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Article: Cyclist's death still hurts friends, family
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 28, 2007
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OAKLAND -- It was clear, dry and warm when Ed Weiss set out for
his daily bicycle ride that Saturday afternoon last July.
It might have been the perfect summer day for a ride.
At 5 foot 10 and 176 pounds, Weiss,
50, was lean and strong without much body fat. He often logged
hundreds of miles each week plowing up and down the steep Oakland
hills or from his house near Skyline High School to Alameda or North
Berkeley and back home again.
A tree trimmer by trade, Weiss was, his friends and family joked,
was built much like a tree -- lanky and solid.
They also said he was in better physical shape than men half his
age.
"He rode every day," said his brother, Rick Schiller.
Weiss was a ...
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