Comments on: Cincinnati Cyclist Killed

By: OTR

OTR — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:01:04 +0000

Thanks for covering this tragedy. Andrew was a great guy. The cycling community in Cincinnati has done a few memorial rides (tonight’s will be the biggest) and we’re installing a ghost bike at the scene of the crash. Stay safe, friends.

By: PC

PC — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:06:31 +0000

Andrew Wrote: “Look at the wider image in that article. The “shared use path is gravelly, broken and filled with potholes still retaining water.”

FYI, you seem to be describing the area that separates the road and the path. The path may not in the best shape, but you cannot tell one way or another from that photo.

By: Christopher Boyle

Christopher Boyle — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:15:45 +0000

The article allows you to email the writer by clicking on her name.

By: Christian

Christian — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:22:45 +0000

Here in Minnesota we have so many people with handicap tags that are just overweight. I’m not saying this is the case, but what if more people could drive less and bike more?

By: judi

judi — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:20:52 +0000

members of the cycling community and our bike co-op, mobo, has built a ghost bike for andrew and will be mounting it this tuesday.

https://www.facebook.com/events/267001316752752/

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:30:13 +0000

Sadly we have also lost two cyclists in Columbus this week to accidents with vehicles.

By: Laurent

Laurent — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:28:54 +0000

On the picture, riding on that road seems a bit dangerous. Even if the bike lane was shitty, I’ll definitely ride it.
The fatal danger on a bike often coming from behind.
And even here in Belgium, drivers didn’t see us, not there fault, it’s the brain that focus only on cars when you’re driving. (I have seen to much funeral flowers on roads like that)
Sad story anyway.
(sorry for my bad english)

By: Nate Steele

Nate Steele — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:18:23 +0000

If a bicyclist killed a pedestrian on a sidewalk, would people be asking why the pedestrian was not walking on the muddy grass?

By: Ryan T.

Ryan T. — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:22:46 +0000

I am sorry for every person that gets injured or killed in this type of collision. I find it hard to even want to try to fix blame to any one side as not being there precludes me from having insight into the individual situation. But I do have thoughts on this type of thing in general.

I find it interesting that the author describes a “bike trail” but then a sentence later refers to it clearly as mixed use(MUT). And if a biker is “well within their right” to be some where why should there even be a consideration as to where the biker was riding.

That said I see many bikers who have no concept of the physically menacing authority of motorists. Like it or not if a car and a bike collide it will usually be the biker who is injured or worse. Why do bikers seem to want to tempt fate? I see this all the time in MPLS. Bikers running reds when cars are waiting for the light. Bikers running stop signs when the motorist clearly has the right of way. I bike more than I drive but I find myself struggling to feel much empathy/sympathy for the types of behaviors that I see from bikers when I am behind the wheel. It seems to be some sense of entitlement that allows them to think that they won’t get hurt. And ultimately many of those bikers just create resentment among motorists toward other bikers.

Sad news anytime someone dies on a bike.

By: Lloyd Lemons

Lloyd Lemons — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:20:00 +0000

Another senseless death. A crappy bike path, and a handicapped driver whose car was apparently veering off the road. I’d like to know what happens to this driver. I’ll bet I can guess the outcome.

RIP my cycling friend.