They pedalled up winding Stevens Canyon Road on Sunday morning, slowly rounding a gentle bend before gathering around the "ghost bike" perched on a small bluff in the Cupertino foothills.
It was here that two well-liked cyclists — Olympic hopeful Kristy Gough, 30, and speedster Matt Peterson, 29 — were fatally injured in a freakish accident on March 8, 2008. A Santa Clara County sheriff's deputy, who fell asleep at the wheel, plowed his patrol car into them. Another cyclist, Christopher Knapp, 20, suffered two broken limbs but survived.
The ghost bike, painted white, stands over two memorial plaques not far from where the cyclists were hit.
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