She said bicycle safety was so important to him that he would routinely stop and admonish ill-equipped cyclists about wearing bike helmets.

“He’d stop strangers and have a conversation with them,” his wife said. “He would remind them the right way you have to dress when you’re on a bike.”

A small group of cyclists gathered outside of St. Louis City Hall on Monday morning to draw attention to roadway conditions for riders in the city.

A dozen or so protesters stood outside the steps with large cardboard signs that combined to read, “No more dead cyclists.”

Michelle Funkenbusch, an attorney who has represented cyclists injured in accidents, said she was pleased with investments the city has made over the years to make roads more bike- and pedestrian-friendly, such as adding bike lanes, but that more needed to be done. “A bike lane doesn’t protect you if you don’t have barriers,” she said.

Funkenbusch said the biggest challenge was the attitude held by some drivers that cyclists don’t belong on the roads. She noted that she has had to hop curbs on a few occasions when cars have crowded her off the road.