Sad news to hear that Richard "Dick" Burke died recently. He founded the Trek Bicycle Corporation in 1976 in a barn in Wisconsin and Trek became a household word when Lance Armstrong won his first Tour de France on one, in 1999. Burke died from complications following heart surgery last week. He was 73.
At Trek, Burke helped perfect the carbon-fiber bike. That material is ultra-light and also stiff, which edges out other materials such as aluminum and steel.
Oddly, Burke was not a cyclist but a runner who'd competed in various New York and Boston marathons.
Read the obituary from the Saturday Times here.
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