Marshawn Lynch is rooting on his former team, the Seattle Seahawks, as they compete in the Superbowl today, and it’s likely he’s biking to the game. At least that’s how Lynch got to the playoff game on January 25, as fans snapped pictures of him rolling though Pioneer Square on a rented Lime seated scooter on his way to Lumen Field — arriving how many of the fans in the upper bowl arrive, skipping the crowded parking garages.
from The Everything App…Marshawn Lynch riding a bike to Lumen
— Rock Me Amadeus Ex Machina (@mikeall.bsky.social) January 25, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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At that game, the Seahawks punched their ticket to the Superbowl, which is taking place in Santa Clara, California, just south of Lynch’s native Oakland, where he’s also no stranger to two-wheeled transportation. As Seahawks fan are all too familiar, the team is looking for redemption against the New England Patriots, who defeated them in their last Super Bowl appearance in 2015, after the coaching staff opted to try a pass play in the final seconds of the game, rather than just give the ball to their dominant running back in Lynch. The pass was intercepted, dooming the Seahawks’ comeback attempt.
Today, the Seahawks find themselves favorites to win, but 2015 proved there are no sure things, even when the ball is on the one-yard line and Marshawn is in your backfield.
Lynch has remained beloved by fans and a continuing presence via his cameo appearances on numerous shows and movies, known for his love of bicycles and all around having a good time. The former football star has done a number of these “ride out” events with SE Bikes, including a tour of Tokyo, where critical mass rides are less common. Maybe it won’t stay that way for long!
Doug Trumm is publisher of The Urbanist. An Urbanist writer since 2015, he dreams of pedestrian streets, bus lanes, and a mass-timber building spree to end our housing crisis. He graduated from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington in 2019. He lives in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood and loves to explore the city by foot and by bike.
