Biker Billy Memorial Article...

[Trekhawk]

Thanks for posting this article. It really makes you think about the fact that each day is a gift and one that we should cherish.

[bouncybouncy]

*speachless*

[cindysue]

very sad..........

My sister lives very near there. Wonder if she has ever seen the memorial....

[Nanci]

I remember when that happened- for some reason it was on the Ultrarunning list immediately. Very sad. I like the memorial.

A few times, cave diving, I have come upon a memorial. Sometimes it's a permanent marker placed in a diver's favorite cave, and sometimes it's like one of those roadside memorials, in a place that a death has recently occured, with items strung on the cave line like teddy bears, whatever. It always makes you think...

Nanci

[Trek420]

Yes, it's very sad.

I want to participate in this:

www.rideofsilence.org

[Nanci]

That's a good idea. There's one in a city about 75 miles from me. Maybe my local club will do it, too.

Nanci

[CorsairMac]

I did the Ride of Silence last year and will do it again this year. It was one of the most amazing things I've ever done.

About 15-20 of us all told, coulda been 25. We rode for about an hour, never exceeding 12 mph and no one talked - and I mean no one. You can't even imagine how humbling, awesome, awe-inspiring it is to ride with a group of riders and all you hear are the gears, the pedals clipping in and out at stops, the mechanics of riding a bike.

one woman had taken a picture of a fallen rider and pinned it to her jersey like a ride number. had me in tears when I saw it. It's an amazing and an amazingly simple tribute to fallen comrades.