Showing posts with label Ghost Bikes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ghost Bikes. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Ghost Bikes

My good friend and fellow cruising buddy, Linzi, sent me a link this morning to an Idaho Statesman story about "Ghost Bikes." I thought you might be interested in it, too.


Here is the link to Patrick Orr's article:


Usually a day or two after a cyclist is killed, a "ghost bike" shows up - a bike, painted white, attached to a light pole or a fence near where the cyclist died. Often a name is attached, but not much else.

There is no formal process. Someone just gets the idea and . . .