Last Day of Tortuga 500 w/ Chronic Taco's Wee-Man in Redondo Beach

Mark’s bandwidth was unrivaled. Below is a list of books he recently sent me for the blog:

[Mark] Books I’ve Read on Cycling:

•Bicycle Diaries; David Byrne (Talking Heads lead singer; interesting if a bit slow)

•Bicycling and the Law; Bob Mionske (For geeks who want a thorough knowledge base from which to argue with peace officers)

•Bicycling Science, 3rd Edition; David Gordon Wilson (For Cycling Geeks)

•Bike Snob: Systematically & Mercilously Realigning the World of Cycling; by Eben Weiss

•Blazing Saddles: The Cruel and Unusual History of the Tour de France; Matt Rendell (Very cool one or two pages on each year of the TDF. Fun stories, good understanding of the history of the event and sport)

•Bobke II: The Continuing Misadventures of Bob Roll; Bob Roll (Funny; TDF Color Commentator)

•It’s not About the Bike; Lance Armstrong (Classic)

•Joyride; Mia Burke (Story of Portland’s emergence as bike friendly city)

•Lance Armstrong’s War: One Man’s Battle Against Fate, Fame, Love, Death, Scandal, and a Few Other Rivals on the Road to the Tour de France; Daniel Coyle (Really good on his training, power, team stategery)

•Pedaling Revolution: Jeff Mapes (Really good stories of the bike-friendly movement)

•Roadie: The Misunderstood World of a Bike Racer; Jamie Smith (Guide for your mother)

•The Bicycle Wheel, 3rd Edition; Jobst Brandt  (For geeks who want to build their own bike wheels)

•The Cyclist’s Manifesto: The Case for Riding on Two Wheels Instead of Four; Robert Hurst (Bike Movement)

•The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance; David Herlihy (Really cool book about three different very serious cyclists from the 1890’s traveling the world)

•The Quotable Cyclist: Great Moments of Bicycling Wisdom, Inspiration and Humor; Bill Strickland (Cool quotes)

•The Rider; Tim Krabbe (Classic, story of racing in Europe)

•We Might As Well Win; Johan Bruyneel (Inside look at racing on Lance’s team)

His energy:  limitless
His optimism:  unwavering
His enthusiasm to learn: boundless
His bandwidth: unrivaled

It was an honor to be your friend.

We loved you dearly.

We will miss you deeply.

Everyone pray for Mike Jensen’s recovery.

Please accept my sincere apologies if you hadn’t yet heard of Mark’s & Mike’s Accident.

Please click here to see Long Beach Press Telegram for details.

A text we received tonight from Charlie Gandy I’d like to share:

In memory of Mark Bixby, I rode to the top of the Desmond Bridge tonight and recorded this sunset.  His legacy is long.  And his vision is magnificent.
~Charlie Gandy