FREEWHEELING – yes it was free! I took advantage of the fact that Humana shipped in 1000 bikes to Downtown Denver for the Democratic National Convention. They had several stations set up. With a drivers’ license and a credit card (for security only), at no cost you could sign out a bike and ride it all around downtown or on one of the many bike paths available.
On Thursday, I missed the guided bike tour of the city parks (due to a L-OOOOOO-NG bus ride downtown – took one of the buses that stopped at nearly every corner!), but did take the green bike – a “cruiser” with three automatic gears – down the Cherry Creek River path – gorgeous! As a resident of the area, I had never cruised down that trail before. It was beautiful! I ended up going about 10 miles total before heading back to the One Church Denver park to help tear down the booths and pack things up.
With a lock, I was able to stop off at The Market for a delicious vegetarian sandwhich!
The Freewheeling volunteers gave us the sturdy black bag on the front (with their advertising info of course) to keep when we turned in the bikes.
I heard that Humana will be leaving about 70 bikes in downtown Denver – and I may just be taking another trip downtown before the snow flies, now that I have discovered some new paths and have access to a free set of wheels! This is a GOOD thing!!
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