Why don’t car commercials show you the true driver experience??? Because then they would have to sell you this. This is what “freedom” looks like.

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

As the curtains on my summer sabbatical draw to a close, I’ve created a bucket list for this week. Today was a mid-morning trip to the dog park with my furrever unemployed roommate.

Average US pedestrian experience. Cleanup Club Chicago is in Austin today so I was able to move this gem.

It was 6pm on a Friday night and Alana’s cart was full bc she hadn’t sold a thing all day. Then we pulled up. Armed with the love and support of our community, we bought everything and walked her home. Venmo: @cyclingxsolidarity

The first of many group rides x mutual aid initiatives organized to support our street vendors. Join us tomorrow if you’re in the Chi! #BikeChi

I’m never leaving this city. View from my kayak with my lil trash puppy.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, be prepared to lose anything you leave on your bike up to and including your bike. Someone rifled through my shit while at dinner in the Loop and stole my gloves, multitool, and electric pump. Donated to the streets.

I can’t believe I’m saying this but the system worked…this time. I testified and the drivers defense was “you coulda just asked me to move.” Until we get real infrastructure and/or automated enforcement, I shall keep doing the lord’s work! Report rideshare drivers parked in the bike lane!! #BikeChi

Post a movie you like with a terrible rotten tomatoes score.

Bad news for my daytime naps and late night bike rides, good news for capitalism: ya boy finally got a job. Please respect my privacy during this difficult transition. In related news: got my eyes on the next gen cargo bike I can now afford.

Not sure how many families biked to Dog Day at Sox Park but it wasn’t enough. Full racks when we left tho! @chicagobikesox.com

¿Quieres elotes, chicharrones, agua, y paletas? Today, we visited the home of a vendor who hadn’t been out bc of ICE and bought everything she had. While giving it out, we saw a Paletero so everyone got ice cream too! 🇲🇽

Thanks to our supporters, we were able to send 3 food vendors home to be safe with their families, and distributed their goods to hungry Chicagoans (roses went to volunteers w Cleanup Club Chicago). Tomorrow I’m meeting a vendor at home who’s too scared to be out and buying all her products. 🫶🏽✊🏽

5yrs living in Chicago and I’ve never seen cops “work” as much as tonight on my 10min bike ride around the Loop. Saw 2 different cops pulling ppl over. All it took was a lil encouragement from the supreme court to be extra racist. Let’s see how the rest of this weekend goes 🇲🇽

This seat is violence. If I cared about the Cubs or baseball or sports…I would be pissed. But I’m still riding (pun intended) the high of the lakefront bike ride to the incredible bike valet staff to my peanut vendor so I’m gooooood. Go baseball team!! 😎

Wife got her rear light stolen a few weeks ago. Today I found one in the street. The bike god’s taketh, the bike god’s giveth.

I love all the chatter about traffic this weekend. Mexicans create the safest environment bc no cars can move, everyone is celebrating, and my bike gives me total freedom to move about the city with zero issues. ¡Viva la Tráfico! 🇲🇽

Those who say it can’t be done mustn’t get in the way of those doing it. 👏🏽🙇🏽‍♂️🫡

Happy Wednesday to my Costco bike friends and my Costco bike friends only. 🫡

FOX 32 just ran a blurb on our ride tonight, CBS Chicago reached out. We have decided to appoint Unicycle Ben as our spokesperson in the fight against ICE! 🛞💪🏻 #BikeChi @benmilford.bsky.social

I was riding my cargo bike and someone called me a bike dad and all I could think about the rest of the day was my bike calling me dad 🥹

Chat, the driver is requesting a contested hearing. wtf. Call my bluff bro bc I’m an unemployed cyclist that takes pictures like this FOR FUN. You Better Call Saul cuz I’ve got your Livery SUV in 4K parked in a bike lane.

My first full moon jam and it’s right in my backyard!! Crossing off a lot of Chicago firsts before the summer ends! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🪘🪘

Saw a GSD with 2 kids on the back. Pulled up next to them, gave them stickers, ON THE FLY. Core memory. That shit doesn’t happen when you taxi them in a SUV. Dad was like, how about that!!! #BikeIsBest

This happened to a flower vendor today in Archer Heights. This is why we’re organizing! Support our efforts any way that you can. 🙏🏽✊🏽 #BikeChi forms.gle/dY931Sxzs6V9...

My e-bike is speed limited by the manufacturer at 20mph for my safety and the safety of others.

Hey @paparidesabike.bsky.social are these enough flex posts for our guerrilla project??? 😈

We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe! Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi forms.gle/dY931Sxzs6V9...

There’s exactly 7 people here that I would like a word with. Sharrows would make you feel safer!!??

I’m never leaving this city. If you can believe it, our first time here since moving here 5yrs ago. Judge us. We kept making plans but they always fell through. Bike + chairs + snacks = Selena tribute singing the night away! 💃 🕺

Body Hole Hat Trick!! 🎩 🧢 👒 COVID booster + flu shot + blood donation! University Club of Chicago was enforcing a dress code to give blood so instead took a lovely lakefront ride to the South Side YMCA and everyone there was lovely and super welcoming! Only got crimed 3 times 🤷🏽‍♂️

Students: you mentioned bike lanes, what’s the plan for protection or enforcement or @uiccuppa.bsky.social: lol 🤷

#BikeChi ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS report taxi drivers obstructing bike lanes (esp Livery drivers)! Just got an email of an official hearing from my complaint. Form can be found here: www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept... @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social

I’m never leaving this city. #BikeChi

#BikeChi due to our impending guests, CxS will be responding with mutual aid efforts via group rides. DM if you want to get involved and/or join our virtual meeting Thursday at 7p. ✊🏽

I’ve lived in Chicago so long I’ve transcended riding bike the drive and instead bask in the peace it brings from my apartment balcony. 🧘🏽

Who up getting cleaned up and lubed up for Mass??

Cage the Elephant has started but I’m too busy Hunting Demons.

The Family Support Hotline number to report ICE sightings in Chicago is 855-435-7693. This is a great interview that describes what happens when the support network is activated and why it's so important to report sightings through organized channels. chicago.citycast.fm/podcasts/how...

We did a special double feature last night of M3GAN and M3GAN 2.0 and I gotta say those movies were fun! It was Westworld meets Black Mirror meets Terminator 1 and 2. Highly recommend.

#BikeChi Save the date: 10/4. The next Bikes and Bonfires will take us back to Edgewater for s’more networking to help ppl get jobs! RSVP below.

Sad day for drivers when a few cones block parking spots. They can now only park on *checks notes* literally any other street in Pilsen.

14 cyclists, 250 burritos, sunglasses, Bombas socks, luggage, and riding around this beautiful city on a perfect Chicago summer Sunday. Another successful Burrito Brigade thanks to the #BikeChi community showing up! We take care of us. ✊🏽🫶🏽🌯🚲

I’ve installed my latest traffic calming device at lakeshore drive. Like and subscribe, and comment below if you want to see more like this around Chicago!

A beautiful day on the south side of Chicago with the folks at Black Joy Ride. We rode from a community garden, to the Obama Center, and to Washington Park! #BikeChi

Highly recommend this mom and pop grocery store in Hyde Park! I complained to the owner they were out of Soy Chorizo and boom! Happy vegetarian Mexican right here!

I remember seeing Fast and Furious in the theaters when I was 18 and it’s since become a grotesque caricature of what it once was. Final Destination: Bloodlines 25yrs after the original, however was a glorious homage to the original. RIP Tony Todd. 🙏🏽🫡 💀

Ed Sheeran on a bike in Poland and it wasn’t with @nova999999.bsky.social 🇵🇱 www.vanraam.com/en-gb/news/c...

Bad news: I had to evict my spider friends. They were making crazy webs and terrorizing the wife. I told them they could live on my balcony but if they came back inside, they had to be more discrete. 🕷️ ✊🏽