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Thomas Bettis Casimir LEWISBURG - Thomas Bettis Casimir bravely went forth early Thursday morning, Aug. 7, 2008, at his home in Lewisburg after 47 years on earth.
Tom was an immensely gifted designer whose vision and skill brought grace and functionality to his projects in Japan, Puerto Rico, Texas, and of course Pennsylvania. He was disgusted by those who didn’t pay attention to the potential for beauty in the world.
He was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer 10 days before his death. His liver, however, was in excellent condition.
Tom will be missed by friend and foe.
He is survived by his siblings, Randy, Trey and Edith, many heartbroken friends, and the best dog in the world, Murphy.
Services will be at the convenience of the family.
Donations in Tom’s memory may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.
Arrangements are by the John H. Shaw III Funeral Home, Market and Eighth streets, Lewisburg.

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A group of friends from NEPA who met up with Tom in the earlier days of mountain biking attended a memorial for him on Sunday August 10th in Lewisburg. Tom was talented in more ways than you could imagine and was an intellectual stimulant to all those who knew him. He will be missed…

You are invited to join us on Friday night, April 4th for the 2nd Annual Bike Social from 6:00-9:00pm. Last year’s kickoff was so much fun.

Come out to see what’s happening in your local biking community for 2008!

Special musical appearance by Major Taylor,-aka Charles Havira & Friends!

Then, get ready for the 5th season of the Saturday Morning Ride. The first ride leaves the downtown @ 8:00am on Saturday April 5th.

Already in the planning stages will be a LAF-Lance Armstrong Foundation ride on Saturday May 10th.

Hope to see you all soon,

Your bike guys,

Rich Adams and Tom Jones

Lackawanna State Park, or LSP as it is known on the posts, is one of my favorite places to commune with nature. I’ve always been attracted to the trail system there which keeps on getting better and better due in part to Joe Tierney and his  great trail crew.     

The weather was idyllic for a early November morning with temp in the high 40’s as we started out. I joined in with about 12 riders for a tour of the north and eastern loops of the park which took us 3 hrs, due to a number of regroups and mechanicals. All in all a great day…

I was the lone rider of our group with 29″ wheels, but there was constant talk during the course of our ride about 29″, 650B, and of the failed 700D from the early 90’s. MTB 26″ is 559 mm rim diameter, 650B/584mm=27.5″, 700D/587 mm, & 700C (road and 29″) 622 mm.

Also of note is that some of our local riders have made just made it big! Turn to pg. 30 in the December issue of Mountain Bike Action where you will find Mt.Top locals Al& Joan Morena, Frank Homschek, Jeff Bruell with daughter Audrey at the Kingdom Trail system in Vt. Audrey’s pic is in a second time as she directs the others to ‘Moose Alley’.

tj05 Nov.