We sold out 2 tamale vendors, bought out 2 more vendors, and absolutely swarmed a family owned bakery. It was a good day with some the very best of #BikeChi 🥰 for the 4th installment of the Street Vendor Bike Tour. We persist. ✊🏽

Friends in my phone, CxS is adopting 9 members from ELLAS, a group of Latina breast cancer survivors to cover November grocery costs due to SNAP cuts. We’d like to raise $3,600. Donation info in the comments. Link to their website to learn more about them.

Tonight was the inaugural ride of our new home buyout program. We connect with vendors too scared to be out, and we purchase from them at home. Tonight we bought 250 tamales, divided into 3 teams to deliver all over the city to folks on the street, Love Fridges, and a youth shelter.

Fuuuuuuuuck ICE. We bought out 5 vendors this morning in Little Village and ICE is out there terrorizing the community. We also pass out whistles thanks to a supporter who 3D printed a ton for us. We keep us safe. ✊🏽

What if I told you that if you know talented people, the possibilities are as endless as your imagination. @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social #BikeChi

Sometimes I’m transporting 250 tamales on my cargo bike to feed a village. Sometimes it’s 3 tamales to feed myself. The most important thing is that your tamales make it home safe. 🫔😍 #BikeTamale

cc Chicago

Last night we had 8 members attend Cycles of Support, our unemployment support group where we had a career coach present to us. One new member was a federal employee facing difficult times. Whether it’s vendors in the street or people in the job market, we provide support where it’s needed. ✊🏽

Saturday the team bought out 7 vendors, Sunday we bought out 9 on our tour. #BikeChi continues to show up!! Saturday we’re heading to Belmont Cragin x Hermosa for a cross community classic!

🚨BREAKING🚨 CTA has announced, in a move to rival cities like Paris and Tokyo, 2min headways on all transit lines, 7 days a week. Smoking, however, is still permitted.

Halloween Mass, Bison Ride, Street Vendor Tour, oh my!! I may be on my bike more than on my feet this weekend. Get in where you fit in and let’s ride!! 🤙🏽 #BikeChi

Love this pic. Food security is up to us. For those who don’t know The Love Fridge -> www.thelovefridge.com

Uhhh our lil bike tour is reaching lowercase critical mass. 🫣 @chicritmass.bsky.social

Cash from supporters ➡️ cash to vendors ➡️ safety of their home ➡️ food to the community. This is mutual aid. This is #BikeChi

In solidarity with @modacitylife.com @lucymaloney.bsky.social @sharrows.bsky.social soundcloud.com/biketalk/254...

Chat, turns out ppl like riding bikes, supporting their community, and don’t care much for ICE. This weekend we bought out 9 vendors, hosted a ride, and delivered over 250 burritos to hungry Chicagoans, coverage from Timeout, Block Club, Telemundo, and CNN. The message is clear #BikeChi shows up ✊🏽

What if instead of ICE terrorizing our communities, we had Mac and Cheese agents posted at corners for food emergencies?? Wife spotted these heroes at Madison/Halsted 👀 🫡 thank you for your service

“You’ve gained weight, but not like in a bad way” is what a “friend” said to me today. As a cis-male, the amount of times another cis-male has commented on my weight is astonishing. 🤦🏽‍♂️ can you not

Federal agents just gassed my neighborhood

As ICE continues to terrorize our communities, kidnapping our neighbors, 9 cyclists came together this morning at 6am to buyout 5 vendors and donate the food to a local shelter. They went home safe, hungry ppl were fed, this is #BikeChi ✊🏽

Do 100% of our funds go to support street vendors? Yes. Do I also purchase tamales and currently survive off of them? Also yes. Chat, everybody is winning in this initiative. 🫔 🫔 🫔

After Saturday’s wildly succesful ride, we’re getting the band back together and going on tour. 🤘🏽 #BikeChi Join us this Saturday and check out the Eventbrite link for more dates.

Happy Monday to my Costco bike friends and my Costco bike friends only. There was a STEADY stream of cyclists and scooters coming and going. This is where the revolution will begin.

3 of us braved the rain to buy out 2 vendors this morning. One vendor had their young child waiting in the car and started immediately packing up after we bought everything she had. I hope they enjoyed the rest of the day somewhere warm and comfy. Look at that tamale steam! 😍 🫔

One of our amazing organizers planted this seed and the #BikeChi community came together and started watering it and it’s been beautiful to see and help it blossom 🌸 🫶🏽

I’ve talked to Time Out and Block Club about our ride on Saturday. #BikeChi get your tix cuz we’re gonna eat good, ride bikes, and spread joy. 🤙🏽

Without street parking, surface lots, and parking garages, Oslo’s busiest shopping district is left abandoned. Only robust transit, bike paths, scooters, and tons of places to sit remain. Sad. #BanCars

Did we partner with @pintpeddler.bsky.social to support vendors for the Midnight Ride? Did the bike team buy out 5 vendors today? Did our Vendor Bike Tour next Saturday sell out so we had to add more tickets? ICE won’t stop, neither do we. ✊🏽 🫔 🔥 🧊

Saturday morning our team was able to buy out 2 vendors so they could go home. We then passed out tamales to our neighbors in La Villita and Pilsen. Shout out to the volunteers that sit with these vendors in the mornings to make sure they are safe and protected! We keep us safe. ✊🏽

And if you’re feeling real froggy, join @pintpeddler.bsky.social at midnight tonight where we have organized vendors for the 1/2 way point so you can eat some delicious food and support them! Bring cash! ✊🏽 #BikeChi bsky.app/profile/pint...

When we created this ride, it was supposed to be a joyous celebration of community. Since then kidnappings have increased substantially and vendors are terrified. We will not back down and our ride will continue in a way that keeps vendors safe. We take care of us. ✊🏽

Bergen gets a F for public restrooms. Asked a McDonalds employee and he said I had to buy something. That’s capitalism. Went to Starbucks and someone held the door open for me and I held it open for others. That’s class solidarity. ✊🏽

Asked a shop if they had bike stuff and they told me to go to Denmark and great advice tbh

If you’ve followed me for any length of time, then you know I’m an expert at finding unique bike-related souvenirs whilst traveling abroad. It brings me great pleasure to show you my first Norway find. 😻🚲 bonus 🚃 included

Holy fjords Batman! 5min headways from the airport, grassy trams, grade separated bike lanes, oh my! Bergen showing out! 🙀😻

Quick layover in Germany and I already fell in love. Workers doing their rounds with a trike. 😻

DC is war torn and needs the national guard? Then explain this.

DC: one of the most stunning Metros, wonderful protests, and the national guard standing around on every corner doing absolutely nothing.

Driver commits armed robbery. Post blames bike lanes. These are my neighbors. ffs

Alright Chicago, I’m going full Karen and asking to speak with the manager. 😤

The city has created a monster. I completed 2 more rideshare compliant forms last night. This is my origin story. 🤡

This weekend was record breaking for our mutual aid efforts! On Friday, the team got up bright and early to send home vendors. 6 vendors supported, over $500 worth of food. Saturday, we bought 100 tamales from 2 vendors! All distributed right back into the community. We keep us safe! #BikeChi

Lakefront bike ride. Friends. Bonfire. S’mores. Third places. Saturday was our latest Bikes & Bonfires ride up the lakefront path to the bonfire spot where the theme was networking to get ppl jobs. Our last weekend in the 80s this year? Only time will tell. Ride bikes. Spread joy. 🤙🏽

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Last night: unemployment support group met. Sunday: Burrito Brigade distributed 250 burritos. Friday: mutual team will support street vendors. Saturday: Bikes & Bonfire will help ppl find jobs. The CxS team is community first and bikes are our chariots. We are all we’ve got. We are all we need.

And the best part of my commute! Coming around the Shedd Aquarium bend to the glorious view of the Chicago skyline. I’m never leaving this city.

Timeline cleanse: join me on my new commute for my first day of work 🧵

the "abolish ICE" people were right

When I get older, I’m gonna stop asking if you wanna ride bikes and just show up to your place like this.