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Old 02-04-08 | 12:34 AM
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Kommisar89
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Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8

Originally Posted by Charles Wahl
That looks like a "ghost bike." I'd be superstitious about "reviving" it.
There is a "ghost bike" in my neighborhood, or so my wife tells me. Actually there's been this white, mid-80-ish, Japanese looking bike chained to a post on the corner of a busy intersection a few miles from my house for the last several months. It's missing the saddle now but otherwise appears to be intact. My wife claims it's well known as the "ghost bike" and was actually put there as a memorial to someone killed while riding their bike through that intersection. She doesn't remember where she heard the story. Seems odd because I never heard of anyone being killed there on a bike and that's the kind of thing you might expect to see on the news but who knows? I've never stopped to take a closer look. Just kinda creepy.
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista
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