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Cyclists organize rides to remember Steve Larsen
The cycling community in Bend, Oregon, is organizing two bike rides as memorials to multi-sport legend Steve Larsen, who died Tuesday. A memorial service is planned for Saturday at 1 pm in Bend. The first ride is the regular Saturday morning hammer ride, leaving from Hutch's East Side bike shop at 820 NE 3rd Street, Bend. A friend said "the ride will hammer as usual. Steve would want it that way." The second ride will meet at 12:30 p.m., at the Drake Park Stage. The group will parade from there to the memorial service. All bikes and riders are welcome.
Autopsy shows Steve Larsen did not die of a heart attack.
An autopsy showed that multi-sport athlete Steve Larsen likely did not die of a heart attack, his brother told VeloNews Wednesday. Mike Larsen said the autopsy ruled out a heart attack and a blood clot. The cause of death may have been viral or related to allergies, he said. "The last few weeks he had been having serious troubles with his breathing," Mike Larsen said. He said his brother had been seeing a doctor about his breathing troubles and had been unable to finish his workouts.