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Old 09-24-16 | 11:55 AM
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Bikes: 2008 S-Works Roubaix SL, 1979 Raleigh Comp GS, 1978 Schwinn Volare

Lots of ghost bikes around here, probably owing to the fact that our surface streets are built like highways -- two or three lanes in each direction, plus turn lanes both left and right.

As to the "white bike/ghost bike" association, I don't really see it unless the bike is - as some have mentioned - absolutely completely 100% white. And riding something like that is akin to aiming a middle finger at fate and/or the bicycle gods... not superstitious or anything, but no thanks.
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