Welcome to Freewheelin
Remember the freedom your two-wheeler gave you when you were a kid? How free you felt while cruising around the neighborhood with your friends? Freewheelin
captures that feeling and gives you an opportunity to do something about your health and the health of the world around you.
Freewheelin is a unique bike sharing program that incorporates the ideals of health, environmental conservation and community. The embodiment of sustainability, Freewheelin allows you to track your bicycle usage so you know how your health and the environment benefits from your ride. What was your carbon offset? How many calories did you burn?
History of Freewheelin
A first of its kind partnership among a municipality, bike industry leaders and a Fortune 100 company, Freewheelin was developed by Humana’s Innovation Center, an internal think tank that develops creative ways to improve peoples’ physical fitness, emotional health and environmental awareness.
Freewheelin connects personal health with environmental preservation, and appeals to anyone who is looking to get a little extra exercise, go from point a to point b or catch up with friends.
Freewheelin at Ideafest
Freewheelin had a great ride at the Democratic and Republican national conventions and is ready to roll into Louisville, Ky for Ideafest. To recap our success at the national conventions, Freewheelers from all 50 states and various countries pedaled their way to some impressive stats in just eight days:
• 7,523 bike rides
• 41,724 miles ridden
• 1,293,429 calories burned
• 14.6 metric tons of carbon footprint reduction
The numbers don’t lie: Freewheelin is definitely the way to go if you want to improve your health and environment.
Planning on going to Ideafest? You can check out a bike at any of our downtown Louisville locations. Anyone over the age of 18 will be able to ride any of our 250 bikes for free from September 24 through September 27 between the hours of 9am and 5pm. We’ll provide the helmets and bike locks; you provide the pedal power and enthusiasm.
Click here to learn more about Freewheelin at Ideafest.