Grateful Dead's Bob Weir Dead at 78

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55. I worked in a bike shop in the early 80s

In a ski resort town in the Rockies.. This was just when mountain biking were beginning to become a thing. Bobby was playing in town with his band Kingfish. He and his bandmates came in and rented MTBs from me. They had not done it before. Bobby came back a few hours later exuberant, raving about how much fun he had and how excited he was to take up mountain biking. It was a really fun experience and a thrill meeting Bobby. I had seen my first show as a teenager in 1978 and had gotten on the bus by then. When I lived in NYC in the 90s, Conrad’s Bike Shop in Tudor City had a picture of Bobby on the wall with a Merlin Titanium mountain bike he had purchased. It was pretty cool. I last saw Dead & Co at the Sphere last spring. It was an awesome experience. I had been hoping for another residency this year. This has been a really sad night.