Michael Caufield

From UTV Michael Caulfield died after a collision with [the driver of] a lorry on 15 April
last year - now a bicycle which has been painted completely white has
been locked to the railings at Ormeau Bridge, but the family has no idea
who is behind it.

"I think it's a nice gesture ... that
somebody's still thinking about him and he's not just another
statistic," Bernadette Caulfield told UTV.

Mrs Caulfield had been
unable to go past the site where her husband lost his life and initially
found out about the mystery tribute through a friend, before also being
contacted by the PSNI.

And accompanied by a family liaison
officer, she went for the first time to the scene of the crash to see
the ghost bike for herself.

"I'd go every way round the site
before I'd go past it," Mrs Caulfield said. "So he came down with me and
just talked me through what they know of what happened and I had a look
at the bike.

"I'd like to know who did, so I can thank them." 

You can read about the ghost bike and see pictures on the shooting spree blog

From the BBC

Memorial tribute to cyclist is 'NI's first ghost bike'

The 'ghost bike' was placed in tribute to cyclist Michael Caufield

A memorial for a cyclist
who was killed in a road accident in Belfast last year is believed to be
the first of its kind in Northern Ireland.

A white bicycle has been chained to a railing on Ormeau
Bridge, at the place where father-of-four Michael Caufield died in a
crash on 15 April 2011.

It is known as a ghost bike, a tribute to cyclists killed on the street.

Mr Caulfield's widow Bernie said she had no idea who had placed the memorial but she wanted to meet and thank them.

There were no witnesses to the collision and an inquest into the 56-year-old's death is yet to take place.

Bernie Caulfield told BBC Radio Ulster that it had been a
very difficult year and until the memorial appeared she had been unable
to visit the site where her husband lost his life.

Pain

Mrs Caulfield said she felt "nervous" when she first heard
about the ghost bike, and was unsure whether or not it was a real
tribute.

She explained that a police liasion officer had telephoned
her to check if she felt offended by the ghost bike, and if so, had
offered to take it away.

However, she was reassured when a family friend took photographs of the Ormeau Bridge tribute and emailed them to her.

"It said on it, 'rest in peace Michael Caulfield, 15 April, aged 56'," she told the Evening Extra programme.

She was then taken to see the memorial in person by the police liasion officer.

She said it had not taken her pain away but "helped a bit".

Asked if she wanted to meet the person who had erected the
memorial, Mrs Caulfield said: "Yes I would, I would like to say thank
you.

"I would like to know who it was, because I have looked
online at the website, and it seems it have started in New York
somewhere".

Ghost bikes are a phenomenon that began in the United States,
but it is believed that the tribute to Mr Caulfield is the first ghost
bike in Northern Ireland.