Re: [CR] Interesting Obit in the Paper Today ...

(Example: History:Norris Lockley)

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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:26:36 -0500
From: "Wayne Bingham" <blkmktbks@gmail.com>
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Interesting Obit in the Paper Today ...


That person would be Andy Werth.

Andy was very well known and respected in the local racing community in this area, and a genuinely nice guy. Andy had a custom Masi 3V made for him in Italy, as well as a Masi track frame, which he raced for a number of years. I bought both of those from Andy some years ago, the 3V as a complete bike and the other as a partial bike, when Andy moved on to newer racing hardware. I later sold the track bike to a good friend (also a local racer) and he raced it for a number of years. When my friend decided to sell the bike, I offered it here to the list, where it was sold once again. That bike can be seen here:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Wayne-Bingham/MasiPista/

My friend called me when he heard about Andy's passing, and lamented that he wished he still had the Masi frame. We have an old photo of Andy racing on a track as a young man that we wanted to work into a Cirque T-Shirt last year, but that never came together. Maybe we need to think about that again.

I still have Andy's 3V frame.

After a long, debilitating illness where he was no longer able to ride, I only hope Andy's now riding again somewhere.

-- Wayne Bingham

On 2/11/09, Robert Clair <r.clair@cox.net> wrote:
> ... perhaps someone on the list knew this person.
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> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/10/AR2009021003756.html
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> robert clair alexandria, va 22308
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Wayne Bingham
Lovettsville, Virginia USA