Bike hearse...?

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Permalink Reply by heather on March 7, 2010 at 10:33pm

Looks good to me. If available in Adelaide, I would include that in my instructions.
Unfortunately need to be prepared if one cycles in Australia. Have written a will. Lodged a form with GP that gives permission not to take heroic medical intervention. Cautious in my circumstances about Power of Attorney and proved to be right.
A flash back of a funeral I attended a decade ago of Roger Irving who introduced me to my first cycling club. On a country road, he was hit from behind by a driver who had not allowed sufficient room to overtake a car, then pulled back in quickly to avoid an oncoming car.
Roger taught hairdressing at Adelaide TAFE and his students did my hair. There was a cycling guard of honour. I caught a bus to the Adelaide Hills and wore a frock so that for the first time he could 'see' me out of baggy cycling shorts. He was also well-known outside of cycling, resulting in a traffic jam at his funeral and police in attendance to sort it out.

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Permalink Reply by Wombat on March 8, 2010 at 6:56am

Thank you Heather. Poiniant thaughts.

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Permalink Reply by Derek Hasel on March 8, 2010 at 5:31am

Only if the guy riding out front wears lycra !

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Permalink Reply by Rob Dobson on March 8, 2010 at 6:34am

Does the deceased wear lycra?

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Permalink Reply by Wombat on March 8, 2010 at 6:55am

Possibly not the most environmentally friendly clothing to be buried in. Doesn't break down. I think one should go out as one came in… in the buff!

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Permalink Reply by Sam Powrie on March 8, 2010 at 8:07am

Hi Andrew,
Looks like a good initiative, but I've got a better idea. Rather than worrying about going out on 2 wheels (or 3) let's acknowledge those bike riders killed or injured on the roads. This has always seemed like a good idea to me:

I think they're called 'ghost bikes'. This one's from Portland I think and commemorates someone killed on this corner. It seems to me that what everyone needs is a real reminder of what can happen if we don't look after each other on the roads. Many have told me of what seems to be increasing aggression out there and that can't be a good sign.
Sam P.

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Permalink Reply by Wombat on March 8, 2010 at 9:09am

I like the possibilities this type of memorial represent for ritual and spirituality in the everyday.

When one of our youth group was killed in a car crash some years ago, we took the youth group to the spot and hung posters and flowers from the bridge as a way of commemorating the death (and the deaths of 3 others from the same stupid crash).

This memorial brings things to the front of ppl's minds and they know why it is there. I like it a lot... Starting with a certain Fleurieu Peninsular cyclist? Perhaps this is something we could ask the permission of the family and the appropriate council to put up at the site? Probably would be good for it to come from within his community than from ppl like me who never met him.

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