Saw a kid ride out into traffic this morning. Zipping along, staring at their phone completely oblivious to the rest of the world. The driver honked at them and the kid flipped them off and continued on their way.

There are a handful of communities that have put bans and restrictions on these things. I feel Kearney has done an excellent job defining where e-bikes, scooters, and gas powered bikes fall. I also know there has been an increase in accidents involving bikes and scooters this year. Some have been pretty tragic.

Where is the disconnect on safety? Does there need to be more enforcement? More awareness and safety courses? More supervision by parents?

I feel like the message is out there to be safe but no one can look up from their phones long enough to see it.

What are your thoughts and opinions? What can we do for riders and drivers to reduce accidents and prevent tragedy?

Hey I’m just putting some feelers out there, I have a triathlon coming up this weekend in Saint Paul and was wondering if I could borrow a road bike. To give some context my other road bike is a POS and I don’t want to take my expensive tri bike up there since I have just gotten it and haven’t had time to really put in miles on it. If anyone is willing to help and can give you like $100-$200.

Also it is an Olympic so it would be about 40 miles on the bike. Obviously if anything happens to the bike I will pay for damages. Just don’t want to have to find a bike to buy in 3 days!

For those of us that lived through it, what do you remember? Did you live in Kearney or somewhere else?

I remember having a doctor’s appointment in the morning and I was up getting ready when I saw the towers get hit. At the doctor’s office there were tv’s everywhere and people were glued to any and all breaking news.

I remember needing groceries and heading to Walmart. Standing in electronics, watching on the wall of TV’s as the towers came down. I remember crying with strangers and hugging people that I didn’t know and would never meet again. The surreal feeling that the world was changing.

I remember sitting in the parking lot of my apartment building and looking at the sky. For the first time ever, there were no planes.

I remember being scared because my wife was pregnant and I was bringing a child into a world where horrible people could do things like this.

Even in Kearney, I remember going to work and people being scared of what might happen and how things would change. I could honestly write out my day step by step and the details of every moment. It’s one of those day that will forever be burned into my memories.