Ghost Bikes

[Kathi]

For those of you who aren't familiar with Ghost bikes, here are some pictures from a memorial held by the Cincinnati Cycle Club for 2 members who were killed last summer by a drunk driver.

http://www.cincinnaticycleclub.org/p...er_5-05-072007

[IFjane]

Oh wow, Kathi. How sad - but what a beautiful memorial.

did they use real bikes? and paint them?

are any TE'rs in those pictures?

[Kathi]

Yes, the bikes are real. Here's a link, http://www.cincinnaticycleclub.org/, click on "forum" then go to the topic "In Loving Memory"

Members of the club, including me, donated money for the memorial. The blond woman (flanked by 2 other women) giving the speech in one picture and holding a bouquet of flowers in the other is a longtime friend and the fiancee of Terry Walker.

The only Cincy TEer I know of is TrekJeni and I don't know if she was there.

Unfortunately, I couldn't be there and I agree the CCC did a wonderful job of putting together this memorial.

[Pax]

Very well done, kudos to your club for a beautiful tribute.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

We saw about SIX white ghost bikes garlanded with flowers, while walking around on various streets one day in Manhattan last year. Sad. NYC is particularly dangerous.

[singletrackmind]

We put one up for a recumbent rider killed by a pickup. It was a good memorial, though it'd be even better if more of those driving by knew why it was there and were as affected by it as we were.