Tried to ignore it, finally stopped...

[tzvia]

:(
Every morning for over a week, I've been passing this memorial on the sidewalk that has a bike in it. I just did not want to look. I could not stop. 'No time' was my excuse. Today, on my regular road ride, I decided to make a right instead of a left, and go a few miles out of the way to see this memorial.
http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k607/Tzvia2/memorial.jpg

Oh geez, 17 years old. Hit and run... very sobering, very sad.

[Biciclista]

nice photo, but yes, that is very sad

[Tri Girl]

:( oh my... so tragically sad. 17 is far too young...

Sometimes not knowing feels better. Poor young man. :(

[emily_in_nc]

So sad... too bad that road doesn't have a bike lane or shoulder. It looks like a road where drivers would drive too fast. Sigh... :mad: :(

[tulip]

That's a ghost bike. Very moving.

[Velocivixen]

In Portland, OR we have those white "ghost bikes" similar to what you have shown. Yes, very sobering.
Thank you for taking the time to look and share.

[azfiddle]

Tucson also has a sobering number of ghost bike memorials.

The annual Ride of Silence is coming up soon.... in honor of all of those injured or killed by cars while riding. A sad and moving experience, but good to raise awareness.

[muddysmudge]

That is very sad. We too have 'ghost bikes' in London. Too many.

Very poignant photo.

[chincitop]

Wow, yeah, that's definitely sad, and heavy. It's really sweet of his friends and family to include his bike in the memorial, though. Respects that he really loved his machine.

[Velocivixen]

@chincitop, I don't think that is actually the victim's bike. In my area they use discarded bikes and paint them white. It might be different in different areas. I volunteered at a local bike organization where they take donated bikes and if they're reasonable, they fix them up to sell, otherwise they dismantle and recycle the metal. I saw an area in the shop that had several white "ghost" bikes.

[Tokie]

IIt breaks my heart. I hope these ghost bikes do raise awareness among drivers to give cyclists enough safe space. tokie

[Voodoo Sally]

http://ghostbikes.org/