Freewheel Midtown Bike Center
Opening Friday May 16!
By Tim Springer, Executive Director, Midtown Greenway Coalition


Come and see this new center of bicycling activity as  the ribbon is cut to welcome early morning bike commuters during Bike to Work Week. The Freewheel Midtown Bike Center will have two large bicycle parking bays as well as bike sales, parts, repairs, and rentals. The bathrooms, drinking fountain, and showers will serve casual and commuting bicyclists. Freewheel Bike will do the nuts-and-bolts operations and the Midtown Greenway Coalition will focus on community engagement. With its office down the hall and overlooking the trails, the Coalition can better connect with Greenway users and also better engage the Phillips community with the Greenway. Among other things, we’ll have a bike culture center bulletin board and group bike rides for youth.

What: Freewheel Midtown Bike Center Opening
When: Friday, May 16, 2008
7 AM - Ribbon Cutting
4 PM to 7 PM - free food, music, and facility tours
Where: Freewheel Midtown Bike Center
Directions: Access for pedestrians and bicyclists is directly from the Midtown Greenway trail between Chicago and 10th Avenues.

If arriving from the street level, go to the 2800 block of either 10th or 11th Avenues South and walk or wheel down into the Greenway through the outdoor trail entrance ramp, then go ½ block west. By bus, take #21 or #5 to Midtown Exchange, then enter the Greenway behind the Sheraton Hotel via stairs or the skyway elevator.

Thank you to those who funded the facility:

  • City of Minneapolis
  • A U.S. Federal grant
  • Hennepin County
  • Allina Health Systems
  • Ryan Companies


Thank you also to those who funded the Midtown Greenway Coalition’s office adjacent to the Bike Center:

  • The McKnight Foundation
  • Wells Fargo Foundation
  • Surdna Foundation
  • Smith Partners
  • Numerous individuals.