YES! I was going to start a thread on this, because most of the threads I've seen here are on fixed gear bikes. I started riding again in April after a 30 year layoff. Rented some cruisers, and bought one last month (a Matte black Trek Classic). A friend of mine calls it "the Darth Vader bike." If folks can ride fixies around without brakes, I figure I can misuse a cruiser!

NYC/Brooklyn folks: I've been riding from Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill/Red Hook up to Prospect Park and doing laps. A challenge going up the Slope from here, and that hill up the backside of the park, but fun, definite feeling of accomplishment.

Anybody else here using and misusing cruisers on the road?