Barry was a man I knew quite well but to call him a close friend would be stretching things a bit but we would exchange greetings whenever we met having done many rides together in the past.
Thanks to Oliver Schick and others for confirming the news yesterday after I had got a phone call out of the blue with the shocking news.
Little else to add as so many people have already posted. I will simply say that he will be missed by me. His rides were always interesting and for me there was always the element of surprise as to whether we would get lunch at 11.30 or 15.30 which tested fellow riders a time or two. He definitely leaves a large hole in the London cycling scene.
Barry was a man I knew quite well but to call him a close friend would be stretching things a bit but we would exchange greetings whenever we met having done many rides together in the past.
Thanks to Oliver Schick and others for confirming the news yesterday after I had got a phone call out of the blue with the shocking news.
Little else to add as so many people have already posted. I will simply say that he will be missed by me. His rides were always interesting and for me there was always the element of surprise as to whether we would get lunch at 11.30 or 15.30 which tested fellow riders a time or two. He definitely leaves a large hole in the London cycling scene.