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Joe Mitchell: "Thank God you're getting rid of those awful bike lanes. We don't ride bicycles in Iowa."

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/10/23/joe-mitchell-iowa-trump-rally-sioux-city-bike-lanes/92396650007/

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[–] 2 points 4 hours ago

Of course they don't ride bikes! That's exercise and exercise is clearly gay! /s

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  • [–] 19 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

    Dudes trying so hard to mimic Trump's cadence it's sad

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  • [–] 2 points 3 hours ago

    The roughly infinity times worse aspect is them copying Trump's signature blown-out-asshole lip pursing. I went decades never seeing a human being do that. Those were happy times. The closest thing I can recall was the Guild Navigator from the Lynch Dune movie who was a horribly mutated creature, it sort of had the Trump Lips. Now people all over, the worst people, are doing it regularly.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 hours ago

    All the little manbabies doing their best to pass off their Trump impressions as how they actually speak. It's fucking pathetic.

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  • [–] 13 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

    The party of toxic masculinity

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  • [–] 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

    Over here I mention how amazingly woke and leftist bikes are, and their role in supercharging the feminist movement in the early 20th century. I also link to two good videos about it, by Rebecca Watson and Climate Town.

    While I don't really have the stomach for some of the harsher Magneto reversals I've imagined, this is one I can get behind, that we declare automobiles as an instrument of fascism and tyranny that should be condemned for their contribution to global pollution and the climate crisis. And this can be used to justify closing half the streets to motor traffic and limiting gas-run Non-Passenger-Work-Vehicles, (id est SUVs) to a maximum off-highway speed of 25 mph.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 hours ago

    Cars <---> Fascism

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  • [–] 3 points 11 hours ago* (2 children)

    This reninds me of the time I was driving through Des Moines on I-80 and I noticed a Harley Davidson dealership just off the highway. About a quarter mile later I saw a wrecked Harley on the side of the road, and what appeared to be two halves of a dead guy lying in the grass. Someone's test drive was undoubtedly exhilarating.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 hours ago* (1 child)

    The smallest, cheapest Harley is like 12000 USD and almost 1000cc. The latest CEO said he was going to learn to ride a bike, but ran into an issue: The only beginner bikes Harley makes are for the asian market. Small, non or barely-highway capable motorcycles being overpriced isn't exclusively a Harley problem, anywhere else in the world you can buy *something *new that will go at about 60 mph for about 1000 USD. It might take 14 seconds to get there, but it's fine for learning or getting around town. Entry level bikes or scooters in the US start at like 4000 dollars new.

    But the problem of scummy dealerships telling novices they should start on the biggest sportsbike is even worse at the other dealerships, since Harleys just get shinier and more bloated as they get pricier, not so much faster.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 hours ago*

    Back in the nineties, Harley Davidson was the affordable, no-nonesense bike of the blue collar worker, and BMWs were for yuppies with more money than sense. BMW hasn't really changed much in the intervening time, but Harley Davidson have very much leapfrogged them.

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  • [–] 11 points 18 hours ago* (28 children)

    wtf motorcyclists and bicyclists are allies in the war against cars. Every car driver who switches to a bicycle, motorcycle, or public transit improves all of our experiences.

    Every bicyclist who switches to a car makes things worse for anyone riding a bicycle, motorcycle, or public transit.

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  • [–] 7 points 17 hours ago (24 children)

    Nah, fuck motorcyclist. They are the most reckless drivers you see on the road and generate way more noise pollution than cars. Mopeds are fine to move around cities but fuck all the idiots that modify their motorbikes to make as much noise as possible and ride around all day.

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  • [–] 10 points 17 hours ago (11 children)

    You're not talking about motorcyclists

    You're talking about stupid 'Muricans who ride stupid things that are the antithesis of motorcycling

    My motorbike is very quiet, and it actually handles well and doesn't impinge on others

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  • [–] 3 points 17 hours ago*

    I don't live in US...

    Normal motorcyclist like you are part of a bigger group that's full of idiots. Of course this group is not homogeneous but it's also not split perfectly into the idiot and non-idiots parts. It's a spectrum going from people riding calmly on quiet bikes all the way to obnoxious idiots making noise for fun, with weekend joy riders somewhere in the middle. In my opinion, as a whole, the community is very toxic and net negative. It's the most dangerous mode of transportation needlessly consuming lot's of rescue services and healthcare resources. The obnoxious idiots group, even though it's a minority, is big enough to cancel out all the other benefits bikes provide.

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  • [–] 34 points 23 hours ago

    RAGBRAI

    Since 1973, RAGBRAI, Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, has been a celebrated tradition, bringing thousands of cyclists and spectators together for an unforgettable journey across the state.

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  • [–] 92 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    sounds like he's trying to mimic the way trump speaks

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  • [–] 63 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    There's over 150 miles of bike trail in the Des Moines Metro alone, fuck that idiot

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    [–] 39 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I've met like three Iowans, all blue collar tradesmen, and one of them has literally biked from one side of the state to the other. From my very small sampling, I can confidently say that 1/3 of Iowans are avid bikers.

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