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I am lost for words right now, but I thought it appropriate I post something on here as Brian 'messiah' Goldsworthy was a regular poster, and I know quite a few of you met him over the years.
Brian passed away yesterday while on a solo ride around his local trails on the outskirts of Stonehaven. He was only 43.
I can't think of anything else to say at the moment, my head is a complete mess, so I'll just post a photo of Brian larking about on top of a hill. I've been looking back through my photo collections and I don't think I've got any sensible photos of him. RIP Mr G.
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Jesus that's terrible, such a young age, RIP 🙁
Sad news indeed, thoughts with his family and friends. So young 🙁
43, wow that's young. Poor bastard. Didn't know him but condolences to those who did.
Sad news indeed. I'm 42 - makes you think....
Bloody hell that's awful. Thoughts with his friends and family 😐
RIP fella
What a day to have your last ride
shit - what happened? was he ill?
What terrible news. Never met in person but always enjoyed his demeanour on here...
Very Sad news, Ride In Peace
Bloody hell... RIP
Chiefgroove has articulated what i was thinking. Never met him but gutted - thoughts with his family/friends
Rob - no he wasn't ill as such but he'd been off the bike since January due to a problem he described as 'muscular'. It appears it was more serious than that.
holy christ that is absolutly shocking!
he was always really helpful on here and if its whom im thinking it is with the nicolai?! (and possibly had a new one on order too?!)
totally gutting, very sad indeed heart goes out to his family
RIP, Happy trails forevermore
Jeez that's sad news.
My thoughts go out to his family and friends. RIP Messiah, Ride on
Lost for words realy. I only knew him from buying his old Nicolai frame recently. Realy nice helpful and friendly guy. As above, thoughts are with his family and friends 😥
🙁
Thoughts to his friends and family.
Terrible news, thoughts to his family and friends.
42 this year myself, makes you wonder.
Very sad news. Best wishes to his family and friends.
43 yo here (44 this week). Makes you think...
always had a nice word with him on here.
R.I.P mate. and thoughts to his family..
holy poop 😯
never met him but seemed like a great guy, thoughts with his family
🙁
Rip fella
Small consolation, but it sounds like he was doing something he loved until the very end...
How awful. Thoughts are with friends and family.
"Rob - no he wasn't ill as such but he'd been off the bike since January due to a problem he described as 'muscular'. It appears it was more serious than that."
Very sad news, being 44 myself and riding with others a year or 2 around my age, we always moan about aches and pains especially after a few hours on the trails but just put it down to being "not as young as we used to be". Makes you think doesn't it.
Thoughts to his family.
I'm another who's 43 in a couple of years. Always ride alone too. Sad day. I guess it does count for something that he was doing what he loved at the end. 43 is just way way too young!! 😥
Totally gut wrenching to hear this.
I was only just looking at his photo in the 'big drop-off' thread.
Thoughts go out to his friends and family.
Thanks for finding the time to let us know Yetiman.
Shocking news. Never knowingly met the bloke, although he's close enough that we may have passed on the trails and I always enjoyed his posts. R.I.P. and condolences to those who loved him.
Thanks for all the kind words. He was definitely one of life’s nice guys, a devoted husband and father, and a serious mountain bike addict. I think yesterday was his first ride on a Ragley Big Wig he recently built while waiting on his new Nicolai ION frame to arrive in April.
Reported the thread to ask for it to be made a sticky.
Edit - thanks mods.
Blimey, no idea who he is but that's terrible, however if I got to choose how I go out it'd be riding on a day like yesterday
Hope he's riding some sweet singletrack right now 😥
RIP Fella.
Enjoy life while you can folks.
🙁 Terrible news, didn't know the guy but it still takes the wind out of your sails when you hear about someone of a similar age to you with similar interests dying far to young. Thoughts with his family.
RIP, condolences to his family and friends.
I'll await his second coming.
It's pretty awful looking at his posting history and seeing just how out of the blue this sort of thing can be - he was talking about his new carbon rims being on the way about three days ago 🙁
A good reminder to live life while you can...
I think yesterday was his first ride on a Ragley Big Wig he recently built
What a way to go 😐
Didn't know him in real life but felt like I sort of did on here a bit, a fellow mmmBop rider and we seemed to post on similar threads. One of the good guys 🙁
Tragic.
Ride on fella...
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Although I'd never met him, it's certainly a name (username) that stick out.
No age at all. Very sad.
Really sad news - I knew him through work in the bike trade many years ago. Sadly the last time I saw him was last year at the funeral of an ex-colleague of ours who wasn't much older either.
RIP Brian.
Shocking news. Younger than me. Condolences to his family and friends.
Very sad news.
Wasn't he the "wok smuggler"?
I shall dedicate this evenings ride to his memory. Ride on fella!
Wasn't he the "wok smuggler"?
That's Sheldon/Tollah. I'm pleased to say that he's still alive and well.
A good friend of Nicolai UK and one of our earliest UK customers. Used to carry a 40lb Nucleon up mountains on his back.
Far too young and the second rider I know who's been lost to a heart attack inside 12 months.
A small consolation but at least he died doing something he loved.
Ride on Brian.
It's pretty awful looking at his posting history and seeing just how out of the blue this sort of thing can be - he was talking about his new carbon rims being on the way about three days ago
I was looking at his recent posts a few mins ago too. Can't believe he was on here last week and now he's no longer with us 🙁
Sometimes life really is sh1t.
Emotional day for me so far, I have known Brian PIMP (Proper Internanation Maniac Publication, think it was) Messiah, since the the first Scottish race at Rhynie in erk, '92? Been friends and riding pals ever since, so passionate about all things biking, the more obscure, and expensive, the better! Then spent a lot of my uni time in Alpine bikes where Brian worked as well in the early/mid 90's. He went off to NZ for a year, i got married then we met again in '99 when my sone was a few days old, and introduced me to the maniacs, from there i have a group of very close friends and some amazing memories in that time, many thanks to Brian. My last email from him is less than a day ago about new jerseys... get a bit emotional with it sitting there.
Yetiman has known him longer than me and i am sure many hundreds of others. Epeciallay anyone who has been up a hill over 2000ft in Grampian...
Some solice that Brian was doing what he loved dearly, makes me think about not making the trnas savoie with him last year, i never made the cut, he did. I bottled out of entering this year as i never thoiught it possible, but now i feeel the need to do something in his honour.
Will miss you enormously Brian, thank you for the memories.
Anyhoo, to cheery things, Messiah just can not ever be normal in a photo... guess which one...
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Remember life is short, Brian lived, i would be happy if i did half what he did.
I didn't know him, but this is v sad news. RIP and condolences to friends and family.
this is awfull news, such as fine guy.
I knew brian very well back in the early/mid 90's or so, but lost touch when i drifted away from biking for a few years. however, i'd bumped into him on the trails a couple times recently, and he was just as I renmembered him, and as the photos above illustrate.....always mucking around! the only thing missing is the dreadlocks.....i must have an old pic somewhere!
PS - suburban/yetiman......i suspect I may know you, from a similar era, if not now (David Ogden)??
RIP sad news 🙁
Sad news. I didn't have the good fortune to meet him but from the posts and photos he seems a great chap. RIP.
portydave
yep, recognise that name well. will drop you an email, think you stay close to me now, bennachie rider?
RIP messiah.
My thoughts are with his friends and family.
Devastating news men. What a shock.
Condolences to Brian's family.
Iain go for a ride in the sun if you can bring yourself to do that.
Awful news. Met him once in 2003 when we were schooled in what all mountain really was (before it was anything) on Lochnagar. Totally out our depths but the e Mountain Maniacs hung around and encouraged is on the way up before they went down Loch Muick and we retreated tails between legs back to Deeside. Still a great ride and bigger bikes soon followed having been shown what was possible. Clearly it wasn't really about the bike, but every little helps!
Happy memories of the man and thoughts with friends and family at an untimely loss.
RIP fella. Too ****ing young.
That's just awful news, he was always super helpful on here, and came across as a genuinely good fella. Seems to have packed a lot into a short life.
Ride on Messiah.
awful news. A username I recognised though not someone I'd ever encountered in the admittedly small world of Scotland MTBing.
thoughts and condolences. 43 - no way - too young 🙁
I first met Brian when I took my bike into Alpine Bikes in Aberdeen to get fixed about 21 years ago or so. I had entered my first ever race (juvenile category) at Kirkhill Forest and he talked me into entering the youth category instead as it was "more riding for the money". I got my ass kicked and retired from the race before the end...Thanks Brian
I then ended up working at Alpine off and on for over 10 years and Brian was a regular customer. Always really friendly, fun and enthusiastic about bikes.
I haven't really seen him in years but it still saddens me to think that he is gone... A true old skool mountain biker!
What absolutely terrible news! Thats no age at all. Condolences to his family (and by the sounds of it - many) friends
My thoughts are with his family - that's really terrible news. I never met him but I'll always think of that '95 Explosif.....
RIP
Some telling images/comments here. Sounds like a top chap. RIP
Shit the bed! Never met him but shared a few chats on here, mainly about avalanche suspension upgrades. He really did enjoy a good geek out. Don't think I ever noticed him butt heads with anyone on here, seemed like a genuinely good bloke.
My condolences to his friends and family.
never knew him but read his posts - seemed a decent fella who really liked his bikes, and knew how to ride em
RIP and condolences to his family. Have to admit I was a bit shocked when I read this post...awful news
RIP 🙁
they say only the good die young.
Those photos are an astonishing pool of memory for anyone who knew him! They just scream "Fun".
Sad news, and wish nothing but the best for his family and friends. RIP, fella.
Ride In Peace
@RSE, never met him but sounds like a really good bloke.
Very sad news, condolences to his family and friends
Didn't know him, but judging from the photos it certainly looks like he lived life to the full.
Absolutely awful. A very sad thread 🙁
i'm afraid i didn't know the guy,but my condolences go out to all of his family and friends 🙁
Such sad news. My thoughts to his loved ones.
I heard the tragic news earlier today. In keeping with a number of others on the forum, I have many great memories and always enjoyed Brian's company and antics during the early days of Alpine Bikes in Aberdeen. Days spent in the shop would end up on the local trails and his enthusiasm for all things bike was infectious.
I recently met with Brian and friends from the old Alpine days at the funeral of an ex-colleague. Just like Brian, he also lived life to the full, but died too young. RIP
only knew you on here, ride in peace dude.
RIP Messiah.
My next ride is for you.
Its all very hard to take in. I would bump into him at Swanley, our local trail. The last was a last year when he was on his Mmmbop. Just after his French Trip. His loss is huge to our community
Sad news indeed.
I met Messiah in jan on my way up to Gravity Sports to order my ion, i was picking up Dippers bike that he had been trying out , we had a good chinwag about the various merits of different wheel sizes and Nics in general.
He was a super friendly guy and i could tell he lived for mtbing!
R.I.P Messiah
So sad ,so young, but he died doing something he loved,condolances to his family and freinds.