Adopt a Ghost Bike

The Ride of Silence is a week from Wednesday and it's a good opportunity to get the bikes looking a little better.

If need be I can take care of all of them but I have a lot on my list right now and would rather not have to.  Ideally someone would step forward and take ownership of getting a bike near them, and far from me, ready for the 18th.

 

The three that are farthest for me are:

 

Clint Miceli- 900 block of La Salle

 

Liza Whitacre- ~3000 N. Damen

 

Jepson Livingston- Diversey and Avers (~3800 W.)

 

 

You would be committing to showing up with at least one full can of white spray paint (or as many as 3 if you go with the cheap stuff), a spray bottle and some towels to clean the sign, and maybe some newspaper and masking tape to cover the sign while you paint the bike, before/by Sunday night the 15th, and reporting back with the status/condition of the bike.

 

Thanks for contributing.

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Holly on May 12, 2011 at 11:08am
Howard--I went to the Ghost Bike @ Avers and Diversey today and did some spray paint touchups. Jepson's Ghost Bike is in good repair, but the sign is kind of grubby looking. It's legible, but dirty and scratched. I brought some all-purpose cleaning spray, but that didn't help much.

It's been visited as recently as Valentine's Day. There was some garland on it with a Val's Day theme.
Permalink Reply by Chicago Ride of Silence on May 13, 2011 at 7:10am
Per the request of the family, the bike at Irving Park and Lincoln no longer has a sign on it. The bike can stay or go at this point... I know there are just parts left of it.

Melanie said:

The bike at Irving Park and Lincoln is in pretty bad condition- looks like someone stole the handlebars and I think it has been vandalized in other ways as well-I pass it everyday on my commute but never realized what it was until I joined Chainlink. I have some spare handlebars to replace the ones that were stolen if someone wants to fix that one up before the 15th.

 

I can pass by the Clint Miceli- 900 block of La Salle bike and see what condition it is in. I work only a few blocks from that area.  I'll check it out on my lunch hour today, especially since it is a beautiful day to take a walk. I'll let everyone know what it may need and if possible, I can try to fix it up after work tomorrow or Friday.  Not sure if I can procure spraypaint in time if that is what it needs, but I can try.

Permalink Reply by Chicago Ride of Silence on May 13, 2011 at 7:16am

The ROS route is currently set to pass by the following ghost bikes - in this order:

 

Clint's - 933 N. LaSalle

Blanca's- Kedzie/Armitage

Mandy's- Kedzie/Armitage

Jepson's - Diversey/Avers

Tyler's- Western/Logan
Liza's - Damen/Wellington

 

Due to time/getting dark - we may or may not change the route to pass the newest crash site near Grand/Kolmar.

Permalink Reply by Andrew Bedno on May 13, 2011 at 10:46am
I get a photo of Irving/Lincoln every few days.  Most noteworthy current aspect is that it and the rack were pulled out of the ground maybe a year ago and leaned on a tree during construction, where it still is. We added a sign to whom concerned about returning it when construction done, that was still on it just a few weeks ago (NSCM passed it and paused).  Handlebars have come and gone more than once, last I saw they were replaced with flowers.  Not that it's relevant to ROS.  That one's sort of a case study in ghostbike end-of-life...
Permalink Reply by Michelle Gregorek on June 29, 2011 at 3:58pm
I live just a block away from Clint Micelli's bike, have been for the past 1 1/2 years.  All this time I thought it was maintained by the family, not thinking of how the blood family probably doesn't even live near.  As a member of this biking family, I will do what I can if I see the bike needing attention.

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