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Pete Buttigieg Spotted Wobbling on a Capital Bikeshare Bike

Twitter users had some hot takes on the Transportation Secretary's riding skills.

Written by Jane Recker
| Published on February 26, 2021
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Photograph by Lauren Bulbin

Yesterday, several DC tweeters captured pics and video of a man pedaling through Navy Yard on a Capital Bikeshare bicycle who looked a whole lot like Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.

Better bikeshare action shot: pic.twitter.com/jRtEmfs2M1

— Michael Stratford (@mstratford) February 25, 2021

Though the rider’s mask made it impossible to visually confirm his identity, Buttigieg’s husband, Chasten, soon provided a quippy retweet that seemed to ID him.

👀 sure looks like there’s room for groceries in that basket https://t.co/1092hb8oB7

— Chasten Glezman Buttigieg (@Chasten) February 26, 2021

Mayor Pete’s riding skills inspired some criticism.

https://twitter.com/alanzilberman/status/1365299957947899905

Then this morning Buttigieg confirmed that it was him—and joked about his biking deficiencies.

Bike Twitter says my seat was too low. Can confirm. https://t.co/iEJ7L8if9Z

— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) February 26, 2021

With that mystery now solved, we can now turn to another pressing question: Do we call him Pedaling Pete or Biking Buttigieg?

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Jane is a Chicago transplant who now calls Cleveland Park her home. Before joining Washingtonian, she wrote for Smithsonian Magazine and the Chicago Sun-Times. She is a graduate of Northwestern University, where she studied journalism and opera.

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