49th Street and 1st Avenue, NY City, 11.21.08
11-21-08, 06:37 PM
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49th Street and 1st Avenue, NY City, 11.21.08
I passed this memorial today for a cyclist killed recently on this mid-town corner. I thought I'd be able to read the placard on the photo, but it's a cellphone photo and the resolution is too low. It is a rather poignant.
11-21-08, 06:40 PM
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11-21-08, 07:11 PM
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Here's what it said before it was moved to it's new location: Amelia Geocos Ghost Bike
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It is poignant...
When we were doing those Random NYC Night rides, I found myself saying a prayer when I see each one; there aeem to be so many on the west side and even through Central Park. Air knows the gent that actually does the ghost bikes...
...these folks are gone but not forgotten.
Times Up!
When we were doing those Random NYC Night rides, I found myself saying a prayer when I see each one; there aeem to be so many on the west side and even through Central Park. Air knows the gent that actually does the ghost bikes...
...these folks are gone but not forgotten.
Times Up!
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I commute past a ghost bike to and from class each day. Very sad. She was hit by a drunk driver (a Navy ROTC officer) early in the morning. He had just turned 21 and was way over the limit. He did some community service... that's about it.
11-21-08, 09:46 PM
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Here's what it said before it was moved to it's new location: Amelia Geocos Ghost Bike
11-21-08, 10:03 PM
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my nice bike is at home
There are two Ghost bikes on the West side Bike path (it is A BIKE PATH ! !) Nowhere is truly safe from the rabid tow truck or the stray drunk driver. So be careful. One victim was a Doctor. The other an NYU grad only in his early 20's
I usually just hold my fist to the sky for 7 seconds and continue on my way.
I usually just hold my fist to the sky for 7 seconds and continue on my way.
11-21-08, 10:19 PM
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i dont live my life in fear or thinking about what could happen.............but stuff like this has to make us ponder the what if..........maybe you roll out and maybe its the last time ever.....i say ride on........later.
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There are quite a few of those ghost bikes around here. It's kind of sad to hear about how cyclists get killed on these streets.
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yup lots around here too. one in particular i see a lot:
the cyclist got right-hooked by a dumptruck..
someone stenciled "A CYCLIST DIED HERE" in red on the road right where it happened, which is very eery to ride over. here's a story about it. rip.
the cyclist got right-hooked by a dumptruck..
someone stenciled "A CYCLIST DIED HERE" in red on the road right where it happened, which is very eery to ride over. here's a story about it. rip.
11-21-08, 10:52 PM
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God to think how many times my stupid ***** has ridden through the 1st avenue tunnel and nothing happened, and this 24 yr gets killed probably riding around safely only to get mowed down by a drunken driver...
RIP...
RIP...
11-21-08, 10:53 PM
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Its Freakin HammerTime!!!
Ghostbike. I read about it a few months back in Bicycling mag.
God speed to those.
God speed to those.
11-22-08, 12:15 AM
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There are two Ghost bikes on the West side Bike path (it is A BIKE PATH ! !) Nowhere is truly safe from the rabid tow truck or the stray drunk driver. So be careful. One victim was a Doctor. The other an NYU grad only in his early 20's
I usually just hold my fist to the sky for 7 seconds and continue on my way.
I usually just hold my fist to the sky for 7 seconds and continue on my way.
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11-22-08, 04:23 AM
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If I get hit by a bus, if anyone puts a ghost bike up for me, I swear to Colnago I'll come back and haunt them for all friggin eternity.
11-22-08, 09:02 AM
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The most horrifying to me is the one on the West Side path where Eric Ng was killed by a drunk driver ON the Greenway, which is separated from car traffic by a 10 ft wide divider that includes curbs and shrubs.
https://gothamist.com/2006/12/02/drunk_driver_ki.php
https://gothamist.com/2006/12/02/drunk_driver_ki.php
11-22-08, 11:36 AM
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Always sobering to see Amelia, Eric, Dr. C. H. Nacht, and Bronx Jon's ghostbikes while riding. And those of many, many others too. Too many.
There's usual an annual memorial ride in January. Date hasn't been announced yet.
There's usual an annual memorial ride in January. Date hasn't been announced yet.
