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Andrew Akers

@akrs.me

Dad, Tinkerer, Dish Wrangler. let’s be honest, we’ve got bike posts and the occasional cat pic here.

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Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 22h ago

I will never be this cool :(

Cool Bike Art@coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 22h ago

The more things change, the more they stay the same... "The Unrestrained Demon of the Wheel" Judge magazine September 23, 1893

Illustration depicting a giant man riding a giant bicycle over a street filled with horses and horse carriages. Text: "The unrestrained demon of the wheel. How he looks to timid people."

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · yesterday

But I can’t bike around all the time, what if I need to carry 70lbs of cat supplies home?

A longtail cargo bike, pictured from the rear. In the rear panniers is 60lbs of cat litter and 12 lbs of food.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 2w ago

Interesting selection at the work bike rack today

A hardcore Bianchi road bike, a BMC electric road bike, and a Veloctric longtail cargo bike are all parked at an indoor bike rack under a stairway.

South Bay Forward @southbayforward.bsky.social · 3w ago

🚍✨ The South Bay Transit Summit is Sat, Sept 19 (10 AM – 1 PM) at the Torrance Transit Center! Hear from @metrolosangeles & Torrance Transit, connect w/ community orgs & learn about Mega-Event planning for LA28 and beyond. RSVP: www.southbayforward.org/sbts26 #SouthBayTransitSummit

South Bay Transit Summit 2026

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Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 3w ago

every time I see “load-bearing”, I move a tiny fraction closer to a big red button that says Butlerian Jihad.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 3w ago

Fresh bike lane on my way to the dentist this morning 🤤

A protected bike lane down a road surrounded by a single family home neighborhood, 2 car lanes to the left followed by a short concrete curb, a lovely little green painted bike lane in the middle, followed by curb, median, sidewalk on the right.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 4w ago

Marmots, welcome to the @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Just Say Jan!@justsayjan.bsky.social · 4w ago

I never heard of a 𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 until I read this article ...

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 4w ago

Why is no one in the bike lane? Maybe because it vanishes without warning

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · last mo.

Here we see the rare feral rack. It’s been living in the brush for some time now, and has grown unaccustomed to the presence of its natural companion, the bicycle.

A wave style bike rack, with a BICYCLE label on it, is inexplicably stuck in a planter, with pushes in front of it. It’s on dirt, and not hardpack or path dirt, just like, the same dirt the plants around it are planted in.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · last mo.

😭

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · last mo.

"You were riding in the morning, or at night, or on a quiet road, or a main road. The only time and place to ride a bike is a time beyond time and a place beyond place, where the space-time continuum is bent so strangely that you are both everywhere and nowhere." buff.ly/bSa1Wm5

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · last mo.

Taking advantage of the EV charging at work

A pale blue cargo bike is parked at an indoor bike rack stashed under a stairwell. It’s got a charger in it’s front cargo basket plugged into the wall, charging it.

There’s another single speed bike with flat bars parked in the rack as well.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · last mo.

Always a good sign that the city engineering department is taking resident concerns seriously and using road design to force safe driver behavior. /s

A yellow-striped crosswalk is in the foreground, and after the ramp at its end, there’s a yellow sign that’s handwritten “STOP! LIVES MATTER”

More signs next to the same intersection, again yellow and handwritten:

“THIS IS OUR HOME NOT A SHORTCUT”
“STOP REALLY STOP”

two more signs:
“DON’T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN!”
“STOP HITTING US with your cars”

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 2mo ago

for when you need just one more trace in a difficult to route design.

シャポコ🌵@shapoco.net · 2mo ago

らくがき

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 2mo ago

Los Angeles is pretty alright sometimes.

A bike path running along Manhattan beach, in LA county. The sky is blue, the water is blue, there’s not a cloud in the sky, the wide sandy beach has some distant tents, lifeguard towers, and is otherwise pretty empty. The palos verdes hill is just visible through the ocean haze.

Manhattan Pier stretches from the land to the water in the middle distance.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 2mo ago

Bikes just aren’t practical if you’ve got kids and need to go to the hardware store. /s

A longtail cargo bike, viewed from the back. There are two kids in helmets sitting on the rear bench, a fielded 18’ ladder strapped to one side, and pannier on the other side with a gallon of cleaner and various other items.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 2mo ago

Y’all ever just

A pale yellow canyon bike frame, with no wheels, is attached to a service stand. It is filthy, covered in beach sand, and if you look closely, the chain-stay protection is peeling off

The bike frame is still in a service stand, but it’s shiny and clean. There’s new a new chain-stay protecting plastic film on, only slightly marred by a bubble.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 2mo ago

me flying up the coast on a little out and back: ha ha ha, yes me turning around into a stiff headwind: well this fucking sucks, what the fuck

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 3mo ago

Man, between family and work it’s been rough for getting time on the bike, but I managed to spin out 40 miles this morning, and my legs are sore but I am so pleased.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 3mo ago

sick and tired of e-bikes being advertised with dangerous stunts that are absolutely illegal on public roads. /s

A Ram TRX, which is basically a pickup truck with an oversized engine stuffed inside and more horsepower than any personal car needs, is shown in a promo shot doing a jump. All four wheels are off the ground, and the truck looks to be about 5 feet off the ground, hanging in midair.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 3mo ago

North American traffic engineers continue to find new and exciting ways to avoid any hint of bike accommodations near intersections

A bike lane comes to an end in front of an intersection. This time there’s a little bit of a conflict zone marking, showing you’re supposed to merge into the center travel lane, and avoid the left and right turn lanes on either side.

The conflict zone is marked with dashed lines, and some Kermit green stripes.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 3mo ago

Only the key information on my bike computer for the commute home.

A set of carbon road bike bars against a tarmac backdrop. There’s a visible bike computer which shows only that the song Snake Tongue by The Beaches is playing, and there’s no cars detected by the rear radar.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 3mo ago

The people yearn for more bike parking

A wave style bike rack is overstuffed with bikes: my longtail cargo bike, a few adult bike, and a few kid bikes (including a fixie with a porteur rack, I wish I had complemented that guy). The wave rack is so full there’s another pair of bikes locked around a light post, and yet another group of bikes locked together in the background.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 3mo ago

idk man, this street looks pretty open to me

a street “closed” for a street fair. There’s a Ferris wheel, giant carnival slide, games, and lots of people milling about.

The other side of the “closed” street. People milling about, more carnival rides, and a fire engine parked.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 3mo ago

Little buddy heard my snacks crinkle in my bag and wandered if he could score

A picture taken while standing over a bike. A small brown ground squirrel trepidatiously approaches the front wheel of a road bike.

A pale yellow road bike frame, fork, and front wheel fills the left side of the picture, with a pebbled asphalt backdrop. The toe of a dirty white cycling shoe is visible at the bottom of the picture.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 4mo ago

This is America, I guess.

A screenshot of a city council agenda, showing two items on the consent calendar:
8H — Award Consulting Services Agreement to Provide Professional Design Services for the Preliminary Design and Environmental Analysis of Multi-Use Active Transportation Trail Project and Appropriate Funds. Expenditure: Not-to-Exceed $700,000
8I — Authorize Purchase Order for 162 Rifles with Proforce Law Enforcement and Appropriate
Funds. Expenditure: $517,076.23

Full text:

8H. Community Development - Award Consulting Services Agreement to Provide Professional Design Services for the Preliminary Design and Environmental Analysis of Multi-Use Active Transportation Trail Project and Appropriate Funds. Expenditure: Not-to-Exceed $700,000 (General Fund and Non-General Fund).
Recommendation of the Community Development Director that City Council:
1. Award a consulting services agreement to RRM Design Group of San Juan Capistrano, CA (RFP No. B2025-24), for an amount not-to-exceed $700,000, to provide professional design and environmental analysis services for the Multi-Use Active Transit Trail Project (I-194), for the period beginning June 9, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027; and
2. Appropriate $50,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund to Transportation Open Space Corridor
Multi-Use Trail project (I 194-RW0001).
8I. Police - Authorize Purchase Order for 162 Rifles with Proforce Law Enforcement and Appropriate
Funds. Expenditure: $517,076.23 (Non-General Fund).
Recommendation of the Chief of Police that City Council:
1. Authorize a purchase order with Proforce Law Enforcement, in the amount of $517,076.23, for the purchase of 162 rifles; and
2. Appropriate $517,076.23 from the Citizens Options for Public Safety (COPS) project
(COPS-3559-OP0001).

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 4mo ago

Bike to school drop off and then to vote? With a cargo bike, it’s more likely than you’d think!

A cargo bike is parked in front of a voting station way-finding sign, which has a LA county “I voted” sticker and an arrow pointing to the polling station.

In the background, a typical Torrance suburban school scene. A older building, lawn, and some trees, along with a very long and wide drop off driveway.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 4mo ago

Farewell, little bike rack.

A shot from the same place as the quoted skeet, but instead of the aforementioned little bike rack, there’s only 4 bolts sticking out of the asphalt showing where it once was.
It’s a grey day, with the Pacific Ocean in the background of the sad asphalt, separated from its bike rack friend.

Andrew Akers@akrs.me · 7mo ago

Little bike rack had a glow up

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 4mo ago

I test rode a Riese & Müller Load4 60 today, and that bike is smooooth. Way easier to handle than I expected. Would’ve got it had my kids legs been a little shorter. Instead I’m gonna test ride a used Load4 75 next weekend 👀

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 4mo ago

Marginal improvements have been made

A picture from a bike mounted camera, showing that the buffer has been removed and the bike lane has been widened slightly, although still falling short of the 3ft legal minimum.

Andrew Akers@akrs.me · 5mo ago

A new low for CalTrans: A bike lane that’s striped to be literally entirely within the gutter

A picture of a Southern California street. On the left, two car travel lanes. On the right, a sidewalk, a concrete barrier, and a hill. Somewhere in the middle, a bike lane that’s been striped such that there’s an 18” buffer on the asphalt road, and the edge line of the bike lane is literally striped in the gutter.

Andrew Akers @akrs.me · 5mo ago

I can’t believe e-bikes did this. /s

A concrete light pole has been toppled, presumably by a driver smashing into it with a car. It’s entirely blocking the sidewalk, and there’s some halfhearted attempts at caution tape to keep pedestrians from tripping on it.

As a bonus, there’s a gas price sign, which shows prices ranging from $5.89 for cash regular, to $6.29 for credit premium, and $6.99 for B20 Biodiesel.