" Great that Lincoln was chosen! As a work commuter for two years now, I am sold on utilizing bikes to get around the city, especially with the trail system we have here. I'm not anti-car, but IMO they are over-utilized for many trips that a bike could do.

So many benefits to utilzing bikes -- save gas money, environmentally friendly and with obesity so prevalent, a great way to get exercise. "

" I have a Trek Lime and I LOVE it. It is a fun and easy to ride bike. I never really was good at shifting at the right times with my old bike, but the Lime does it all for you (except the peddling). I would highly recommend the Lime to anyone who misses the fun you had a kid with a bike. "

" Congratulations Lincoln! This is a real testament to the progressive nature of the town in treating bicycles as legitimate vehicles. Despite the frequent jeers of drivers and commenters on this Web site I never realized just how good I had it as a bike commuter until I left. Lincoln truly is a great place to ride. I look forward to reading the stories about the recipients of these new bikes. "

" Lincoln would be much more bike friendly if they would add bike racks to the city bus. "

" the city can spend some more tax money on bike trails and forget the city streets used by motorist who pay four dollars a gallon for gas. Spose this will bring tourists and people relocating to lincoln? "

" its cool lincoln was chosen. but we have a long way to go. Ft.Collins is several times more bike friendly than us. i can't see why their not on the list. "

" Does Lincoln have a bicycle helmet law for adults? "

" This is great! I'm wondering if they high gas prices will actually get a few out of their cars, or if it will just make drivers even more resentful when they see those of us enjoying our ride to work everyday? Try it. It isn't for everyone, but I'll bet quite a few could do it a couple times a week. And quit driving your kids 3 blocks to school. Get them on a bike! "

" This is awesome news. And Lincoln's in good company with those other cities chosen. Yes Maybe, people WILL relocate to a progressive urban area, and Question, why bring nannystate laws into this, you can look WAY Cool riding with a helmet. And the health benefits of biking and getting your fat body out of the car are tremendous "

" Yeah, put your little ones on a bike so they can get hit by a car, great idea!!!! "

" These auto comfort bikes are a joke. Lincoln has some rolling hills, but in large part, you can get an entry-level touring bike, some cheap clip pedals, some cheap clip-bike shoes, and you've got a bike capable of going 30 mph even with a fairly out of shape person in Lincoln. A cruiser won't get you anywhere to compete with a car; these are not commuter or errand-running bikes. If you want to make bike trips competetive with cars, you have to have flyovers for peds and bikes at busy intersections (Lincoln has a few). Indeed, no gym costs, and if you think you're just a bit overweight, you're probably not, you are probably clinically obese. I was shocked to find out that by my body index I'm 20 lbs obese; as imperfect as that measure is, if you're index is too high, those medical alerts are talking about you too--not just that egregiously overweight person that waddles when they walk. But this just isn't about people. That's the problem. It's about infrastructure. Shopping centers need bike lockers (not just bike racks; those are inadequate for a modern bike and biker with gear and merchandise), businesses need places for their employees to shower and locker, and there need to be places where bikes can travel long distances without competing with cars or pedestrians. Until this happens, and this is very disruptive, biking and alt modes of transportation will be lightly used. Most people will compare time alone without the other benefits. Most lolly-gaging sight-seeing pedestrians are unprepared for someone going over 20 mph down the bike trail, let alone when there are many. The older part of the city may have opportunities to use side streets as bike-prefferntial routes, but the ghetto suburbs with their streets to no-where and poor design for the future will have to cut through yards and have confusing paths. But, it can work. These changes are not limited to bikes. Infrastructural changes are required for electric cars as well. Urban folks, those who would actually USE a car with limited range and would find it convenient and clean, don't have garages (or other places) to house re-charging stations as the idiots who manufacture the cars show in the promotional videos. If you want people to change, you have to provide ways to give people the choice. And don't let the kermudgins... "errrr.... bikes don't pay taxes but I do... ehakc I'm going to start up my horseless carriage and go see a moving picture show..." stop you. They are not the people that are going to be your current and future real tax base. Nor are they the people that are going to keep Nebraska from drifting into the third world. And you're not going to fix the brain drain with the status quo, where wages are half or more less than than those in progressive and large urban centers. "

" i would love to ride a bike to work... except i live west of downtown, off of n.w. 48th. no safe trails and only narrow roads to ride a bike on. the city wants our tax dollars, but fails miserably in providing the riding opportunities that those in the eastern portion of lincoln are afforded. "

" How come the bike trails are BETTER than the city streets. What a waste of money the trails along Salt Creek are due to very little use. IF ONLY they were smart enough to ride SINGLE FILE. "

" That's what I like about NE Lincoln, trails everywhere. "

" RE: Add Bike Racks...

And if they don't want to add bike racks to the buses themselves, they should at least have bike racks or lockers at the major bus stops. I would use StarTran A LOT more if they were bike-friendly, in case of it being very windy one way. "

" I think in celebration of the award we should close downtown lincoln streets to all vehicle traffic. The one lane that we have given bikers is not enough. Im so happy that we are now nationally known for our 7 million miles of bike trails. We should spend even more money and put awnings up over the bike trails so, bikers can ride when its raining. "

" Close downtown to vehicle traffic? I certainly hope you're being sarcastic because if you're not I fear you might be a little...slow.

I live and work downtown. I ride my kids to school and, with the use of a Burley, I ride my infants to daycare every day rain or shine. I ride everywhere I can & I involve the family whenever possible. That being said, removing vehicle traffic isn't just a non-feasible idea (how will the businesses downtown get supplied with NO TRUCKS?), it's an idiotic one. "

" When are the winners of the bikes announced for Lincoln, NE?! "

" anonymous, I won one of the bicycles and I just received a call/e-mail on it yesterday. "

" So, what's the deal with this bike give away? The website is still taking entries for Lincoln... "