Tim Maguire

A few days ago Brian Bartel and I collected Tim Maguire's bikes to prepare them for the memorial service. I was impressed by how well kept they where. We only had to wipe some dust off a couple, but otherwise they were all ready for riding. Note that almost nothing on his bikes is from the stock purchase. He modified everything, so they are an interesting reflection on who Tim was. Each bike showed 1000-2000 miles on the odometers.

^ All 4. The bikes he loved.
 

^ The bike he was riding on his trainer lately. Note odometer reading and the heart rate monitor in use.
 

^ His skinsuit and some race numbers, including is 2011 Oregon race number
 

^ The final computer reading on his time trial bike was from his last Market Lane Time Trial in September
 

In 2011, Tim Maguire started using the SportyPal app on his phone to record his rides. I'm fairly certain all of his rides from 2011 are recorded on his profile page there. He had just under 700 miles listed. That wouldn't include his trainer miles. Judging by the look of his tires on his trainer bike, I'd say he put in a fair number of miles on his trainer.

On September 6 he posted the following update on Facebook: Read more

^ Training log for 2011 on SportyPal
 

^ Tim's last ride on September 20, 2011. Note the sustained effort during the time trial portion of the ride.
 

There are some peculiarities about Tim's passing that are fitting. An obvious one to me, was that he died on the longest night of the year, Winter Solstice. Perhaps more importantly, he gave in shortly after daybreak on the first day of Winter. This is significant because Tim hated riding his bike in Winter. In fact, he usually hibernated indoors on the trainer to begin his preparation for the race season. I would only see him outside well after the snow melt. Read more

^ A self-portrait from Tim's album titled: "11-11-11"
 

^ "The Market Lane start line brought to you by SPARKS! "Don't worry, Be happy!" --Tim Maguire, quote and photo.
 

^ This picture presented by Tim, reveals his hidden secret for improving his time trial position. He titled it "Aero Project 2"
 

^ Dedicated to customer satisfaction.
 

Tim only used Twitter for about a month (then he turned to FB), but it was a quality month of tweets! Since I was his one and only follower, I decided to share what you all missed (scroll down to start from the beginning):

Thinking of Timmy, I've been trying to dig up more pictures. In the process, I found one gem that Tim took himself. It was the finish of the 2008 Slammer Road Race in Boise. I missed the finish because I was preparing for the Category 3 race. Tim's best friend Brian Bartel rode up to me to let me know he had just won the race (because of genius preparation). Read more

^ Game face
 

^ Always fiddling with his equipment
 

^ A gem from his Facebook album titled "The Close of 2011"
 

^ Chronology of Tim's Facebook profile pictures from September 22, 2010 to December 22, 2011
 

Tim Maguire is undoubtedly the greatest bike time trialist La Grande has ever seen. He tested himself on every unofficial local course and most all of the official regional courses in Oregon (see his profile at OBRA), Idaho, and Washington. Tim intensely focused on improving his riding position, technology, and training techniques. He is a huge loss to us, with the news of his death earlier today from a heart problem. Read more

^ Tim starting at the Broome Time Trial in Boise
 

^ My favorite (and I think his too).
 

^ Giving race updates online during Banana Belt.
 

^ La Grande boys
 

^ Tim taking a weird pictures of me messing with my bike.
 

^ Time trialing on our course in Echo.
 

^ Our bikes, ready for launch. I'm sure Tim would have an 80s song for this.
 

^ Warming up for Cherry Pie 2008
 

^ Rolling out at Cherry Pie (in yellow)
 

^ Finishing the hill at Cherry Pie.
 

^ Tim's machine.
 

^ Tim had my camera for a few days and it came back with this crazy self-pic on it.
 

^ 2007 Oregon State Time Trial Championship
 

^ Tim gave me a whole series of best-of pictures he had taken with his camera in 2006-07 and this was one of the La Grande boys racing in Boise.
 

^ Here's another one he took of his best friend Brian Bartel and family.
 

^ And he's off...