tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838085020802983098.post5798582030830926585..comments2023-11-02T05:56:03.596-07:00Comments on Mid-Atlantic Musings: Raimo Ahti's Raleigh Team ReplicaGeorge Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375041586503979232noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838085020802983098.post-81702528465412722018-03-30T01:09:11.613-07:002018-03-30T01:09:11.613-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.nickmiddleton010https://www.blogger.com/profile/16701534760902792410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838085020802983098.post-81846289194572502652018-03-24T03:20:48.241-07:002018-03-24T03:20:48.241-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.nickmiddleton010https://www.blogger.com/profile/16701534760902792410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838085020802983098.post-87282642236864036772012-03-23T13:19:43.386-07:002012-03-23T13:19:43.386-07:00Hello again, Marilyn: Raimo's blue bike is on...Hello again, Marilyn: Raimo's blue bike is one of my favorites! She's a sweet little machine with perfect balance and quick, sure handling. I hope you subscribed to the comments so that you see my replies.<br /><br />Best,<br />GeorgeGeorge Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375041586503979232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838085020802983098.post-55408900723426924082012-03-23T13:13:31.472-07:002012-03-23T13:13:31.472-07:00My pleasure, Marilyn! I'm typing with one hand...My pleasure, Marilyn! I'm typing with one hand and temporarily I can't ride the bike because a week ago I fell while practicing for an upcoming figure skating test and broke my right arm! I can't shift gears and can only work one brake, so the famous bike of Raimo will get an 8 week rest. Please give your father my warmest regards! An old shipmate from my days in the Coast Guard lives in Ashburnham, Mass so maybe one day I'll get to meet your father if I get up that way.<br /><br />All the best,<br />GeorgeGeorge Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375041586503979232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838085020802983098.post-46335727815502499182012-03-23T12:30:24.303-07:002012-03-23T12:30:24.303-07:00thank you for the kind words about my dad.thank you for the kind words about my dad.marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03452661078207485591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838085020802983098.post-48189567804084940462012-03-23T12:26:34.018-07:002012-03-23T12:26:34.018-07:00Hi George, I just happen to be playing on the com...Hi George, I just happen to be playing on the computer and came across you. Enjoyed all of your photos. The bike with Raimo on it, I never got to ride that bike. However, I did see it alot. I had my own bike. Raimo is my father.marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03452661078207485591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838085020802983098.post-84394076928803775292012-02-02T12:13:51.741-08:002012-02-02T12:13:51.741-08:00Hello and thanks for your comment! I have not met ...Hello and thanks for your comment! I have not met Raimo in person but have exchanged letters with him after acquiring the bike. The bike will always have his name on the down tube as long as I'm able to ride it!George Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375041586503979232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838085020802983098.post-56971365969637080232012-02-02T12:02:53.506-08:002012-02-02T12:02:53.506-08:00Hello, When i was a 18 year old, i hooked up with...Hello, When i was a 18 year old, i hooked up with the Ahti family, through one of Raimo's son's Erik. I use to see that bike hang in the basement of the house. Many sets aged of silk sow tires were around. Raimo and his son were the harest training people i ever met in my life. SISU, is a word i say with awe. The awe was instilled in me by Raimo and his son. It was nothing for us to run 10 miles before working a day of stone work, and then to ride a boke time trial that same evening. I cannot describe how hard core they were....But God himself would have stood in awe of their efforts. Someone wrote a book in WI about Raimo, it was called the "Iron man of the Berkeibiner" a famed marathon Xcountry ski race in Wisoconsin. I'm telling you this because the man is a living legend. I used to run a "26 minute" 5 mile, and when i would turn to look, there would be Raimo not to far behind. He did the Boston Marathon like 10 times, he almost made te Olympic Race walk team, he jumped out of an airplane and lived...His shoot didn't open! He has competed in about every sport imaginable, and is as honsest and as good of man as i have ever met. You had a brush with true royalty, when you encountered Raimo. I am so sad to hear his wife and son i used to train with passed away, that must hurt him very deeply. I cried today when i head about there deaths. It has been over 30 years since i lived with their family for a year. I stayed out at Fort Pond in their summer home that year. It was one of the best of my life. He must have painted it years after i was gone, it was the standard color last i saw it in 1982 :) Peace to you, and congratulations on having met Raimo, he is an amazing man.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173313079427519971noreply@blogger.com