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Farewell!
posted by Joe Treen
In case some of you out there were not aware, we lost one of our favourite MX families this week...
Roddy, Laura, Kate and Donald MacLeod left Thurs morning for their new life "down under" (New Zealand). They will be sorely missed. Roddy and I have known each other since the late 1980's, but at that time mostly through a mutual friend at that time. Roddy quit the MX scene in the early 1990's to raise his family, only to make a return in 1999. At that time, Roddy was desperate to find someone to ride with (and desperate he was, to re-start his riding career practising with me....), and we "hooked up". During the next three years, we logged many an hour on tracks and trails throughout the Maritimes. I'm going to miss my riding buddy.
Heres wishing Roddy and family great success in their "big adventure". I know you'll do great things...and get faster than ever, as long as you can stay off those Mtn Bikes....
Replies: 13 comments
Roddy, enjoy your time in Aus. Whats going to happen to the site?
posted by yzinger @ 02/01/2002
The whole smiling family will be missed on race weekends. We all wish you nothing but the best in NZ. Send me (us) your e-mail address so we can stay in touch. Oh yeah....you gonna to continue to maintain the site??
posted by RACEGUY @ 02/01/2002
Hey Roddy,
I just thought I would say good bye to you and the rest of the family. Over the last two years you have been a mighty thorn in my side on the track and a good friend off of it, it's been a lot of fun. Keep the carbon out of that bike of yours cause when you get back we are going at it, just to see wether they have kept you on your toes over there. You guys take care and Don jr. I still haven't sold that trophee of yours yet so I guess you'll just have to come back home and get it sometime. See you later.
Lee Steeves
posted by Lee Steeves @ 02/01/2002
The site will carry on!!...with help from contributors :)
posted by Treen @ 02/01/2002
Hey You Guys,
We are sure going to miss you all!! Charlie and Levi especially will be missing all of the advise and encouragement at the track. We promise to keep you posted as to the going ons here in the Maritimes.Take care of each other and everything else will take care of itself. Charlie said he will be calling you once a month for sure Roddy!!!!!!!!
See You Soon!!
posted by The Smith Family @ 02/01/2002
It will certainly be different without your family at the races.Thank-You Roddy for all the help and encouragement that you have given to our family.Best of luck and happiness on your new adventure.We only live once so live it!!
Love From The Mosher's
posted by lovemx @ 02/02/2002
Roddy I've know you for a long time. Since you and your Dad first started coming to the races in the Eighties hanging around with Kirment and Danny. I was really glad to see you get back into it and really proud to see what you've done with Atlantic MX, will all miss seeing you and your family at the race good luck to you and your family. When you come back to visit if you ever nead to borrow a bike come see me.
Take care
Larry Northrup
posted by Larry Northrup @ 02/04/2002
Hey everyone.. Thanks for all the kind words - nice to hear we have so many friends. Of all the sacrifices we've made to move to New Zealand, letting go of the mx scene in Atlantic Canada was one of the hardest. We miss everyone already. Keep up the great work and we'll be back before you know it. Hey Lee, I'm still gonna be a thorn in your side, don't you worry!
Roddy, Laura, Katie and Donald
posted by roddy @ 02/05/2002
so this is what happened to mr. treen - when is the last time you dusted off that raven?
posted by butt_ugly @ 02/06/2002
LOL! Too long to even remember....sad, but true. Actually, I did ride last fall, long enough to break Roddy's collarbone again...hehehe!
posted by Treen @ 02/07/2002
hey rod...i'm from NZ...what part of our fair country are you coming to.We've got some pretty good tracks in the Nth Island
posted by endoh @ 02/08/2002
Hey roddy hope everything works out good for u and your family.Keep in touch.
Newf
posted by ryan lockhart @ 02/11/2002
Miss ya around the track in the coming year, I will have a beer for ya, and 1 for you wife and 1 for your Dad and 1 for your son and... you get the joke by now. Anyway it was good seeing you off at the x-mass party, and like everyone else, if your back around, you have a place to lay your head and a bike to ride, even if it's green and not red, later.
posted by DICK @ 02/19/2002
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