vplow
@vplow.bsky.social
Big fan of parenting, cargo e-bikes, music, and interesting imagery.
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vplow
@vplow.bsky.social
· Oct 6
The absolute worst thing about e-bikes is cars.
Thinking about how much information and judgement I parse whenever I’m on my bike regarding the drivers around me. I know it’s a Tesla approaching because they’re so heavy, their tires sound different. I know what happens when a bmw is nearby (prepare to get shouldered)…
December 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Thinking about how much information and judgement I parse whenever I’m on my bike regarding the drivers around me. I know it’s a Tesla approaching because they’re so heavy, their tires sound different. I know what happens when a bmw is nearby (prepare to get shouldered)…
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The person I know with the biggest medical bills was a healthy 8-year-old who got shot in his car seat.
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The person I know with the biggest medical bills was a healthy 8-year-old who got shot in his car seat.
“Bicyclists wearing fluorescent jackets had about half the collisions/near misses of those without. However, some of the benefit may have been due to biological motion.”
Hi-vis is not a silver bullet for cycling safety – but this hack might be | BikeRadar
Research shows that failure of cognition, not lack of visibility, needs to be addressed
www.bikeradar.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
“Bicyclists wearing fluorescent jackets had about half the collisions/near misses of those without. However, some of the benefit may have been due to biological motion.”
We shared a new update about my poor brother's predicament:
Donate to Help Dave and Joy with Medical Costs, organized by Dave Cormier
****Please help Dave and Joy manage the travel costs of brain cancer treat… Dave Cormier needs your support for Donate to Help Dave and Joy with Medical Costs
gofund.me
November 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We shared a new update about my poor brother's predicament:
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My partner sent these from his rural home county—a place where aging white swing state voters really did make that mythologized shift from Obama majorities to three Trump landslides.
We saw our first giant Trump sign there in July 2016, back when it seemed almost comical.
These pics mark a turn.
We saw our first giant Trump sign there in July 2016, back when it seemed almost comical.
These pics mark a turn.
October 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
My partner sent these from his rural home county—a place where aging white swing state voters really did make that mythologized shift from Obama majorities to three Trump landslides.
We saw our first giant Trump sign there in July 2016, back when it seemed almost comical.
These pics mark a turn.
We saw our first giant Trump sign there in July 2016, back when it seemed almost comical.
These pics mark a turn.
So proud of little Gogebic County Michigan for showing up in great numbers today. Did not expect to have trouble finding a parking spot!
October 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
So proud of little Gogebic County Michigan for showing up in great numbers today. Did not expect to have trouble finding a parking spot!
Worth watching til the end.
October 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Worth watching til the end.
The absolute worst thing about e-bikes is cars.
October 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The absolute worst thing about e-bikes is cars.
Truly an amazing problem to have: We've got so many parents using e-cargo bikes to get their kids to our elementary school that we need to create a delineated "short-term bike parking" area to *ahem* MANAGE E-BIKE CONGESTION!
Show up consistently and good things gain traction.#BikeBus👀
Show up consistently and good things gain traction.#BikeBus👀
October 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Truly an amazing problem to have: We've got so many parents using e-cargo bikes to get their kids to our elementary school that we need to create a delineated "short-term bike parking" area to *ahem* MANAGE E-BIKE CONGESTION!
Show up consistently and good things gain traction.#BikeBus👀
Show up consistently and good things gain traction.#BikeBus👀
wonderful wonderful!!
Oakland launches an e-bike lending library
There are now 50 electric bikes available for rent at the Fruitvale BART. It just takes a deposit and a modest fee.
oaklandside.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
wonderful wonderful!!
Time to upload a few clips from our school commutes showing drivers making unsafe choices. I hate amplifying these incidents, but the conflicts exist. Show it, and fix it. More bikes can beget the demand for more protected lanes. Drivers can't see it, but it will help EVERYBODY, even themselves.
September 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Time to upload a few clips from our school commutes showing drivers making unsafe choices. I hate amplifying these incidents, but the conflicts exist. Show it, and fix it. More bikes can beget the demand for more protected lanes. Drivers can't see it, but it will help EVERYBODY, even themselves.
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Our statement on the horrible traffic violence near Emerson Elementary
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Our statement on the horrible traffic violence near Emerson Elementary
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a principal source of fuel for my hatred of cars and for the habits bred by car supremacy is witnessing, time after time, motorists entering a situation in which it is unsafe to pass a cyclist and opting for “i deserve to pass so i will pass unsafely” over “I will wait until it is safer”
September 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
a principal source of fuel for my hatred of cars and for the habits bred by car supremacy is witnessing, time after time, motorists entering a situation in which it is unsafe to pass a cyclist and opting for “i deserve to pass so i will pass unsafely” over “I will wait until it is safer”
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What an honor to have @chiwho.bike visit and chat with me about @mplscargobikelibrary.com !
If anyone in Chicago wants to start a bike library, LMK! Happy to share tips based on what I’ve learned.
My only fee is to let me borrow a cargo bike when my family next visits your awesome city. ☺️
If anyone in Chicago wants to start a bike library, LMK! Happy to share tips based on what I’ve learned.
My only fee is to let me borrow a cargo bike when my family next visits your awesome city. ☺️
We were in Minneapolis this past weekend, and checked out the Minneapolis Cargo Bike Library (@mplscargobikelibrary.com) - an amazing community asset to help spread biking, through free access to cargo bikes!
youtu.be/qxzL7mKbr00?...
youtu.be/qxzL7mKbr00?...
Getting Folks In Cargo Bikes In Minneapolis
YouTube video by Chicagoans Who Bike
youtu.be
September 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
What an honor to have @chiwho.bike visit and chat with me about @mplscargobikelibrary.com !
If anyone in Chicago wants to start a bike library, LMK! Happy to share tips based on what I’ve learned.
My only fee is to let me borrow a cargo bike when my family next visits your awesome city. ☺️
If anyone in Chicago wants to start a bike library, LMK! Happy to share tips based on what I’ve learned.
My only fee is to let me borrow a cargo bike when my family next visits your awesome city. ☺️
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Grateful to the Arroyo Vista Elementary Bike Bus for welcoming CalBike into the ride — and for my very cool new spoke card.
September 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Grateful to the Arroyo Vista Elementary Bike Bus for welcoming CalBike into the ride — and for my very cool new spoke card.
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This crash statistic is sickening, “Safety paradox: Parents believe driving is a safe way to get around, but in 2023 alone, an average of three children were killed and another 442 injured every day in traffic crashes.”
*Every Day*
*Every Day*
Mr. Boenau (@urbanismspeakeasy.com) nails it here -
"Line up, inch forward, unload. It looks like logistics management because it is logistics management. We have turned the beginning of a school day into a miniature supply-chain operation."
www.urbanismspeakeasy.com/p/the-dehuma...
"Line up, inch forward, unload. It looks like logistics management because it is logistics management. We have turned the beginning of a school day into a miniature supply-chain operation."
www.urbanismspeakeasy.com/p/the-dehuma...
The dehumanizing school car line
America’s morning ritual is treating kids like packages instead of people
www.urbanismspeakeasy.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This crash statistic is sickening, “Safety paradox: Parents believe driving is a safe way to get around, but in 2023 alone, an average of three children were killed and another 442 injured every day in traffic crashes.”
*Every Day*
*Every Day*
I love checking out everybody’s commute whip on the SF ferry. Cup holders, phone mounts, cool blinkies and strobes, and all the perfect pouches and bags.
September 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I love checking out everybody’s commute whip on the SF ferry. Cup holders, phone mounts, cool blinkies and strobes, and all the perfect pouches and bags.
Scanning through a week's worth of helmetcam footage from our commute to school (and home) via bike. It's a backlog of footage. I've recorded so many instances of dumb/dangerous driving but I must discern which clips rise to getting dumped into the "altercations" folder. I'll share a couple here:
September 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Scanning through a week's worth of helmetcam footage from our commute to school (and home) via bike. It's a backlog of footage. I've recorded so many instances of dumb/dangerous driving but I must discern which clips rise to getting dumped into the "altercations" folder. I'll share a couple here:
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ACAB but especially the transphobe, cyclist murdering ones.
Update: He was sentenced to six to 12 months in jail, all suspended, and will serve 2 years on probation.
September 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
ACAB but especially the transphobe, cyclist murdering ones.
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A sweet young guy biking the other way was happily watching our school #BikeBus —50 bikes, bubble machine, KPop, bells—and rear-ended a Prius at a traffic circle stop.
Loud crash. Handlebar vault. Profuse apologies to the older woman driver.
“It’s your body I’m worried about, not my car!”
Loud crash. Handlebar vault. Profuse apologies to the older woman driver.
“It’s your body I’m worried about, not my car!”
August 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A sweet young guy biking the other way was happily watching our school #BikeBus —50 bikes, bubble machine, KPop, bells—and rear-ended a Prius at a traffic circle stop.
Loud crash. Handlebar vault. Profuse apologies to the older woman driver.
“It’s your body I’m worried about, not my car!”
Loud crash. Handlebar vault. Profuse apologies to the older woman driver.
“It’s your body I’m worried about, not my car!”
This two block bikeride raises a few topics for me [see below]
New video · Friday, Aug 22 🎬
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August 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This two block bikeride raises a few topics for me [see below]