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[edit] Jo Slota

Althought this fact was deleted from this article Jo Slota of San Francisco is attributed with creating the first Ghost Bikes. http://www.ghostbike.net/

His is a personal art project not directly related to the current Ghost Bikes cause, but does predate them. Seems Jo sparked the idea that became a national movement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.215.183.115 (talk) 19:07, July 20, 2007

Jo Slota definitely deserves a mention even if his motives are completely different from the more widespread Ghost Bike thing. I'm not actually sure what his motives were, abstract street sculpture? Unlikely there was no connection, but which way? Slota's project is much more interesting if it was the origin of the white paint idea. ProfDEH (talk) 18:34, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ghostbike

Someone deleted the word "fringe". What's wrong with calling Ghostbike a fringe organisation? My point was it's not exactly the London Cycling Campaign, unlikely more than a few people are actively involved. This is a minor element of cycling subculture and the article needs to make this clear. Any views on this issue are requested. (Apologies to the user I originally attributed the change to.) ProfDEH (talk) 18:34, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] White bikes

Sorry to spoil anyone's fun but the idea of painting bikes white actually goes back to Amsterdam in the 1960s. This was an anarchist project to liberate two-wheel transport - white bikes were free, help yourself and then leave it for someone else - in some ways an ancestor of book-crossing... Boulet rouge (talk) 18:59, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, I don't think of ghost bikes as "fun", but I digress... I don't think anyone is suggesting that nobody thought of painting bikes white before. However, the use of white bikes as memorials seems to be more recent. BTW, the info you suggest is also at Community bicycle program. Katr67 (talk) 19:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)