Ghost Bike

Ghost bikes are a species of traffic death memorial, where a bicycle is painted a ghostly white and chained close to where a cyclist has died. I've been driving by this one lately:



(Image from here.)

I wondered who Ryan B. was. With a bit of research, I learned he was a bike messenger, who was hit by a truck, back in 2007.

I also wondered whether that was actually the bike he was riding when he died. I thought not, and it turned out that I was right.

Still, I find the image haunting.
Urban biking can be daunting.