Steve Tilford

[mcteague]

What a blow! I just checked his website early this morning and saw it was down. I've been following his recovery from a brain injury and he really seemed to be making great progress.

Tim

[wallymann]

OMG...i've been following tilford's career since back in the day, and more recently following his life experiences on his blog, i felt like i kinda knew the guy and certainly learned alot...he was recovering from a massive life-threatening head-injury last year, and now this...the cycling world lost someone special. RIP steve.

[shovelhd]

Awful. Rest in Peace, Steve. God Bless you Trudy.

[rePhil]

That literally made me ill. Steve and I had been exchanging e mails swapping recovery stories from crashing. Wow, just wow.

[Black Dog]

This is sad news indeed. Folks, if you are ever in an accident like this get away from your vehicle as soon as you can and move to a safe place until the scene has been secured by 1st responders. I lost some family members this way. It is such a sad loss.

[crankles]

Goddamit. I will miss you Steve.

[72gmc]

They found Tucker.

A bit of very good news on a sad day.

[azrider]

Originally Posted by Black Dog

This is sad news indeed. Folks, if you are ever in an accident like this get away from your vehicle as soon as you can and move to a safe place until the scene has been secured by 1st responders. I lost some family members this way. It is such a sad loss.

Great advice.

On my commute home last night there was a man fixing flat on his minivan while his toddler stood next to him and the mom holding an infant was standing directly behind vehicle.....all while cars whizzed by at 80mph +

Gutted about Steve. An icon of American racing atmo

[Tandem Rider]

I'm so sorry and so sad right now. I met Steve when we were both racing Juniors, he was able to figure out how to keep living his dream. The rest of us got jobs, had kids, etc. I think we were all a little envious, lived his life his own way.

I'm not a hocus pocus kind of guy, but I woke up at 1:20 am this morning with a start, stomach churning, unable to go back to sleep. I'm going to miss seeing him at the races again.

[the bottle ride]

So sad- I can't believe it
I read his blog every day
Makes the heart hurt

[soulspinner]

Originally Posted by Black Dog

This is sad news indeed. Folks, if you are ever in an accident like this get away from your vehicle as soon as you can and move to a safe place until the scene has been secured by 1st responders. I lost some family members this way. It is such a sad loss.

yup had a friend struck looking for an earring after she had an accident.

[moobikes]

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[rsandoval75002]

RIP Steve

[OperaLover]

Cycling idol from my youth. RIP Steve. My prayers for your family and friends.

[fiamme red]

Originally Posted by Black Dog

This is sad news indeed. Folks, if you are ever in an accident like this get away from your vehicle as soon as you can and move to a safe place until the scene has been secured by 1st responders. I lost some family members this way. It is such a sad loss.

A cousin of mine was in a situation like this and was very lucky that he wasn't killed. Unfortunately, he did lose a leg.