Ghost bike memorial for Eilidh Cairns

[FONT=&quot]Family and friends will be erecting a ghost bike for Eilidh at Notting Hill on Sat 5th Sept at 11am.

This is to mark the spot of her tragic crash, and to warn all road users to take care, and action, to prevent this re-occuring.

We are very pleased to have Boris Johnson's reassurance that the ghost bike will not be removed.

Please come and spend a moment for Eilidh. We will be having a drink at the Mitre afterwards.[/FONT]

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I'll try and stop by.

Thanks for the info.

Good luck, hope that this memorial gets the recognition it warrants.

It should do have contacted a lot of people

Zebra

I have posted pictures of the unveiling toady at http://www.flickr.com/photos/funny_cyclist/3891256672/

Images #1 & 2 make a strong statement. Have they welded the bike to the railings or is it just bolted?

Does anyone maintain a list of ghost bikes?

I saw it today as I went past heading to central.
Beautifully displayed. Drivers will definately see this.

Does anyone maintain a list of ghost bikes?

There is a website containing loads of photo's & locations of them. Not sure what it is, or wether it's updated regularly.

Saw a little bit about this on itv news yesterday..

Is this the correct site?

it is along with
http://www.ghostcycle.org.uk/

i'm site admin so can put a piece up for you, including pictures. lovely work BTW, sorry i couldn't make saturday i was out of london

really good job on the bike giles and everyone else involved... armortex did the spray and there's some cool bracket thingies bolting the bike to the fence, as well as a wee plaque

very fitting and moving

great job, but why there's no sign? like 'RIP' on it? even if it painted white, people might not know it's a 'ghost bike'.

You should spray stencil it onto the pavement in front. i can help with that if you like

that is really lovely

There is a sign which says Eilidh Cairns 1978-2009 on the other side of the Railings so that the pedestrians can read it. We had a lot of people and come and ask what the Ghost bike was for.

The bike is clamped and bolted to the railings.

Zebra

That is truly lovely.
Gutted I missed it on saturday.

Good job to all involved

ace. well done.

as some of u know, eilidh's nickname was eye or eyelid (cos no knew how the hell to pronounce her name)

ANYWAYS: thus the design of the plaque logo thingy

http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=c698f9816d&view=att&th=1239923f347c6da7&attid=0.0&disp=inline&zw

whoa, biggest pic ever.. sorry (braces himself for PICTURE FAIL ABUSE)

Its in your google mail so we can't see it. You can add it as an attatchment straight from your 'puter, or host it on a site like flickr and then add the URL after pressing the little mountain image button above your message window^

Im going to order another plaque and fix it back to back with the one facing the pedestrians, when Im back in a couple of weeks. Its pretty obvious when you see the plaque what its for. We spent ages welding brackets to the bike and painting them up so they could be bolted properly to the railings. ITs a really professional job, which is just what I wanted, and what Eilildh is worthy of.
I hope this sets a precendent for other permanent ghost bikes. Some friends told me this route was recommended as a cycle route in the skyrides (?) but there was no mention of the fatality. At least cyclists, and drivers, can see if for themselves now, and make their own judgements.

Sorry I missed this. The bike looks beautiful.