Submitted by Wendy, Tal, Jace, and Witt Williams on June 24, 2010 - 5:31pm.
The news of Dave's accident and passing is devastating to our family. We live in Helena, Montana and our avid mountain bikers. We tracked Dave on the internet during the Tour Race and found him in Helena at the Great Divide Cyclery on his stop over here. We met him there and visited with him for about 20 minutes and called my father-in-law Jim Williams to hurry down and meet a real mtn bike racer (he is 72 years old and LOVES to mtn bike). We all took photos with Dave and listened with great joy to his stories of the race thus far. We wished him well and off he went. We drove up ahead of him a few miles and when he came by...my sons Jace and Witt hooted and hollered out the window at him...."GO DAVE" and "SHOOT THE JUICE TO HER BRUCE"....their way of saying Good Luck Dave. We will not forget his great smile and pleasant demeanor. We are incredibly saddened for his wife and daughter and family and friends back in Vermont. You will all be in our prayers.
Wendy, Tal, Jace, and Witt Williams
Helena, Montana
Dave Blumenthal
The news of Dave's accident and passing is devastating to our family. We live in Helena, Montana and our avid mountain bikers. We tracked Dave on the internet during the Tour Race and found him in Helena at the Great Divide Cyclery on his stop over here. We met him there and visited with him for about 20 minutes and called my father-in-law Jim Williams to hurry down and meet a real mtn bike racer (he is 72 years old and LOVES to mtn bike). We all took photos with Dave and listened with great joy to his stories of the race thus far. We wished him well and off he went. We drove up ahead of him a few miles and when he came by...my sons Jace and Witt hooted and hollered out the window at him...."GO DAVE" and "SHOOT THE JUICE TO HER BRUCE"....their way of saying Good Luck Dave. We will not forget his great smile and pleasant demeanor. We are incredibly saddened for his wife and daughter and family and friends back in Vermont. You will all be in our prayers.
Wendy, Tal, Jace, and Witt Williams
Helena, Montana