Ben Chambers
@bench.bsky.social
Torn between ranting about society and just posting pictures of barbecue
Oh man, Seb is a finalist
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Oh man, Seb is a finalist
Looks like a Seb to me
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Looks like a Seb to me
Haven’t done a long cook on a smoker in a while, time to see what this new pellet smoker can do
September 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Haven’t done a long cook on a smoker in a while, time to see what this new pellet smoker can do
Ball so hard mfs wanna fine me
August 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Ball so hard mfs wanna fine me
Capital Trail is confirmed, one of the best places in the Commonwealth to ride a bike
August 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Capital Trail is confirmed, one of the best places in the Commonwealth to ride a bike
But first, we celebrate the last time we did it right
July 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
But first, we celebrate the last time we did it right
I guess we have some work to do, Virginia
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I guess we have some work to do, Virginia
Woohoo, it’s July in Virginia, time to get excited about our new laws, like this one that says if you maim or kill my friends or family with a car when they are trying to cross the street and fuck up their lives forever, you might face some very light consequences
July 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Woohoo, it’s July in Virginia, time to get excited about our new laws, like this one that says if you maim or kill my friends or family with a car when they are trying to cross the street and fuck up their lives forever, you might face some very light consequences
Really appreciate @strongtowns.org for talking to us about a viral story and understanding there might be more going on. Looking forward to their follow-ups. We’ve got a lot of promising work happening in Cville.
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
June 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Really appreciate @strongtowns.org for talking to us about a viral story and understanding there might be more going on. Looking forward to their follow-ups. We’ve got a lot of promising work happening in Cville.
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
And now the rubber is hitting the road (first speed cushions being installed on Lankford Avenue as part of traffic calming tests)
June 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
And now the rubber is hitting the road (first speed cushions being installed on Lankford Avenue as part of traffic calming tests)
We bought Cindy a new bike this year too and it’s very similar and hits the same notes, but technically it’s a cyclocross bike, Canyon Inflite CF
May 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
We bought Cindy a new bike this year too and it’s very similar and hits the same notes, but technically it’s a cyclocross bike, Canyon Inflite CF
Sometime last fall I decided to become obsessed with biking again (loved mountain biking in my teens). Bike Month this year is hitting different. Today I rode out to Sugar Hollow and back.
May 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Sometime last fall I decided to become obsessed with biking again (loved mountain biking in my teens). Bike Month this year is hitting different. Today I rode out to Sugar Hollow and back.
Update: the pump track is open
April 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Update: the pump track is open
Rode my e-bike to the transit yard to unpackage a modular pump track. Beginning installation in McIntire Park later today. Bike Month starts early this year.
April 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Rode my e-bike to the transit yard to unpackage a modular pump track. Beginning installation in McIntire Park later today. Bike Month starts early this year.
I don’t know how you can go from writing an acclaimed book on the failed racist housing policies inflicted by the white flight suburbanization of the Bay Area and turn around a couple years later and pretend like Dallas is doing it right this time
April 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I don’t know how you can go from writing an acclaimed book on the failed racist housing policies inflicted by the white flight suburbanization of the Bay Area and turn around a couple years later and pretend like Dallas is doing it right this time
Why the biggest newspaper in the densest city in the country promoting unsustainable, inequitable, car-dependent housing policy? This is like if @nytpitchbot.bsky.social decided to one day to pick on urbanist social media accounts, fuck
April 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Why the biggest newspaper in the densest city in the country promoting unsustainable, inequitable, car-dependent housing policy? This is like if @nytpitchbot.bsky.social decided to one day to pick on urbanist social media accounts, fuck
The volume of support is great. We’re also going to need to show volume of use once the 5th St Bikeway is implemented. We are planning on getting a few displays like this (except in English) as part of a citywide counter system upgrade this summer and the new bikeway is an ideal location.
April 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The volume of support is great. We’re also going to need to show volume of use once the 5th St Bikeway is implemented. We are planning on getting a few displays like this (except in English) as part of a citywide counter system upgrade this summer and the new bikeway is an ideal location.
New distance record on the e-bike this morning. It’s been a while since I’ve gotten around to check out a few spots, great weather day to cover a lot of ground.
March 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
New distance record on the e-bike this morning. It’s been a while since I’ve gotten around to check out a few spots, great weather day to cover a lot of ground.
This seems like NASA has developed advanced “look at the sky and ask why is this happening to me” technology
March 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This seems like NASA has developed advanced “look at the sky and ask why is this happening to me” technology
Haven’t added lights and bottles and bag yet
December 4, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Haven’t added lights and bottles and bag yet