My name is Tiffany Patterson, I'm a local Spokane artist, I run a scooter gang called the Mile Riders, and I work as a graphic designer and illustrator.

Mild Riders started in May of 2020.

I was living kitty corner from another artist named Ruben Villarreal, and he had a scooter.

And we talked about riding.

I painted this really giant basketball court mural down in peaceful valley.

I had more extra money than I had ever had, and I bought my dream scooter, which is that one.

I was like, Ruben, I've got a scooter coming.

We need to ride together.

So we went on that first ride.

And Ruben, just like, reached down.

He had screwed like a bicycle water bottle holder onto his scooter, and he, like, pulled out a La Croix, cracked it open and took a big swig of it, And I was like, okay, we need to have a rule about cup holders.

Our first ride, we actually were weirdly successful.

I think we had like 19 people, which was a lot.

There's half scooters and half sport bikes.

We got pulled over by the cops.

It was a great first ride.

Anyone with a scooter that I see or can talk to, I tell about the mild riders and tried to get them to come out because there's something really beautiful about sort of gathering a bunch of strangers with like one shared passion.

I dont know if I've met you?

I don't think I've met you.

I'm Meredith.

Oh, nice.

Tony.

Tony Hi.

Tony is going to be a regular again.

I love it.

I thought we would go down Northwest Boulevard, turn at Glass Street and come in down by the golf course.

In honor of Ruben!

No, we won't go on the freeway this time.

Sound good?

Everyone stopped like, right on the exit.

Its a blind exit!!

all over the Internet right now.

Sounds horrible, Im not laughing She was like afterwards was like wow!

Lets go huh?

Riding a scooter is, like, so much fun to find other people that love it.

I mean, you instantly have something in common with a stranger.

We did an Inlander article.

More people started to find out about it, so we did a Spokesman-Review article.

It's been really nice to see that culture growing in Spokane.

Anybody can come and ride with us.

Any size motor.

To become a patched member of the mild riders requires a bit more.

We have some rules.

First and foremost, you have to have a scooter and ride with us.

Second rule is you have to have a cup holder on your bike.

I get a lot of drive thru coffee on my scooter.

It's great!

The third rule is like the biggest one is that you have to do a non romantic, anonymous kind deed for a stranger.

The last rule is that when we give you a patch, you have to sew it on something, you don't have to wear it, you just have to saw it on something.

We have discovered a lot of really interesting routes.

It's been very easy to explore.

We tend to like really long stretches of like rural areas, and it's pretty easy to find that like 5 minutes from Spokane in any direction.

The mild riders are a great way to connect with other scooter riders and see the city in a new light.

I have a completely different relationship with this place that I didn't have before owning a scooter.

I think there's something really empowering about riding scooters.

It's really hard to be mad when you're on a scooter.

Like it's just fun.