himespau 

I think all white bikes look cool and all, but last night, I saw one out of the corner of my eye on the way home, and suddenly had an "oh crap" did someone else die here moment. The thing is, I see that (or a very similar) bike near that location at least once a week and I often have that same brief ghost bike moment. So yeah, while I think the look is neat, they freak me out when I see them parked somewhere and I'd appreciate seeing less of them.

Jaytron

(My bike is white )

RenzSouljohnson

Well there you have it

Eric the Ricer

I bet you love all black bikes huh? HOW RACIST.

Jaytron

In before "That's racist" gif from Scrod

himespau 

So I guess I'm the only one who sees an all white bike chained up somewhere and automatically thinks "ghost bike"? My bad. Carry on then.

prooftheory

Yeah, the ghost thing is a little weird. Do you ever see genuine ghost bikes and are they in fact white as well? All the ghost bikes I've ever seen were bianchi celeste.

max5480

both uber sick bikes, but unrideable because they're ghost bikes
i wish they sold them as framesets in a black color scheme.

RenzSouljohnson

jduvall

I believe OP is jelly of white bikes

Jandro 

What the flying **** are you talking about? WTF is a ghost bike?

14R 

It is a cultural phenomena, predominantly in the US, to place a bike fully spray-painted in white, where someone was killed while riding. Typically, it is a kids bike, just as a gesture of some kind of memorial. I personally, don't have a problem with it.

chentwoten

it's a ghost bike bra

cc700

the only thing that sucks is that it takes some of the impact away from a real ghost bike.

but dammit a real ghost bike should have a big nice smiley picture of the victim above it, always, so **** it. ride more bikes! doesn't matter what color they are or aren't.

prooftheory

Thanks for the clarification. I haven't seen it but I clearly misunderstood the OP.

csj0952

I have a Kilo White Stripper. I think I'm going to go all silver/chrome on it except for the saddle and bar tape. I was almost gonna go all white but I figured people would make fun of me.

Eric the Ricer

Good to know you mod your bike for other people!

mashtofu

+1. I thought the OP was a troll and/or crazy. "Ghost bike" sounds like something from Scooby-Doo.

himespau 

the ghost bikes I've seen around here are usually lower end adult bikes entirely spray painted white. Maybe it's the fact that I pass a real one on my way home every day that makes me think about it more than most. True it does have flowers in the wheels and used to have candles all around it and a prayer on a board above it that regular white bikes don't have, but whenever I see a flash of one out of the corner of my eye it's where my thoughts first go. Sorry, thought it was a more universal thing than just in my little corner of the world.

Scrodzilla

I always thought so too. I'm amazed at how many people - especially those in bigger cities - haven't heard of ghost bikes.

Susurrus

I had never seen nor heard of a ghost bike until I saw this thread. I live in Atlanta. Maybe it is not something that has spread every where. I have 4 bikes myself, though, and it just happens that two are white. I like that they are highly visible, especially the newer white bike, it seems to have a fluorescence built into the paint, it absolutely has a ghostly glow at night! But I like the idea that since I already have two ghost bikes, perhaps there will never be the need to have one left on the side of the road for me!

Scrodzilla

Looks pretty widespread to me:

https://ghostbikes.org/

https://ghostbikes.org/locations

mconlonx

Ghost bike movement has co-opted the all-white colourway! We must take it back, reclaim it for our own fashionable ends!

frantik

if you left any bike of value locked up, it'd soon be an "invisible" ghost bike

EssEllSee

I wouldnt ride an all white bike at all. That **** is unlucky man . Whereas the ghost bikes around here are definitely not track or even road bikes, I still feel like an all white bike is bad luck