this thread title and feared the worst. He always seemed to have a great attitude to life and was always looking for the humour in everything. Already this thread shows that he touched the life of a great many strangers really, who didnt feel like strangers due to his nature (and obviously his prolific posting!). Such a sad loss for his family and those truly close to him but obvioulsy of less importance than that, its a sad loss to the community here which will be poorer for his passing.

Always thought I would meet him on a ride out one day, obviously not now.

Rest in Peace Cooldad.

Matthewfalle

Awful news. Sincere condolences.

imposter2.0

Gutted to hear this. We need more people like him, not less. I knew he was ill, but the news is still hard to take. RIP fella.

robert88

A poster whose posts I enjoyed. Sadly no more. RIP

eric_draven

I had no idea he was ill, I quite enjoyed his wit and banter on here and will be sadly missed,bloody awful disease I've had the misfortune of watching both parents pass away with it of different forms

RIP Cooldad

swod1

eric draven wrote:

I had no idea he was ill, I quite enjoyed his wit and banter on here and will be sadly missed,bloody awful disease I've had the misfortune of watching both parents pass away with it of different forms

RIP Cooldad

I don't think a lot did, you wouldn't have known from the witty banter on the posts.

A lad who I work with is going through cancer treatment at the moment, horrible thing to have to go through. But he is just so upbeat when he pops in to the office like it is nothing to worry about.

diamonddog

Sad news

N0bodyOfTheGoat

Just refreshed the forum, saw this thread title as a recent sub-section update and feared the worse (having read a post from his about his cancer maybe last year sometime).

RIP

Ben6899

Best wishes to family and friends.

RIP, cooldad.

BelgianBeerGeek

My condolences to his family and friends.
My friends, life is short, make the most of it.

thistle_

I'll certainly miss his posts on here which amused me no end. A sad loss.

BelgianBeerGeek wrote:

life is short, make the most of it.

+1

orraloon

RIP cooldad.

roger_merriman

RIP sorry to hear that.

gt-arrowhead

Tonight is my first time having a peruse around the forum in probably a year, and one of the first things i thought when i logged in was "are the usuals like Cooldad still around?".

I am saddened to see this news rather than seeing his usual funny posts. Was even looking forward to seeing what he would say on my build thread, as he usually came in with something funny every time i updated it!

I was actually reminded of cooldad a couple of days ago when I stripped one of my bikes that I hadn't ridden for a while - ready for a rebuild. He sent me an old shifter and cassette completely free of charge a few years ago and will continue to use them. As i took them off I thought "it was nice of cooldad from Bikeradar to send me this stuff for free".

Thanks for the laughs and the parts cooldad, sad to read this news. Condolences to his family and friends.

Stevo_666

GT-Arrowhead said:

Tonight is my first time having a peruse around the forum in probably a year, and one of the first things i thought when i logged in was "are the usuals like Cooldad still around?".

I am saddened to see this news rather than seeing his usual funny posts. Was even looking forward to seeing what he would say on my build thread, as he usually came in with something funny every time i updated it!

I was actually reminded of cooldad a couple of days ago when I stripped one of my bikes that I hadn't ridden for a while - ready for a rebuild. He sent me an old shifter and cassette completely free of charge a few years ago and will continue to use them. As i took them off I thought "it was nice of cooldad from Bikeradar to send me this stuff for free".

Thanks for the laughs and the parts cooldad, sad to read this news. Condolences to his family and friends.

Hi GT, good to see you back again.

Really sad what happened to Cooldad, especially at a relatively early age

As you've probably worked out from the lack of posts, Crudcatcher has kind of died as well...