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Ryan Mott
@mo.tt
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Last-minute grocery shopper 🚲
Bicycle makes car noises, I make bad puns.
Was @omnay on the old site. Kansas City, MO
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Don't forget to vote, Jackson County 🗳️
sun rises over a polling place. pink clouds over orange horizon. a sign in the foreground reads "Vote Here"
September 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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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 😂
September 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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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!
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"
September 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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OPINION | Make SUVs safer than bicycles, you can fuck ALL the way off until that happens
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
August 14, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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"filled with canine ass miasma" in the form of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo, because https://xkcd.com/1412/
July 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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America: the final birthday 🧨
July 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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I took my oversized bike to Unbound Gravel, remained upright through 108 miles, and had a blast. It was HOT but an amazing experience
Rounding the corner on a hard-packed gravel road, a large bicycle rolls ahead of two normal-sized ones At the finish line, a 6'6" man wearing a finisher medal poses with a dusty DirtySixer bicycle with 36" wheels Rollercoaster hills of sharp, chunky gravel and muddy wheel ruts stretch for miles ahead. Cyclists dot the hills to the horizon. The sun blazes Hundreds of riders in a tight pack a few miles into the race
June 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Never thought I'd see this again. Gracias!
Zorak with caption "Tengo que ir a la tienda a comprar mantequilla y queso"
May 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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View from beneath, South side of West end. Shards of the original cantilever that would have widened it. Hacked to bits and corroding
South elevation of a decaying Central Ave bridge. The river is calm and the graffiti plentiful. A small plane flies high above the Central Ave bridge. Haphazard cuts to the iron girders are visible near the edges of the deck
May 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Flying home from civilization
A coach from Boulder to the Denver airport with a complimentary luggage compartment. $10 for a day pass versus $130+ for an Uber
May 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Motornormativity is a disease
Excerpt from linked article: "Dirt biking is no different from skateboarding, extreme skiing, parkour, or even the subculture of gaming, says Malcolm Drewery, a sociology professor at the department of applied social and political sciences at Coppin State University"
May 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Bike boulevard! Put the cars in the gutter where they belong. #TeamCenterRunning
May 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Save 25% on municipal repaving projects with one weird trick (drivers hate it)
A section of city street. Three car lanes are freshly repaved and striped. The former fourth lane was converted to a curb-protected two-way cycle track and did not require resurfacing.
April 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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I volunteered to talk bicycles & simple machines with some 5th graders today and their thank-you card features "Cool S" graffiti 🥹 #theKidsAreAlright
Bicycle on a stand in front of a projector screen and whiteboard in an elementary classroom Thank you card signed by the 5th graders of Cherry Street with several doodles and hearts added
April 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Ha! Didn't know that was a thing
Screenshot of RideKC Bike app showing a hub outline around Ottawa University
April 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Fixed it
Same barricade gently thrown to the ground
March 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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This is the stupid shit that kills someone in the dark
A large traffic barricade blocking a bike lane, but at an angle to become invisible to someone coming down the hill View from the side
March 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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I've never been #Dannering so hard
Wide angle view of Delta seat 10F on a newer plane where there is no bulkhead between first class and steerage. Legroom for days!
March 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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I'm gonna need some of these stickers
A traffic sign in Downtown Atlanta that reads "Turning vehicles stop for pedestrians" having been visibly revised by reflective decals from the former (and weaker) "yield to" message
March 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Hello from the Gold line
A too-excited middle age man in glasses takes a selfie in front of a MARTA system map while riding a train
March 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Streetcar platform? What platform?
The part of the rendering where they have obliterated the streetcar platform. Also the rails aren't rendered so I assume they've converted it to an articulated bus?
February 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Gotta love how their renderings magically find 4 lanes for cars. Are they going to rip out the streetcar stop? Hot garbage 🤮
Google Street View on Main St near the site of the renderings showing the current 3 lane configuration
February 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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How many dogs did we not get to pet because our parents drove us everywhere? 🐕❤️🚲
February 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Paint is not protection. The design of this whole intersection is hot garbage.
February 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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They'll absolutely mess up a wood floor. Scratch the heck out of your pedals, too. I decided I'd rather be able to put a foot down when it's sketchy, tho
Left: an oversized bicycle pedal with gouges and scratches in the anodized finish. Right: the boot spikes that caused it (worth it)
February 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM