{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Guerrilla Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Free Urban Exercise Bike","height":720,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/free-urban-exercise-bike/florian-riviere-exercise-bike.jpg","width":1200},"credit":"","date":"2012-07-17T09:41:02Z","description":"French urban hacktivist Florian Rivière just came up with a new urban hack: He shows a way to create free urban exercise bikes! Simply genius and again a nice way to delight people with public space tools...","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/florian-riviere/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlorian Rivière\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e is an urban hacktivist. Some would call him a genius, I would describe him as a man with an eye for the small things in urban life. One of his latest small urban projects was the creation of a free urban exercise bike in Paris\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTake one of those circulating city bikes, swing out the kickstand and you have your personal urban exercise bike! That’s it, so simple but nevertheless people are still paying for biking sessions in their local fitness studio. An absurdity.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimilar to his popular \u003ca href=\"/advertising-carousel-florian-riviere-berlin/\"\u003eadvertising carousel\u003c/a\u003e, Florian again created a way to delight other people in public space.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot sure if the \u003cem\u003eCall a Bike\u003c/em\u003e bikes in Berlin also have such a nice kickstand, but if you could check this out for your city, we could collect these info in the comments and start organizing free public biking sessions worldwide!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks Mr. Rivière. And now go start your daily bike training!\nVia \u003ca href=\"http://rebelart.net/florian-riviere/0013626/\"\u003erebelart.net\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n[**Florian Rivière**](/florian-riviere/) is an urban hacktivist. Some would call him a genius, I would describe him as a man with an eye for the small things in urban life. One of his latest small urban projects was the creation of a free urban exercise bike in Paris...\n\nTake one of those circulating city bikes, swing out the kickstand and you have your personal urban exercise bike! That’s it, so simple but nevertheless people are still paying for biking sessions in their local fitness studio. An absurdity.\n\nSimilar to his popular [advertising carousel](/advertising-carousel-florian-riviere-berlin/), Florian again created a way to delight other people in public space.\n\nNot sure if the *Call a Bike* bikes in Berlin also have such a nice kickstand, but if you could check this out for your city, we could collect these info in the comments and start organizing free public biking sessions worldwide!\n\nThanks Mr. Rivière. And now go start your daily bike training!\nVia [rebelart.net](http://rebelart.net/florian-riviere/0013626/).\n","tags":["Urban Hacking","Florian Rivière","European Urbanism","Urban Interaction"],"title":"Free Urban Exercise Bike","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/free-urban-exercise-bike/"}