Originally Posted by Gojohnnygo.

Ken Kifer's death(RIP) is posted at the top of his website. Isn't that a memorial for him.

Posted from Ken's site----http://www.kenkifer.com/death.htm



Ken's biggest worry was what would happen to his website after he died. He had poured so many years of his life into it. He knew he really had made an impact. He was proud of his work -- not just his Bike Pages, but his whole website.

If Ken revered anyone, it was Thoreau. He felt Thoreau's ideas were so valuable and so relevant. He knew that a lot of people had difficulty understanding Thoreau, so he devoted a section of his website to helping them. He thought that if more people lived like Thoreau, then there was hope for the world.

Ken started working on The New World nearly 30 years before he put it on his website. It really was his Utopian vision. It was his hope that people would read the story on his website and realize they really could live like that. He hoped that people would borrow ideas from the story and change their lives, change society.

If you've stumbled into this website for the first time, you might be surprised to learn that Ken has died and yet his website still exists. This is a testament to its importance and to how much Ken meant to people.

Ken was my best friend. I miss him every day. Taking care of his website is something I had to do for him.

He was such a good person.

Riin Gill

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I think Ken would have wanted all of us to remember what he has done for cycling and how this tragic event happened. Ken himself didn't see the truck coming in time from the other lane, But I think he would have loved to pass this info onto other cyclist and how to avoid it.

As for posting Kens name I DID. Kens site is what got me back into cycling if it wasn't for him. I would be sitting on the couch. I think we should see what Rinn Gill thinks first. If Rinn doesn't like it then a mod can delete it.

Johnny