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Condolences to his family and friends. very sad.
Nobody else I'd rather have been thrown out of an Exploited/UK Subs gig with (before either got on stage). Nobody else I'd rather jump off dam walls in the south of France with. Nobody else I'd rather find declining a race through the wee park at the back of his house, with him on my newly purchased full-suspension ride - a Mk1 Moulton. Nobody else I'd rather be having a wee nip by a campfire with this evening. A loss to all. Love to all.
The shock for his family and those who knew him will be devastating and my sincere heartfelt condolences, thoughts and prayers are for you. He will undoubtedly rest in peace and love.
Never met the guy but he's been helping me ( and others) with my proposed next bike build (carbine 29) always gave good advice based on facts and experience (light bicycle wheels etc etc) no "you must buy this cos I did" input at all.
He'll be sadly missed....big love to his family
oh my god so sad. met him at glentress a good few years ago 🙁
So sad, condolences to his family and friends.
Very sad - I enjoyed his banter on here. Condolences to friends and family. 🙁
That's awful.
Condolences to all who knew him.
Sad news. Condolences to friends and family who might be reading this.
Thats awful, he was a cracking lad the couple of times I met him,and anytime I spoke to him on here.
I only met him once many years ago riding the Darkside Gap Jump at Mabie Forest. Since then, I've always enjoyed picking his brain online about wilderness trails in the north east. He had a terrific knowledge of trails around that neck of the woods and was always willing to help out. Whenever a thread would come up about Scottish trails, he'd pop up with some brilliant local knowledge. I owe him no small debt of thanks for the trails he's pointed me in the direction of over the years.
I'm absolutely gutted for him and his family. Very, very sad to hear this awful news.
Brian - you may be gone but you won't be forgotten.
A very sad day ,far too young to go. RIP.
Never met him and never spoke to him but the overwhelming sentiment on here and the pics that have been posted make him out to have been a cracking lad who'll be sorely missed by all that new him. Such a shame. And a proper mountain biker too!
Met him and spoke on last year's Trans-Savoie and I'm shocked to hear the news, he seemed a great bloke and a real lover of mountain biking. Condolences to his family and friends at this sad time.
Condolences and thoughts to you the family and friends, no age to leave this planet. Im sure his life touched many a person.
Awful news. Thoughts are with his family and friends
Really sad to here the news , i had the privelige of riding with Brian a couple of years ago and he is one on the most talented riders i have ever been up the cairngorms with.
R.I.P. big man ......i will be riding today with your memory
Rest in Peace Sir. My thoughts are with your family and friends
RIP. Thoughts to family and friends
RIP Messiah. Didn't know him personally but did have a few conversations with him, he popped over to Retrobike quite often. One thing you could tell was how much he loved his bikes and biking, my thoughts are with his family and friends.
Terrible news and far too young to go. Looks like a guy who loved his bikes and lived life to the fullest. Thoughts are with all the people that knew him.
Does anyone know what actually happened to him?
Very shocked by this, I shared a couple of hours riding with him at last years Tran-Savoie and was expecting to meet him again this year, a very kind and knowledgeable guy, a sad loss indeed, condolences to your family and friends.
Sad news, RIP
What a shame, best wishes to his family and friends.
This is tragic & very sad indeed. I enjoyed his presence here. I am his age and can but imagine how friends and family are feeling. Warm wishes to you.
R.I.P.
Awful. Just tragic! Sincere wishes to all his family & friends x
folks the replies are overwhelming and very welcomed.
We passed this link to his family, I am sure they will be humbled by the warmth that is being extended by everyone he influenced.
I need to tell Ali at TransSavoie as well. Brian, myself and another of our number all entered the Trans Savoie last year, i made the reserve list but not the race. Brian spent ages talking me into me into it this year again, i came up with excuses which feel so false on hindsight, i cant express how much i want to do this... oh man, wiping tears again.
We were half way through having new strips for the riding group, had these accelerated and final designs came out last night. He will be immortalised on jerseys and come riding with us and be in our memories even more.
Planning some big hil rides, all the big hill rides he loved so dearly over the course of this year, no excuses! He would ride in any weather, infact i dont think he ever noticed the weather!
Once again, thanks folks
It's all been said, rest in peace dude.
its waking up on mornings like today, spring, temperature in the teens beautiful view of the mountains i wait for the first SMS message or email of the day from any of the maniacs. 99% of the time would be Brian. saying 'nice day'... then you know what would follow. 'Fancy taking a meeting?" Which meant, my bikes in the car/van lets got play on clachers/millstone/bennachie/macdui/nagar.. ' take your pick.
Its a common love and appreciation we all have, days like this make me apprecaite everything more.
Met Messiah at SSEC a few yeas ago, top bloke and a very good rider. RIP
RIP fella.
Thoughts go out to family and friends. Sad news and far too soon.
Hope that wherever you are the trials are dry and dusty, the coffee is good and the cake fresh.
Sad news RIP
So sorry to hear this. I met Brian at Trans Savoie last year, he was a genuinely good bloke, a good bike rider and someone who's company I enjoyed. He features in many of my fond memories from the event last year and I'm sure Ali will want to hear...
He can be seen riding his Nicolai at 02:21 and laughing at 07:42..
- sorry, struggling to embed
Hi j3ffo - the chaps at TS have been informed of Brian's death and I heard they might be doing something in his honour at this years race.
To everyone - I can only echo what Iain (suburban) said above, the response on here has been amazing, what a fantastic community we're part of 🙂 . Brian would've hated all the fuss but I'm sure he would have grumpily appreciated all the kind and heartfelt messages.
It's just starting to sink in today. Brian and I have some bike parts being shipped from the US, and the first thing I wanted to do this morning when I got to work was email him to say his stuff will be here soon 🙁
I took Brians old Nicolai AM out yesterday for a spin. Mixed emotions, privilaged to be the owner of his last Nicolai, but saddened that such well liked and pationate guy should lose his life so early.
Heres his old Nic AM in his favourite shade of dried mud.
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I'm shocked and deeply saddened by this news. Tragic and far too soon as many have said. I worked with Brian in Alpine Bikes back in the nineties when I was a 15 year old lad. He taught me lots about how to fix and ride bikes and I definitely looked up to him as a rider. He was so enthusiastic about bikes and life generally and always happy to help. I remember one of the first shop rides I went on with him that he led and he was sorting out problems with other peoples bikes and cracking jokes instead of getting annoyed. I lost touch over the years but bumped into him occasionally, at Mabie riding the darkside and making it look easy and a couple of years back whilst on a ride with my wife in Glen Tanar, Brian appeared from over a hill. We had a good catch up before he powered off out of that valley and into the next. I always hoped I would catch up with him for a proper ride one of these days. I know he leaves a young family behind, my thoughts and best wishes are with them. RIP chief.
no apologies for repeating what others have said: never met or knew him personally but he always came across as one of the good guys, I was always more likely to read a thread or post with his name attached to it as he'd have something positive and worth hearing (or thinking about) to say.
Taken tragically young (I'm 42), thoughts to all his family and friends who have suffered this loss.
Serena and I @Trans-Savoie and trailAddiction heard the sad news yesterday and we are both devastated.
Brian was the sort of guy that makes a big impression on you in a short time. Due to his larger than life character he was a big part of the Trans-Savoie last year, and generally brought a breath of fresh air and good fun at trailAddicion whenever he came to stay. We were very much looking forward to seeing him again this summer at the race.
We plan to name one of our new (and honestly, best) trails in the event this year, in Brian's memory - "The Goldsworthy". You may not know that Brian was the actually the first person to sign up for the Trans-Savoie last year - I recall a conversation with him where his enthusiasm for the concept of the event, and his personal promise to be the first person to sign up for it - was the final push that actually made me turn the ideas into the reality. This says so much about Brian's get-up-and-go character......he was 100% in to sign up for a huge event, before it had even been finalised or he even knew what the details would be.
Hopefully his memory will act as inspiration to those he leaves behind - if ever there was a man to take life's chances and make the most of them while he could, that would be Brian. I bet that he "lived" more than most of us will ever manage to despite having his life tragically cut short.
Brian featured in the race videos last year and I think the clips of him in our summary video are a great reminder of what this lovely man was all about.
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.....at least he went out doing something that he loved. We could all learn a lot on how to live better and embrace life, from the memory of such a lovely man.
RIP Chap
May you ride into the distance with the sun on your face and the wind at your back.
Another rider lost a valiant fight for life in Hampshire. A crash at the MOuntbatten circuit hospitalised a few riders. Unfortunatly one did not recover from his injuries.
Road club captain went through the rear window of a car as well on the same day . Fortunatly he has only suffered minor injuries.
Jeez dust evrywhere in STM towers
Sad news indeed, I never knew him personally, but it sounds like he went out doing something he truy loved RIP. Still 42 is far too early an age. My thoughts, Sympathies and condolences to his family and friends.
RIP young fella.
🙁
Not been on for a few days. Very sad news. Always enjoyed his posts on here. thoughts with his friends and family.
Very sad news indeed - my thoughts are with his family during the toughest times they're likely to face. Speaking as a 43 year old myself, this is no age to go. Incredibly sad.
I didn't know Messiah but we seemed to regularly pop up on the same threads whenever Nicolai bikes and Bos suspension were mentioned. A regular on both here and the MTBR Nic forum, I know his thoughts, reviews and general advice will be missed by a great many folk.
RIP
So sad to read this.
It is my loss that I never got to ride with or meet you.
R.I.P.
Thoughts go to your family and friends.