Fifteen white and baby blue bicycles are available for public use in Lakin and Deerfield as part of new bike share program developed by the Kearny County Wellness Coalition.
“The community has been incredibly excited about it,” said Krysta Harvey, KCWC chairperson, noting that the Coalition’s Facebook post about the new bikes last week was by far their most popular social media post ever.
In early June, the Coalition launched BikeShareMaps.com, a free bicycle rental service in Lakin and Deerfield.
Bicycles and special racks were put in place last week and are ready to go now.
BikeShare.Maps.com is available for immediate registration, and allows users to locate and rent, at no charge, a bicycle from one of five unique bike rack locations.
Currently, there are nine bikes available in Lakin and six in Deerfield. There are four bike racks in Lakin, including the hospital, the pool, library and an empty lot on the south end of Main Street, and one at the Community Rec Center in Deerfield.
To use the bikes, a person needs to register online at www.BikeShareMaps.com, a process that can be done using a phone or mobile device.
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