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  1. i don't know how many of you know my good friend jeff baker ( unibiker)
    but he is no longer with us. he died 12-30-2004 i just found out myself
    last nite.
    the only reason i'm posting here is because he seemed to think alot of
    this website.
    i dont know much but your welcome email me if your were his friend
    too.

    thanks, jeff myers.

    my email is [email hidden]

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    jmyers
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  2. Rest in peace.

    God bless his soul.

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    oregonguy
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  3. Very sad news.

    Based on his 'last thread' (http://tinyurl.com/4tchj) he had already
    found Unibiker Heaven.

    Let's take the advice of his sig line:

    Quoted message said:

    MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!! > > > > 'Unibiker's Photo Gallery'
    (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albun01)

    --
    UniBrier - Its Time to Ride

    Steve

    You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. - C.
    S. Lewis

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  4. I'm sad to hear this news.

    I'm curious as to how and why, ... PM me ...?

    Best wishes to you Jmyers

    --
    DigitalDave - scabless

    'nf7-s ~ xp2400mobile'
    (http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?rigid=21988)
    '19,774 3dm01' (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8304204)

    my will to live was stronger than my will to die - iggy pop
    what doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger - i dunno 🙁
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  5. that's one less of us...

    🙁

    is it possible to find out if this was illness or injury related?

    --
    GILD - Waffle-[censored] and Time-bider

    if you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.--
    alice 'roosevelt' (http://tinyurl.com/5ngze) longworth
    I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.-- William H.
    Mauldin
    'NAMASTE!' (http://tinyurl.com/4qcxw)
    'Dave' (http://tinyurl.com/ywxgb)
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  6. I remember him. I talked to him.

    R.I.P.

    --
    Catboy - I enjoy the taste of dirt!

    'I have the amazing power to talk to cats! =^.^='
    (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Catboy)
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  7. deepest simpathy
    R.I.P.

    POW

    --
    Unitik908 - Level 5

    "I am not gay although I wish I were, just to [censored] homophobes"

    --Kurt Cobain

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  8. not such a happy new year anymore.....i'll miss that guys approch to one
    wheeling.

    --
    jagur - Random Unicyclist

    Tim's main man.
    ---------------------------------------------------
    -Forget_Your_Life-
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    -------*muni militia *-------
    *one wheeled death squad*
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  9. awwman.🙁 im sorry to hear about it.

    Quoted message said:

    the only reason i'm posting here is because he seemed to think alot of
    this website.

    I know what you mean.I always talk about this website to my freinds and
    they must get sick of hearing it.🙄

    What is that thing anyway?

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    forrestunifreak - Im Lame!

    I cant help it if my sig. line is stupid.Its just the nature of my
    sig.
    Sig nature.
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  10. Too bad. He seemed like a nice guy, and added some interesting variety
    to the forum with his "unibike." We'll miss you, Jeff.

    --
    jsm - Coasting Addict

    all i have to say is "poor slave-labor-schooled kids." - forrestunifreak
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  11. I will post this slightly editted corespondence with Jeff Meyers, who
    was kind enough to answer my email, in order to address our inquiries
    concerning the untimely death of Jeff Baker, known to us as Unibiker.
    Sorry to bring you this sad news but it will clarify things for those
    who are curious. Then we can let this thread and Jeff go to rest.

    My e-mail:

    Jeff-

    Sorry to bother you. What was the cause of death for Jeff? As UniBiker,
    he was an innovative guy on our unicycling forum and just seemed to
    disappear after awhile. His no-hands riding creations and skills were
    interesting to the forum population and to me in particular. The forum
    members are curious as to the details if you are comfortable and at
    liberty revealing them.

    Thanks for any further info. So sorry to hear of the loss of your
    friend.

    -Greg Harper

    Jeff's reply:

    Greg-

    It's no bother, Jeff was my good friend I've known him since I was 9
    years old. Although I am not into unicycles we've ridden motorcycles for
    some 30 years.

    Jeff has been having some trouble for awhile, much deeper than any of us
    knew. The V.A. hospital had been treating him for post traumatic stress
    and depression then all at once about 2 months ago took him off all his
    meds. He lived with my parents for about a month and every thing seemed
    fine.

    Well, I guess we were all wrong and Thursday night (December 30, 2004)
    he killed himself. I have always thought that people who committed
    suicide were weak and stupid. Anybody that knew Jeff knows that he was a
    very smart man and he was far from weak. In fact I don't think in 30
    years I ever heard him complain about anything other than the aches and
    pains caused from having so much fun. This is probably a lot more info
    than you wanted but I feel the world has lost a great person and he will
    be missed.

    Thanks for your condolences.
    Jeff Myers

    --
    harper - Riding a Fat

    -Greg Harper

    B L U E S H I F T

    "You go through life and you choose." - Greg Harper

    "Sometimes you choose wrong." - Greg Harper

    "People who quote themselves are lame." - David Lowell

    "I think I just broke my leg." - Greg Harper, 10/9/2004

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  12. We truly lost an inovater in our community, he will be missed.

    My regards go to his family and close friends in this time of morning.

    Mike

    --
    Checkernuts - Me Fail English? That's Unpossible

    No one said it was gonna be easy and I'm not afraid to try, with the
    odds stacked up against me I will have to fight, One Life One Wheel got
    to do it right. H20

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  13. Dang, I never met him, but that sure looked like a cool contraption he
    cooked up! Sorry he's passed on... 🙁 I know this sounds like I'm too
    nosey, but how and where did he kill himself?

    --
    tylercox - 11-year-old UniDude!

    If you can wheelwalk a giraffe backwards off a 10 foot jump while
    balancing a Coker on your nose...I'll give you a nickel.

    -Tyler Cox
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  14. one less of us...when we need more unicyclist.

    sorry to hear it may his soul rest in uni heaven

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    Unickcycle
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  15. Truely bad to hear that. It hink everyone on the forums should change
    their avatar to his uni bike thing for a few days and put "RIP Unibiker
    as their signature and tile. That's ehat I'm doing.

    --
    Worminton - That's my art.

    Dude is to Man as "Fo scnizel my nizel" is to "i whole heartedly agree
    my African American Brother."

    I own a new Chromatic Harmonica.

    "LIES!!!!LIES!!!!!THE TV IS NOTHING BUT LIES!!!!!"
    -My brother screaming at a comercial for a washing machine.
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  16. agreed im doin it

    --
    Unickcycle - NickyB

    eat on the uni

    sleep with the uni

    live on the uni
    -do it-
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  17. yeah, I will, too!

    --
    tylercox - 11-year-old UniDude!

    If you can wheelwalk a giraffe backwards off a 10 foot jump while
    balancing a Coker on your nose...I'll give you a nickel.

    -Tyler Cox
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  18. jmyers said:

    *i don't know how many of you know my good friend jeff baker (
    unibiker) but he is no longer with us. he died 12-30-2004 i just found
    out myself last nite.
    the only reason i'm posting here is because he seemed to think alot of
    this website.
    i dont know much but your welcome email me if your were his friend
    too.

    thanks, jeff myers.

    my email is [email hidden] *

    It's really sad that he's gone. I never knew him as a person but his
    posts and innovative approach were always memorable.

    It takes a lot to appear unique and innovative on a board full of people
    who ride unicycles.

    I'm glad he thought a lot of this site, and hope that the responses here
    are some help to you in coping with this.

    Thanks also for passing on the news.

    RIP Unibiker

    --
    onewheeldave - Semi Skilled Unicyclist

    "He's also been known to indulge in a spot of flame juggling - but it's
    the Muni that really fires him up."

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  19. harper said:

    *Sorry to bring you this sad news but it will clarify things for those
    who are curious. Then we can let this thread and Jeff go to rest.*


    thanx for 'sharing' (http://tinyurl.com/5kewa) that Greg

    --
    GILD - Waffle-[censored] and Time-bider

    if you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.--
    alice 'roosevelt' (http://tinyurl.com/5ngze) longworth
    I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.-- William H.
    Mauldin
    'NAMASTE!' (http://tinyurl.com/4qcxw)
    'Dave' (http://tinyurl.com/ywxgb)
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  20. harper said:

    *IWell, I guess we were all wrong and Thursday night (December 30,
    2004) he killed himself. I have always thought that people who
    committed suicide were weak and stupid. Anybody that knew Jeff knows
    that he was a very smart man and he was far from weak. In fact I don't
    think in 30 years I ever heard him complain about anything other than
    the aches and pains caused from having so much fun. This is probably a
    lot more info than you wanted but I feel the world has lost a great
    person and he will be missed.
    *

    i know this must be tragic to unibiker's family and friends. its hard
    to lose someone that is close, no matter how they die. often people see
    suicide as nothing more than a person trying to find an easy way out of
    a hard problem but in many cases, and very likely in unibiker's case, it
    is the result of much thought and planning. if unibiker decided that he
    no longer wanted to be a part of this world, no one can say that he made
    the wrong decision. i feel very sorry for his friends and family, but
    am happy to know that unibiker found a way out of the suffering he was
    going through and that he is no longer comfined in a world that could
    not make him happy. unibiker will be greatly missed.

    --
    muniracer - Hell On Wheel

    The Hell on Wheel Unicycle Gang owns you!!

    http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/albuq25
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