A memorial ride for James Quinn – a first-year law student at the University of New Mexico School of Law who was killed in a bicycle-car accident on Sept. 15 while riding on Old Route 66 outside of Albuquerque – will be held on Saturday, Oct. 13.
The silent ride will leave the UNM School of Law at 9 a.m. and meet with additional riders at the Smith's grocery store at Tramway and Central at 10 a.m. A Bernalillo County sherriff's department escort will lead the riders to the site of Quinn's accident on Old Route 66 in Tijeras Canyon where he will be remembered with flowers, words and a white bicycle that will remain at the site as a lasting tribute.
According to BikeABQ, Albuquerque's bicycle advocacy group, the memorial ride is intended to call attention to the increasing number of injuries and fatalities on New Mexico streets and highways and to ask drivers to be more careful in sharing the road with bicyclists.
Quinn's widow, Ashley, and his sister, Kate, will join the ride, and his mother will follow in her car and a support and gear wagon will provide support for the riders. For more information, contact Diane Albert at dalbert@newmexico.com or Roland Penttila at roland@bikeabq.org.