"Nebraska's so flat that I DON'T care."

'Moe.' may have made it sound like a bad thing. I DON'T care, because it allows me to go where I need, quick and easy. Living in downtown Lincoln there is truly not a hill to be found, and I love it. Being a college town, the resources to living and having fun are just a bike cruise away.

For instance:

It was a fine Friday evening just this past night and though it was pay day I had not an inkling to spend any of it. It was around 12:20 and I was grieving my inability to win a game of Mancala. I swallowed my sorrows with the last sip of a brew and thought a bike ride to the sidewalks of drunks would put me right back on top. Was it the idea of riding my bike that made me smile, or getting to observe the distasteful benevolence of college life? The bike for sure, sometimes the activities surrounding the spectacle are better then the spectacle itself(see: tailgating.) Being well within my legal limits I kicked on my taillight, and set off to 'O' St.
Arriving all of seven minutes later with a slightly windblown look we cruise through frightened dizzying eyes in prayer of us not hitting them. We catch up to some friends playing outside the staple bar, its on its own corner tucked just outside the true strip of idiot joints. We dig on some street side music for a while and catch up with friends both common and rare. The bars shut down and the crowds flee, so we take off to a friends for a late night laughing spree. We cruise under the trees of the shady lanes and avenues passing all to often other bikers out for a ride thats plain and simply FREE.


Hi, my name is Chris and I'm the proud owner of an 'Orange Howard'. It's a custom ride with only one other of its same style, and both bikes cruise side by side all too often. Since the bikes have come in to my ladies' and I's lives we've become minimal car users. My farthest destination is all of twelve minutes by bike. I couldn't be happier. I proclaim myself a conscious person, but knowing this town was that easy to get around was WAY beyond me. However, I love it and am grateful. I hope to be posting on here more in the future, if the ADD doesn't get me down. I hope to bring good news and perspective on a growing trend that's here to better us all.

P.S. pardon the newbie length