Ryan Mott

sun rises over a polling place. pink clouds over orange horizon. a sign in the foreground reads "Vote Here"

Don't forget to vote, Jackson County 🗳️

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Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

Yes! I won't always choose a climb, but having it protected to this degree means I can take it slow and not worry about keeping up with car traffic 🐢

still orange cones about. imagine it will get some big black bollards at each end of the low curbs and then it will need some paint. but concrete all the way from Gillham to Cleaver so totally usable in the meantime

yes!

why did no one there punch that goon in the side of his fucking head?

For years this section of cycle track sat unfinished (paint-only) because the rich homeowners there opposed the ugly plastic flexposts used elsewhere. OK, message received 😂

maybe it can only good happen today

"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023

www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...

Just outside the front door of a bicycle shop, a Clydesdale titanium frame gravel bike leans against a bollard. It's wearing new tires labeled "Maxxis Aspen 32x2.40". Not a typo: these are 32" wheels! Just behind the bike is a sandwich board that reads "Put the Fun Between Your Legs! @cyclecitykc"

The world is on fire and I get to spend time tomorrow filing a police report against the guy that threatened to "shoot [me] off [my] fucking bicycle" BUT hey check out these brand new tires!

I got these over a year ago, prescription + transition for less than 150. They've taken a beating but are still my go-to for cycling www.caglasses.com/matrix-baysh...

Oh no what have you done lol

@beertheist.bsky.social not a Royals-follower but I think you can appreciate this

Caption "USA Today: Electric bikes are driving me crazy. Make them follow the same rules as cars. | Opinion" on an image of three teens riding an ebike and not endangering anyone with 2 tons of metal and speed

OPINION | Make SUVs safer than bicycles, you can fuck ALL the way off until that happens

Maybe it's because my beak is large, or maybe it's a skill issue, but each nostril gets vented to its own side 🤷🏻‍♂️ I do ride with a li'l mirror on my glasses and I'm careful

the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back

This is the way.

Common pattern when interpreting public input:

In a neighborhood of 10K+ people.

3 people complain about a bike lane = Most residents are against the bike lane

50 people say they want the bike lane = Cyclists are loud, they don't represent everyone

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The client doesn't know what they truly want until you give them just what they've asked for.

Shit, I think I'm at 32! But my countries list fits on one hand

Broadway Bike Lane Meeting | 13.6 mi Cycling Route on Strava Broadway Bike Lane Meeting is a 13.6 mi Cycling Route. Discover this route and more at Strava. Visit today!

📢 Public Meeting: Kansas City leaders need to hear from cyclists! Monday, July 7 come-and-go 5:30-7pm at Drexel Hall 3301 Baltimore Ave. Let the city know you support cyclist & pedestrian safety, stick around to roll with us (~6:30pm) on a tour of existing bike lanes.
www.strava.com/routes/33770...

"filled with canine ass miasma" in the form of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo, because https://xkcd.com/1412/

America: the final birthday 🧨

I thought we could post GIFs?

A cyclist wearing a backpack riding between cars

I’ve been thinking about how drivers often express frustration at “that car in my way,” not “the person in that car.” But when it’s someone on a bike, there’s no metal shell to dehumanize it’s just us, in plain sight.

Could that be why cyclists become the outlet for the built-up tension of traffic?

100% it's because the line item had the word "urban" in it

This Captain Planet reboot goes hard

Tubes weigh about a pound each and account for half the volume of that downtube pack! Have had good luck with a DIY tubeless setup so haven't had to mess with one recently (knock wood)

Type II fun!