Viktor Köves
@viktorkoves.com
Climate developer, photographer, creator of @chiwho.bike and @electrifychicago.net | 🌎 viktorkoves.com
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Viktor Köves
@viktorkoves.com
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Your First EV Could Be A Cargo E-Bike | Viktor Köves
EVs are here, but I want to show you that your first EV could just be a cargo e-bike that can replace most car trips, and save you a boat-load of money!
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Hello, new followers! 👋
I post about a blend of climate, tech, urbanism, and biking. To start y'all off, here's a blog post I made in Sept. 2024 about owning a cargo e-bike, and how it can do 90% of what a car can, but for 10% of the cost: viktorkoves.com/2024/09/21/y...
I post about a blend of climate, tech, urbanism, and biking. To start y'all off, here's a blog post I made in Sept. 2024 about owning a cargo e-bike, and how it can do 90% of what a car can, but for 10% of the cost: viktorkoves.com/2024/09/21/y...
There is a fun red line conductor who I could totally see doing that
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 AM
There is a fun red line conductor who I could totally see doing that
You can also replace the studs if they wear out, so I'm not super worried! Lots of cargo bike folks use them and haven't reported any issues around that
February 11, 2026 at 5:46 AM
You can also replace the studs if they wear out, so I'm not super worried! Lots of cargo bike folks use them and haven't reported any issues around that
Viktor winter shenanigan posting will continue until morale improves
February 11, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Viktor winter shenanigan posting will continue until morale improves
My camera reel for the past few months has just been shots of my bike on or in snow, so I definitely needed it. I've almost wiped out once or twice 💀
February 11, 2026 at 3:09 AM
My camera reel for the past few months has just been shots of my bike on or in snow, so I definitely needed it. I've almost wiped out once or twice 💀
I am a big big fan! It's been rock solid, only swapped the chain and brakes in over 4,000 miles and nearly 4 years of ownership.
The skid loader definitely looks more all terrain/touring focused while I'd say the Gazelle is basically a premium commuter.
The skid loader definitely looks more all terrain/touring focused while I'd say the Gazelle is basically a premium commuter.
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I am a big big fan! It's been rock solid, only swapped the chain and brakes in over 4,000 miles and nearly 4 years of ownership.
The skid loader definitely looks more all terrain/touring focused while I'd say the Gazelle is basically a premium commuter.
The skid loader definitely looks more all terrain/touring focused while I'd say the Gazelle is basically a premium commuter.
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A parent at my kids’ school was abducted a few hours ago.
Please help us help the family with legal expenses and care for their elementary school son (who doesn’t even know his dad was taken yet 💔):
gofund.me/20a5b26ab
Please help us help the family with legal expenses and care for their elementary school son (who doesn’t even know his dad was taken yet 💔):
gofund.me/20a5b26ab
Donate to Support Byron Cabrera's Legal Defense and Son's Care, organized by Luz Riofrio
Hello everyone, I'm asking for your support for Byron Cabrera, who h… Luz Riofrio needs your support for Support Byron Cabrera's Legal Defense and Son's Care
gofund.me
February 10, 2026 at 11:31 PM
A parent at my kids’ school was abducted a few hours ago.
Please help us help the family with legal expenses and care for their elementary school son (who doesn’t even know his dad was taken yet 💔):
gofund.me/20a5b26ab
Please help us help the family with legal expenses and care for their elementary school son (who doesn’t even know his dad was taken yet 💔):
gofund.me/20a5b26ab
Upgrade unlocked - studded tires (regular tires for comparison)
February 11, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Upgrade unlocked - studded tires (regular tires for comparison)
Very related, About Here showed how subsidy was the main difference in affordability among Canadian bike share:
youtu.be/qfz6AsYycA8?...
youtu.be/qfz6AsYycA8?...
The Bike Share Dilemma
YouTube video by About Here
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Very related, About Here showed how subsidy was the main difference in affordability among Canadian bike share:
youtu.be/qfz6AsYycA8?...
youtu.be/qfz6AsYycA8?...
Put another way: Ald. La Spata moves forward proposal to help citizens enforce existing laws and bring consequences to scofflaws who hinder all forms of mobility, whether it's folks using a crosswalk, people biking, or slowing down cars and buses
Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) convinced the City Council's Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety he chairs to let Chicagoans use their cell phones to essentially become "snitches" and provide the city with recorded evidence of bus, bike lane and crosswalk parking violations.
Despite business community concerns, Council committee backs parking enforcement by citizens
chicago.suntimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Put another way: Ald. La Spata moves forward proposal to help citizens enforce existing laws and bring consequences to scofflaws who hinder all forms of mobility, whether it's folks using a crosswalk, people biking, or slowing down cars and buses
Some photos from the gentle downtown snow last Thursday
February 10, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Some photos from the gentle downtown snow last Thursday
Ritual coffee plays records and is open late! Not sure if that's what you mean or an actual listening space
February 10, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Ritual coffee plays records and is open late! Not sure if that's what you mean or an actual listening space
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Dueling archer rallies today around 5:30 PM:
-NIMBYs, including Eva Villalobos, who ran for school board with $21K+ from the pro-charter group, Urban Center, which promoted Archer rally, and rumored alder hopeful Claudia Zuno.
southsideweekly.com/archer-ave-b...
-Supporters, mostly or all locals
-NIMBYs, including Eva Villalobos, who ran for school board with $21K+ from the pro-charter group, Urban Center, which promoted Archer rally, and rumored alder hopeful Claudia Zuno.
southsideweekly.com/archer-ave-b...
-Supporters, mostly or all locals
February 10, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Dueling archer rallies today around 5:30 PM:
-NIMBYs, including Eva Villalobos, who ran for school board with $21K+ from the pro-charter group, Urban Center, which promoted Archer rally, and rumored alder hopeful Claudia Zuno.
southsideweekly.com/archer-ave-b...
-Supporters, mostly or all locals
-NIMBYs, including Eva Villalobos, who ran for school board with $21K+ from the pro-charter group, Urban Center, which promoted Archer rally, and rumored alder hopeful Claudia Zuno.
southsideweekly.com/archer-ave-b...
-Supporters, mostly or all locals
Me and my coworker's kid tortured him by sending him from right by Jefferson Park (where he was trying to go) back to Forest Park, twice. Then he got revenge by sending me from Howard to 95th when I was about to get my two Purple line stops 💀
February 10, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Me and my coworker's kid tortured him by sending him from right by Jefferson Park (where he was trying to go) back to Forest Park, twice. Then he got revenge by sending me from Howard to 95th when I was about to get my two Purple line stops 💀
I'm sorry, it's literally my life story 😂
But also if nobody fucks with you you can get from South to North in like three turns with tokens... but everyone's fucking with you
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But also if nobody fucks with you you can get from South to North in like three turns with tokens... but everyone's fucking with you
bsky.app/profile/vikt...
Brown line was toasted (thanks to hitting a car 🤬) so I was a Divvy rider today. Handled the inch or two of snow in the bike lane perfectly, and I beat terrible traffic!
February 10, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I'm sorry, it's literally my life story 😂
But also if nobody fucks with you you can get from South to North in like three turns with tokens... but everyone's fucking with you
bsky.app/profile/vikt...
But also if nobody fucks with you you can get from South to North in like three turns with tokens... but everyone's fucking with you
bsky.app/profile/vikt...
I played the L board game, and it's unfortunately targeted exactly at me and is a banger, it even roasts the Brown line speed 💀
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I played the L board game, and it's unfortunately targeted exactly at me and is a banger, it even roasts the Brown line speed 💀
Make sure you go up to the pier... if you dare
February 9, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Make sure you go up to the pier... if you dare
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If you put bike lanes everywhere in the city, it stops being viewed as a symbol of gentrification. They stop becoming an "amenity" that brings better personal safety and higher quality of life. If one person said a new road with speed bumps would bring gentrification, they'd sound ridiculous.
And while your op-ed claims that locals oppose this project because of fear of gentrification, the reality is that almost all of the supporters at the weekly rallies live in Brighton Park or next-door communities, some of them lifelong residents. (5/X)
Round 3 of dueling Archer rallies: Almost all of the dozens of project supporters said they live on the SW Side. Opponents declined interviews. - Streetsblog Chicago
If you’re a sustainable transportation reporter and advocate like me, always looking for important and interesting stories about livable streets issues, the Archer Avenue traffic safety project debate...
chi.streetsblog.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
If you put bike lanes everywhere in the city, it stops being viewed as a symbol of gentrification. They stop becoming an "amenity" that brings better personal safety and higher quality of life. If one person said a new road with speed bumps would bring gentrification, they'd sound ridiculous.
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
This whole thread is so good as a breakdown of this incredible halftime show. Music is political, and Bad Bunny leverages it to full effect
Next is "El Apagón" (the blackout) which I could write a whole thread about on its own
The song and its video (a mini documentary) are about a lot of things, including the problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid, which have gotten worse since Hurricane Maria
The song and its video (a mini documentary) are about a lot of things, including the problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid, which have gotten worse since Hurricane Maria
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 AM
This whole thread is so good as a breakdown of this incredible halftime show. Music is political, and Bad Bunny leverages it to full effect
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This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
One must not decline the kindness of strangers
February 9, 2026 at 4:17 AM
One must not decline the kindness of strangers
"Cities are scary"
Counter-point: I left a Chicago super bowl party and saw revelers walking home with pots, and got offered a free beer waiting for my train home
Counter-point: I left a Chicago super bowl party and saw revelers walking home with pots, and got offered a free beer waiting for my train home
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM
"Cities are scary"
Counter-point: I left a Chicago super bowl party and saw revelers walking home with pots, and got offered a free beer waiting for my train home
Counter-point: I left a Chicago super bowl party and saw revelers walking home with pots, and got offered a free beer waiting for my train home
Ope I should clarify for new folks that I'm in Chicago, but I think winter isn't done with us yet!
February 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Ope I should clarify for new folks that I'm in Chicago, but I think winter isn't done with us yet!