Peter Flax
@pflax1.bsky.social
Into riding, writing and complex carbohydrates.
Every opinion stated here is mine—and mine alone.
Every opinion stated here is mine—and mine alone.
I still get news alerts for tons of fatal bike crashes and on a daily basis I am assaulted by the bias and stupidity of police investigators and a profound like of cognition by media that parrot their findings. Look at the way everyone/everything but the driver is responsible.
January 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I still get news alerts for tons of fatal bike crashes and on a daily basis I am assaulted by the bias and stupidity of police investigators and a profound like of cognition by media that parrot their findings. Look at the way everyone/everything but the driver is responsible.
I rented a car last weekend and they auto-upgraded me to a giant SUV so I went back to the desk and wound up with a nice Hyundai hybrid that had zero blind spots and a very big trunk and averaged almost 50mpg and was quite comfy (and had an MSRP less than half the SUV).
January 6, 2026 at 2:19 PM
I rented a car last weekend and they auto-upgraded me to a giant SUV so I went back to the desk and wound up with a nice Hyundai hybrid that had zero blind spots and a very big trunk and averaged almost 50mpg and was quite comfy (and had an MSRP less than half the SUV).
IMO this kind of kooky discourse should be ridiculed or better yet ignored. Many folks who drive have no clue how they've benefitted from decades and trillions in subsidies and preferential treatment and act like their human rights have been violated if any effort is made to address the fallout.
January 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
IMO this kind of kooky discourse should be ridiculed or better yet ignored. Many folks who drive have no clue how they've benefitted from decades and trillions in subsidies and preferential treatment and act like their human rights have been violated if any effort is made to address the fallout.
This is the best time of year to live in California and wake up for no reason at 4:45 because almost every day there is world-class cyclocross streaming at that hour.
December 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is the best time of year to live in California and wake up for no reason at 4:45 because almost every day there is world-class cyclocross streaming at that hour.
One thing I find fascinating 25 years later—that Lance, despite his sociopathic tendencies, was always good at reading people and he knew on a deep level that Sally Jenkins would happily be the stenographer of his lies and even defend him for decades as long as the checks cleared.
December 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
One thing I find fascinating 25 years later—that Lance, despite his sociopathic tendencies, was always good at reading people and he knew on a deep level that Sally Jenkins would happily be the stenographer of his lies and even defend him for decades as long as the checks cleared.
Sally is the very rare broken clock that still isn't right once or twice a day.
The Bari Weiss hysteria continues. Exactly what in "this piece isn't ready" and "try harder to get comment from the administration" constitutes the death of American journalism? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Bari Weiss Got Right
And what she got wrong
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Sally is the very rare broken clock that still isn't right once or twice a day.
The spiked 60 Minutes segment is so obviously well reported and fact checked. I don't see how Bari Weiss can survive or even justify her decision, though I guess that rarely matters in 2025. In any case, worth watching to see how pathetic the administration and CBS have become.
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The spiked 60 Minutes segment is so obviously well reported and fact checked. I don't see how Bari Weiss can survive or even justify her decision, though I guess that rarely matters in 2025. In any case, worth watching to see how pathetic the administration and CBS have become.
I have a love-hate relationship with all those IG and TikTok posts where someone surprises a nice, deserving, needy person with a bunch of money. They always make me cry a bit and I love that someone’s life is being changed for the better. But…
December 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I have a love-hate relationship with all those IG and TikTok posts where someone surprises a nice, deserving, needy person with a bunch of money. They always make me cry a bit and I love that someone’s life is being changed for the better. But…
It's always good to note that while basically everything about the economy that impacts 95% of the country is shitty, the stock markets continue to rise, and the wealthiest people and biggest companies continue to profit and thus don't understand the pain everyone is feeling.
December 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's always good to note that while basically everything about the economy that impacts 95% of the country is shitty, the stock markets continue to rise, and the wealthiest people and biggest companies continue to profit and thus don't understand the pain everyone is feeling.
What do you expect from the person who took 18 months to write Lance Armstrong's intentionally full-of-shit hagiographic memoir and then never commented that his entire myth was a lie because she made a bunch of money?
Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss
The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.
www.theatlantic.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
What do you expect from the person who took 18 months to write Lance Armstrong's intentionally full-of-shit hagiographic memoir and then never commented that his entire myth was a lie because she made a bunch of money?
Very thoroughly reported story on why Florida is arguably the most dangerous state for bike riders. (One telling factoid: Only 124 citations for drivers violating the state's 3-foot law in 2024.)
www.cltampa.com/news/florida...
www.cltampa.com/news/florida...
Florida isn't getting safer for cyclists
Pinellas County Democratic Rep. Lindsay Cross says there are common-sense things that government can do to enhance safety for pedestrians and cyclists, such as creating more protected bike lanes and p...
www.cltampa.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Very thoroughly reported story on why Florida is arguably the most dangerous state for bike riders. (One telling factoid: Only 124 citations for drivers violating the state's 3-foot law in 2024.)
www.cltampa.com/news/florida...
www.cltampa.com/news/florida...
You know, I bet Lance Armstrong would be super good at boxing.
December 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
You know, I bet Lance Armstrong would be super good at boxing.
This basically sums up my feelings about last night.
Me: I don’t see the appeal of boxing
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
December 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This basically sums up my feelings about last night.
I haven't really been a fan boxing or other fighting in a pretty long time, but I did enjoy watching the clip of Jake Paul getting dropped five times.
December 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I haven't really been a fan boxing or other fighting in a pretty long time, but I did enjoy watching the clip of Jake Paul getting dropped five times.
This story—from Lancaster PA—is yet another scary reminder that the police and media can't be trusted to think logically when riders are hit and badly injured by negligent drivers.
Warning: Don't play the video in the story if you will be triggered seeing a crash.
www.wgal.com/article/penn...
Warning: Don't play the video in the story if you will be triggered seeing a crash.
www.wgal.com/article/penn...
E-bike rider hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being run over by truck, police say
Emergency dispatchers said a person riding an e-bike was run over by a truck on Thursday morning. Emergency crews are at the scene, and a road is closed.
www.wgal.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This story—from Lancaster PA—is yet another scary reminder that the police and media can't be trusted to think logically when riders are hit and badly injured by negligent drivers.
Warning: Don't play the video in the story if you will be triggered seeing a crash.
www.wgal.com/article/penn...
Warning: Don't play the video in the story if you will be triggered seeing a crash.
www.wgal.com/article/penn...
I was served this FB Reel with a comedian making the most cliche jokes about men riding bikes in spandex. Sometimes I can't believe anyone thinks that's funny or clever in 2025. OMG people are wearing tight clothes to do a sport! Hide the children! Let me share some homophobia! What losers!
December 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I was served this FB Reel with a comedian making the most cliche jokes about men riding bikes in spandex. Sometimes I can't believe anyone thinks that's funny or clever in 2025. OMG people are wearing tight clothes to do a sport! Hide the children! Let me share some homophobia! What losers!
Reposted by Peter Flax
Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?
December 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?
One thing I never tire of is reading all the comments earnest SRAM-loving dudes leave on the fucksrammemes IG account. One of the purest distillations of something eternally funny in bike culture.
December 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
One thing I never tire of is reading all the comments earnest SRAM-loving dudes leave on the fucksrammemes IG account. One of the purest distillations of something eternally funny in bike culture.
Reposted by Peter Flax
Great Jacob Wasserman article in the LATimes on the Los Angeles airport roadway plan: But no, the headline isn't true. It's not unusual to spend $1.5b to make traffic worse.
@jacobwasserman.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
@jacobwasserman.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Only Los Angeles could spend $1.5 billion to make airport traffic worse
LAX authorities scuttled its terminal expansions after the pandemic. And yet the now seemingly unnecessary roadway plan marches on.
www.latimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Great Jacob Wasserman article in the LATimes on the Los Angeles airport roadway plan: But no, the headline isn't true. It's not unusual to spend $1.5b to make traffic worse.
@jacobwasserman.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
@jacobwasserman.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
People who ride bikes know that the way that police reports like this come together and then get published by media outlets without anyone asking one logical question is bullshit.
December 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
People who ride bikes know that the way that police reports like this come together and then get published by media outlets without anyone asking one logical question is bullshit.
Reposted by Peter Flax
Hellevua story by @pflax1.bsky.social included in 2025 Best Sports Writing. I started running about 10 yrs ago after the passing of my father. It was my needed medicine.
December 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Hellevua story by @pflax1.bsky.social included in 2025 Best Sports Writing. I started running about 10 yrs ago after the passing of my father. It was my needed medicine.
If you pull air-quality data (or childhood asthma rates) comparing the 1970s to now, you'll see tougher fuel economy standards have had a huge positive public health outcome. The chart below (for ozone in SoCal) is similar for carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and other nasty stuff.
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
If you pull air-quality data (or childhood asthma rates) comparing the 1970s to now, you'll see tougher fuel economy standards have had a huge positive public health outcome. The chart below (for ozone in SoCal) is similar for carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and other nasty stuff.
Yesterday I learned that a kid I coached on a few youth soccer teams died of heart failure a couple months into his freshman year of college. He was 18. I have trouble processing how you could be a parent and cope with that kind of a loss without imploding.
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Yesterday I learned that a kid I coached on a few youth soccer teams died of heart failure a couple months into his freshman year of college. He was 18. I have trouble processing how you could be a parent and cope with that kind of a loss without imploding.
Reposted by Peter Flax
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?