I have to admit these are tough to look at. The bike in my photo had a lovely tribute taped to it. She seemed like an amazing woman.
Hopefully these makeshift memorials raise everyone's awareness (motorists and cyclists alike) to share the road and ride/drive safely. The immutable laws of physics dictate that when 150lb. cyclist meets 2 1/2 ton car, the cyclist tends to get the worst of it. :-( Cheers, frank Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >Really weird that you posted that just now.. >I photographed one yesterday here In NY - but didn't plan to post >because the background was too cluttered and it also kind of gave me >the >willies -- but still I took the photograph. It was a long an >actual biking path (!) along the Hudson River > >ann > >On 10/16/2013 23:23, knarf wrote: >> A cyclist lost her life about 10 blocks from my house last month. >From all accounts she was a lovely lady. >> >> Cycling group's, as is custom around these parts (and many other >places as well) placed a white "ghost bike" on the curb near the >collision as a memorial: >> >> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/10/ghost-bike.html?m=1 >> >> Comments always welcome. >> >> Cheers, >> frank >> >> “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel >> >> >> > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
