Originally written 3/17/20, updated 4/21/20 Dear Madison Biking Community, Bike shops like Freewheel are considered an “essential business” under Governor Evers’ Stay At Home order. We are still open to the public. However, Freewheel and Bike Right are trying to balance the health and safety of our workers, members, and visitors, with the … [Read more…]
Freewheel is hiring both bike mechanics and general labor! Us: Respectful shop culturePart-time or full timeFlexible scheduling13/hour for first 2 months, 15/hour after You: Independent workerCritical thinkerAsks for help when neededCan lift up to 60 pounds all-day Mechanics: we’re looking for someone comfortable with a wide variety of bikes from a wide variety of eras, in a … [Read more…]
Thank you to everyone that came to our community meeting this Saturday! It was a great opportunity to meet some people from our biking community. Harald Kliems from Madison Bikes was in attendance and even Josh Jenkins one of the founders of Freewheel dropped by and gave us a little background on how the whole … [Read more…]
We have our first community event of the year next week, on Saturday the 16th! We’ll be giving tours of the shop and talking about our Go Fund Me campaign, Judge Doyle Square bike center updates, memberships, class schedules, and volunteering opportunities. Come with questions and an appetite! We’ll have some brats, veggies, and cider … [Read more…]
We’ve got some more pictures to share about the future look of our downtown location!
WE WON! Thank you all so much for sharing and voting for the American Family Insurance grant. We will be receiving $3500 which equals 500 bikes that can be given away to people that need them and ongoing support from our wonderful mechanics! We are so excited and grateful to have your support. But it … [Read more…]
Freewheel is in the running for a $3500 grant from American Family Insurance! It’s under Elijah McCloskey’s name. You can only vote once. Please vote for us here! $3500 would be a great help to us it’s going to go towards scaling to our new JDS location which will allow us to double classes, double giving things … [Read more…]
We have some exciting news to share! The Judge Doyle Square project (more info on that here and here) is almost complete and we have been chosen to run the bicycle center inside! We are happy to share the first draft of what is going to be available for the Madison biking community both downtown … [Read more…]
Stay tuned for some exciting news about the future of Freewheel. It’ll be published later this week.