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Mike Vandeman wrote:
> So much for the alleged "health benefits" of mountain biking....
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/nazareth/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1247285156119070.xml&coll=3
> 
> Brian Hahl, Stockertown cyclist who raised multiple sclerosis
> awareness for 20 years, died
> 
> Saturday, July 11, 2009
> By COLIN MCEVOY
> The Express-Times
> 
> Brian Hahl, a 50-year-old teacher and cyclist from Stockertown, died
> Thursday afternoon after suffering a heart attack during a bicycle
> ride.
> 
> Hahl, who had been a science teacher for 27 years at Hillsborough
> Middle School in Somerset County, N.J., was preparing to participate
> in his 20th consecutive bicycle run to raise funds and awareness for
> multiple sclerosis.
> 
> Jim Durham, a teaching colleague and friend who planned to ride
> alongside Hahl, said Hahl's teammates will now be riding in his
> honor.
> 
> "He completely inspired me," said Durham, 41, who has multiple
> sclerosis but rode 50 miles alongside Hahl last year.
> 
> "He pushed me to ride when I said that I couldn't do it," said Durham,
> who plans to ride 150 miles this year. "He knew that I could do it,
> and I'm so grateful to him for that."
> 
> Hahl was planning to lead the Lehigh Valley-based team MS Milestones
> in the National MS Society's annual PA Dutch 2009, a July 18-19
> cycling event expected to raise $325,000 to battle the chronic
> disease.
> 
> Linda Ruzanski, a former teaching colleague of Hahl who has multiple
> sclerosis, said Hahl looked forward to the event every year, and
> worked hard to raise money and awareness to fight the disease.
> 
> "He was just a good man with a good heart, and his students absolutely
> loved him, just loved him," said Ruzanski, 58, of New Hope, who knew
> Hahl for 24 years. "He will be missed in more ways than one."
> 
> Hahl was also a member of the local Lehigh Wheelmen Association and
> rode for 14 years in the Pennsylvania Perimeter Ride Against Cancer in
> honor of his father, who died of cancer.
> 
> When Hahl first started riding in the National MS Society's PA Dutch
> event, he did not know anyone with multiple sclerosis, nor had he even
> ridden a bicycle seriously before....

What does that have to do with California?

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