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This is why I ride a bike. You can't tell me that soaking in that morning sun isn't an instant boost to the soul. Absolutely breathtaking stuff 🤩🤩🤩 #yeg #yegbike

New from me in the Edmonton Journal: All Edmontonians will pay the price for Smith's repeal of the zoning bylaw edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #yeg #yegcc #yimby

Get in folks, we're building the missing middle, right here in Edmonton! Small-scale infill (5-8plexes in mature neighbourhoods) is now the single largest source of Edmonton's new housing supply. 22% of all homes permitted this year!

Is infill "destroying" Edmonton's neighbourhoods? Here are the facts: 📊 Only 1% of RS-zoned properties redeveloped since 2024 🏡 Half of new units have 3+ bedrooms 🚇 Density is clustering near LRT 📉 Most mature neighbourhoods have fewer people than 50 years ago #yeg #yegcc #yimby

But I thought Avi was going to "tank the party" as so many neolib shitheads said when he got elected. Wow, what a shocker, if you have a leader with actual progressive positions, people like that! #cdnpoli #abpoli

Heads up #yegbike folks, if you're using the 119 Ave. bike lanes, there's a huge downed branch by 94 St. in the lane! That pic was as of 3am last night (July 28th). Lots of small broken branches all over the place too, careful riding out there!

I can't believe we're about to spend $2.5 million more on this shit to save 30ish parking spots cause a dozen residents showed up to protest like fucking babies. The fact that 9 councillors agreed to this is genuinely embarrassing for them all! #yegbike #yegbike #bikesky www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Did a 60km ride deep into Southern Edmonton last night. Got to watch the sunrise, see a coyote, hares, ravens, magpies and skunks along the journey. The sun was beautiful this morning 🌞 #yeg #yegbike #bikesky

I want an apology from every neolib shithead that tried to gaslight me last year that Carney is *totally* not abandoning our climate goals. So many Carney dickriders on here insisted he would never do this and here we are. I'm so glad I didn't vote for this clown 🤡 #cdnpoli #abpoli

You can tell a lot about how a city thinks of cyclists by where they allow dumpster bins to be placed. @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social has sadly failed the test. This could've been placed on the road as it's closed behind the bin anyway. Do better Edmonton. @edmontonanne.bsky.social #yegbike #bikesky

This person is either clueless or just living on the edge leaving their car with the windows and sunroof open like this 😂 #yeg

Explored out St. Albert's way and they have some stellar multi-use paths along the Sturgeon River (minus a section or two). I'm always poking at the edges of the Henday now seeing what this city has to offer on a bike. So much left to discover just in the North alone! #yeg #yegbike #bikesky

No one had created a Strava community for Central McDougall neighbourhood so I did. Spread it to anyone who is from here like me #yegbike 😊 Can finally get some kilometres in for bike month for the neighbourhood! @yegbike.bsky.social strava.app.link/cfqvcTb0Y3b

Did a 50km bike ride deep into Northern Edmonton. Crossed the Henday and back, watched the storms rolling across the sky, got rained on in the hydro corridor, saw the sun rising the whole time and did my longest ride ever (so far)! A good ride overall I'd say 😍 #yeg #yegbike

"bUt noBoDY rIDeS bIKeS in EdMOnToN" 🤪🤪 For all those comments you'll see floating around, the data completely demolishes this narrative and these counts miss thousands of others in areas that aren't even tracked. #yeg #yegbike #bikesky

Lady in my apartment chirping out her loverboy on the balcony for using too many 👍 in their chat 😂😂😂

Was checking out bike directions a week or so ago, went to streetview near 98 Ave. and turned the camera around to this 😂😂😂 Almost did a full on spit take. A very helpful alien if I do say so myself! #yeg #yegbike

I have begun to learn very quickly that "possibility of rain" means it isn't going to rain in Edmonton at all 😆 Is the polar opposite to Hamilton which is an interesting adjustment. #yeg

Welp, had to get a new rear bike tire as I didn't keep a close enough eye on my back brake pads. They got slightly too high and shredded the side of my Bontrager Offroad 🫣 Got me a Schwalbe Green Marathon so that should last me hopefully thousands of kilometres. Lesson learned! #bikesky #yegbike

People use bike lanes in Edmonton! I created a bluesky bot that will (hopefully) post daily counts of people on bikes going by the counters that are on bike lanes. Give it a follow! #YEGBike.

Did a long ride south trying out the MUP on 34 Ave. and holy shit is that area in red depressing. It's literally a car sewer due to the insane amount of car dealerships. Makes the area a shithole and then the intersection at 111 St. on that MUP is an absolute disaster to navigate through. #yegbike

CARBON CAPTURE IS NOT A VIABLE METHOD TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #abpoli #cdnpoli #yeg

Finally figured out why all the construction signs were on the 114 Ave. bike lane. They're installing metal? plastic? bike lane barriers now. Seems Edmonton is experimenting with something else that I'm sure totally won't get smashed to bits @ashleysalvador.bsky.social Concrete or nothing. #yegbike

This is so laughably stupid it's pathetic. I am so glad I didn't vote for this clown show and voted for my local NDP candidate before leaving my old riding of Hamilton Centre. All the neolibs defending him can fuck right off, you're a bunch of clowns too. #cdnpoli #aislop

Heads up #yegbike folk, if you're travelling north or southbound by MacEwan Station, use the MUP on 104th St. as the road has broken glass all over it by the station. Don't want someone getting a flat from that!

Did a long exploration through the north of Edmonton at 1am and it is so beyond carbrained up there it actually shook me to my core. Ironically enough, there is so much potential to make it even more bikeable with just a bit of effort and getting rid of all the slip lane intersections! #yegbike

Overhead from my balcony on 104 St: 4 white teens accosting 2 brown girls saying they "should leave our country, you're stealing all our jobs" as they walk by them just sitting and enjoying their evening in front of their apartment. Disgusting, vile people in this province sometimes. #yeg #abpoli

Whatever idiot at @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social who thought putting a million of these hairpin turns into the 106 St. bike lanes should be fired immediately. Absolute design disaster and just asking to injure or kill a cyclist, especially cause this one is directly after an alley exit! #yegbike

These folks in Grovenor can go kick rocks! There is alley access for rear parking on nearly every single house in this area (see screenshot with the yellow highlights)!!! I love how people just go on the news and tell bold-faced lies about everything. #yeg #yegbike #nimbys

Decided to do a 23k ride around exploring some of the northern side (up to the Yellowhead) and back around to my own neighbourhood. Definitely a bit chilly at -2 but still a beautiful ride as the sun rose over the city! #yegbike

It's interesting seeing all the different ways cyclists treat the detour around the Wellington Bridge replacement. Some do the city signed detour, I do Connaught Drive, others completely different streets and avenues. Is just fascinating how we all treat it so differently. #yeg #yegbike

It was such a blast experiencing my first major group bike ride ever last night! @yegbike.bsky.social led a fantastic glow ride with beautiful views and so many amazing cycling folks 🚲 I'm so glad to be a part of this growing community now that I live here 😍 #yegbike #glowride

Almost 17 years ago, I was in Edmonton for 4 hours on my way to Grand Prairie. It's kind of wild that I was so close to where I live downtown today! Here's a smattering of photos I took at the time back in July 2009 having just turned 20 before landing. Notice the lack of bike lanes. #yeg #yegbike

Never a dull day in downtown Edmonton, some dummy set a couch on fire by our dumpster bins 🤦‍♂️ At least it was a small one and the fire department got here lickety split. #yeg

I pass by that semi-viral separatist freak house with the large AI slop poster on it every time on my commute home 😂 Talk about embarrassing putting that on the side of your house 😐 #yegbike #abpoli #abseparatism

Maybe council should light a fire under the cops ass and threaten their budget for once until they use the half a billion they have already to increase lot capacity or start auctioning off the vehicles! The cops just want new toys though and don't give a crap about the tow lot. #yeg

I love that 104 St between 106 & 107 Ave simply won't get street cleaned properly cause every driver is a fucking asshole who can't follow a simple parking ban for a few days!!! 😡 And on top of that the dipshit cops have a full tow lot with their HALF A BILLION DOLLARS of the city budget!!! #yeg

The graphic in this article tells you everything you need to know for how farcical this all is. If @andrewknack.bsky.social and the majority of council think this will shut up the loud minority crying about infill, they're sorely mistaken. Also, 20% of units is 200 of every 1000 now affected! #yeg

Took a ride out to see the sun rise over the city. Bit crispy temp wise but once I was moving warmed up fast enough. Absolutely gorgeous morning with only a few dicey spots of ice left where I rode. #yegbike

I'm always amused about the caricature of the "tough, strong, independent Albertan" the separatist/right wing freaks portray online. Then you see those very same people in the comment sections being soft little babies about bike lanes, wind, solar, winter, etc, etc. 😂 #abpoli #yeg #yyc

The northern wind was quite strong but beyond that, the light snow and lack of cars made for a shockingly peaceful ride this morning. Definitely a chill though so dress appropriately if you're out there today. The sound of the birds was amazing to listen to! #yegbike

And yet, the comment sections for this on every other platform are full of folks living in denial saying we aren't. Make it make sense! I came from Ontario, I can assure everyone here that this city is soooooooo much more affordable than what I left behind. It's literally no contest! #yeg #infill

Saw this absolutely ignorant comment on Insta by a Re/Max agent (shocker) calling bike lanes "woke" & wider sidewalks something no one uses downtown 🙄 Spoken like an idiot whose office is 15km away from the core. Can't believe we have to live among such stupidity sometimes 🤦‍♂️ #yeg #yegbike