Hundreds of riders filled the streets of Gorseinon on Sunday for a memorial ride-out in memory of Ceiran Evans.
The 18-year-old died following a collision on Pen Cae Crwn Road on 9 July.
A teenager has been charged with Ceiran’s murder and with the attempted murder of a second person, and is due to stand trial in January.
His family organised the ride-out to celebrate his love of bikes and vehicles — asking people to come together in his memory — and the response filled road after road with motorbikes, scooters, quad bikes and pedal cycles.
Riders set off from The New Lodge in Gorseinon, making their way through the streets as onlookers lined the pavements, filmed from doorsteps and shopfronts, and applauded them past.
Among those watching was Sophie Park, who filmed the ride-out as it passed. “That’s community, that is,” she said. “I can’t believe there’s so many.”
The Junction Bar and Kitchen, which shared its own footage, said: “What a lovely turn out for Ceiran.”
“We as a small family-run business are so proud to be a part of Gorseinon, and to watch all the community come together to show their respect.”
The other teenager injured in the incident remains in recovery. A member of his family, responding to concern in a community group, said he had been “critical, touch and go” but was now stable and facing “a long road of recovery” — adding that the family were keeping his recovery private out of respect for Ceiran’s family, and that “at this point of the journey, it’s about Ceiran Evans”.
In a tribute released after his death, the family of Ceiran — affectionately known to many as “Fatboy” — said he was “loved more than any words can say and will be missed every single day”.
“His kind heart, wicked sense of humour, loving nature, and handsome smile brought so much joy to everyone who knew him,” they said.
“He will forever be our precious baby boy; always loved, always remembered, and never forgotten.”
His family have said Ceiran worked hard and saved his own money to buy “the bike of his dreams” — the very passion the ride-out set out to celebrate, and one the turnout showed was widely shared, from powerful sports bikes to children on pedal cycles.
In the days since, a tribute wall has filled with messages in Ceiran’s memory — “forever 18”, “rest easy Fatboy” — around a drawn portrait of the smiling teenager.
Sunday’s ride-out was a moment for the community to stand together — and to give a young man who loved bikes a send-off filled with the sound of engines.
