In my condolence, EVCC= Elbow Valley Cycle Club which is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2023.

Bob was an avid cyclist and loved to ride the pathways from his home on Bow Crescent.

An active member of the EVCC during the 90s and early 2000s, Bob participated in numerous supported mutli-day cycle tours in Alberta, BC and California. When the EVCC produced a printed newsletter, Bob volunteered to address 850 envelopes and help collate, fold and stuff the newsletters while hosting the Cadence parties at his condo with his late wife, Diana. These generous contributions spanned about 15 years, ending when his home was flooded in 2013. By then EVCC had decided to go with an online Cadence only.

When Bob moved from a condo into his new home on Bow Crescent, he had the space and offered EVCC a free repository for the club’s Golden Triangle gear, saving the club about $2000 per year in storage fees.

Bob’s door was always open and his house was a popular stop on some of the club’s NW urban tours. His freshly roasted coffee was legendary.

Pre-covid, when the pathways were clear of snow and ice, Bob, Henning Johansen and Don Whiting would meet at Eau Clair on their bikes, cycle back to Bob’s house in Bowness, hop in Bob’s SUV still attired in spandex and dine at the Market Mall food court at the same table every Wednesday. Old friends would drop by and it became a weekly reunion where we celebrated Bob’s birthdays.

I’ll miss Bob and will remember his hospitality, warmth and generosity to the members of the EVCC.

Don Hollingshead

My wife Louise and I have many fond memories of Bob through bike rides and lunch meetings arranged over the years by my brother (and good friend of Bob's) Henning. We have lived in Toronto since 1968, but whenever we visited families in Alberta, we would usually make time for a bike ride (particularly in the earlier years) or a lunch meeting (in later years) with Bob. One of the more memorable bike rides with Bob was in July 2006. My brother Henning, Bob and I set out to ride up Highway 40 to the Highwood Pass in the Kananaskis area from Longview south of Turner Valley. All was going well until we got near the summit when strong winds suddenly and surprisingly brought freezing temperatures down upon us. We tried to push to the summit, but the headwind was just too strong and cold (this being July, we weren't dressed for such cold). Reluctantly, we stopped for a while to see if the wind might die down, but it didn't. So, we finally turned around and wheeled back downhill pushed by the persistent wind. We were soon going so fast that our hands were beginning to freeze to the point where we were afraid of losing control and having a serious accident. Fortunately, we spotted a public washroom off to the side of the highway that was open. It was not in service, so unheated, but it provided much needed shelter from the wind and cold. After huddling together for while, long enough to get some warmth back in our bodies and feeling back in our hands, we continued back down the highway to where we had parked our cars near Longview ... and where the temperature was more summer-like. After we stowed our bikes in our cars, we decided to drive up to Highwood Pass, so that we could say we had made it one way or the other to the highest paved pass in Canada. Henning and I were both impressed at Bob's spirit and resilience that day. We have many other experiences with Bob, more pleasant than the Highwood Pass one, but I will leave it at that. Bob was a gentle man, a joy to be around, and we will miss him. Our sincere condolences to his surviving family.

Kurt Johansen

Toronto