Posts Categorized: Pedaling News

NORTH STAR GRAND PRIX

The North Star Grand Prix returned to Minnesota, bigger and better than ever, and Free Bikes 4 Kidz is proud to be there! This five day stage race, which is part of the North Star Bicycle Festival, draws the top pro/elite racers from all over the country.  For the second year, three-time Tour de France… Read more »

FB4K in the #TourDeNice!

Cheer on Free Bikes 4 Kidz super volunteer, Travis Dorweiler at the The Minneapolis Foundation and Nice Ride Minnesota TourDeNice – a competition between nonprofit riders traveling the Twin Cities’ Nice Ride bike network on Saturday, July 9. Nonprofit riders will compete to see who can log the most Nice Ride station check-ins by 11am…. Read more »

NO OFF-SEASON AT FB4K!

What do our amazing Free Bikes 4 Kidz mechanics do in the off season? Ray Meyer continues to take in and refurbish bikes that are not rideable, getting kids and bicycles back on the street! Ray has already repaired 30 bikes in his garage this spring, clearly showing there is no limit to the need…. Read more »

#followthebikes

Free Bikes 4 Kidz stickers spotted on the road! On a group ride with Minneapolis public schools district staff, led by five different elementary school bike clubs (about sixty kids), the youth rode from their schools (some as many as seven miles away), rode five or so miles with us and then rode home. Many,… Read more »

FB4K BIKES IN MOUNTAIN LAKE, MN!

Last weekend Free Bikes 4 Kidz gave away 15 bikes to local kids in Mountain Lake, MN! The distribution was FB4K’s first in Minnesota outside the Twin Cities metro area. Free Bikes 4 Kidz originated as the brainchild of Terry Esau, a native of Mountain Lake, and were made available through the Mountain Lake Area… Read more »

FB4K BIKES PAINTED BLUE!

Our bikes are now the foundation of the beginnings of a free ride-share program in River Falls, Wisconsin! Free Bikes 4 Kidz  #powerthepedal http://www.piercecountyherald.com/life/events/4008666-blue-bikes-are-rolling-town