Where is Deacon Patrick?

[John Rinker]

I apologize if this is off topic but does anybody know what happened to Deacon Patrick? He is, to my thinking, among the venerable RBW Owners including Bill, Joe, Patrick, Berkeleyan, and BBDD. So, where is he?

Back in 2014 when I was looking into buying my Hunqapillar, Deacon Patrick was a great source of inspiration and knowledge regarding this bike in particular. Moreover, I've always enjoyed his writing and encouragement to others who were looking for advice in the Riv-i-verse. 

Of late I notice he has been conspicuously absent. I Googled him and it seems he's alive and well as a Catholic deacon in Colorado, but have not seen him on these boards in a while. 

I can't imagine he stopped riding his beloved Hunq, Quickbeam and GBW. Maybe he just decided to step away from the world of the web and ride more. Perhaps just another great bit of wisdom from the Deacon- 'grin'.

Cheers. John

[Garth]

Here is his web page where you can contact him John. https://deaconpatrick.org 

He had written about "being at a Crossroads with an online group" there but it's now removed. Call it irreconcilable differences. That neither he nor we are at liberty to discuss here pretty much says everything, and that's about all there is to that. 

[Garth]

Here's a wayback link .... https://web.archive.org/web/20210121144359/https://deaconpatrick.org/reaching-a-crossroads-with-an-online-bicycle-group

[MoVelo]

Garth 

Thank you so much for this info. I too have wondered about Deacon's whereabouts. I am sorry for the groups loss, but joyed to have found him and his writings. 

Sharp wit within a truly compassionate soul seems to be so rare these days. 

Peace

jaypea

[John Rinker]

Thank you, Garth. I certainly don't mean of open a can of worms on this. I really just wanted to know where he'd gone. I appreciate the link. 

Cheers,

John

[Joel S]

I sent him an email from the link provided above and got a very quick reply.  He is well and happy.  

[John Rinker]

Good to know. Thanks Joel.