A mayoral proclamation of “Freewheels Houston Day” was presented by Houston Council Member Edward Pollard on May 17, 2025. Pollard marked Bike Month in his southwest Houston District J with the proclamation signed by Mayor John Whitmire. Read the Houston Chronicle’s coverage. Watch Isaiah Carey’s coverage on Fox26 Houston.
Tangible results
“My day job is mostly ‘pushing paper’ (or the electronic version of it),” says Freewheels Houston volunteer Paul Morris, a regular member of the bike prep crew. “Spending a few hours cleaning up a dirty, rusty bike gives me a visual, tangible result of my work.” “I cannot say it…
Freewheels bike boosts top-performing student
Deiky, a fifth-grader at Klentzman Intermediate School, received his Freewheels Houston bike on the same day he was honored for good grades in math and science–and just in time for summertime exploring. He’s one of 100 Alief students (need to fact-check this number) who received bikes this school year based…
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