Free Bicycle Loaner Program

 

   Working with the City of Punta Gorda, TEAM offers Free Loaner Bicycles at area locations

 

TEAM PG Bike Loaner program will reopen on January 28, 2025

at Four Points Sheraton Hotel, Springhill Suites and Fresco’s Coffee Shop

 

Free Loaner Bike Information and Details

 

It’s easy to borrow a bike:

• Check in with host site.
• They will copy your ID and credit card; copies will be destroyed when you return the bike.
• Sign the City of Punta Gorda “rider waiver.”
• You will be provided a helmet, lock and cable, Punta Gorda Pathways Map and a TEAM Loaner Bicycle Brochure.
• Hop on and have fun!

PLEASE NOTE: Bikes must be returned to the site from which they were borrowed. The times of bike availability vary with each location, but in most cases, bikes are to be returned by 4 pm. Bikes cannot be reserved. Only adult bikes are available. 

 

Bicycles are located throughout the city:

Fishermen’s Village – Temporarily Closed, 1200 Retta Esplanade, 941-575-3000 

• Four Points Sheraton – 33 Tamiami Trail, 941-637-6770

Springhill Suites 101 Harborside, 941-347-4224 

• Fresco’s Coffee Shop   321 Taylor Street, 941-916-9523

 

 

 

 

Join the fun: BECOME A FREE LOANER BIKE SPONSOR!

 

To learn more about becoming a Free Loaner Bike sponsor click:         Become a Bike Sponsor

 

A group of excited cyclists taking off from Sheraton Four Points Harborside

 
 
Riders Appreciate TEAM Bikes!

Hi,

Some girlfriends and I recently stayed at the Springhill Suites and discovered your yellow bike program.

This made our trip so much more enjoyable. For three days we rode all over the main streets.

We played pickleball and ate at some of the local restaurants.

Without the yellow bikes, we would have been limited on the fun we had.

Thanks for the Yellow bike program. What a great option.

 

Team Volunteers Keep the Wheels Rolling!

Thank you to a great group of volunteers that work so hard to keep the bikes maintained for use in our community.  We are able to have 35 bikes out for loan every day for our riders to enjoy!  With generous donations from businesses and individuals, we were able to buy new bikes and refurbish the ones damaged by the hurricane.  We will open sites on January 28, 2025 at selected locations to be announced soon.

Anyone interested in being a Free Loaner Bike sponsor and helping us expand our fleet, should contact TEAM at 941-637-8326 or by email at team@teampuntagorda.org.

TEAM Volunteers load new bikes

TEAM volunteers Steve Catalino (left) and ALex Blackburn unload bikes at Four Points

Volunteer Steve Catalino and 8:18 Renovation & Restoration Pickup loaded with bikes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo credits: Kathy Oberle

Fishermen’s Village staff Tommy Erikson and Sharon Williams proudly display Free Bike Loaner sign.

TEAM Volunteers Bill Welsch, Sean Carlson, and Kevin Hogan put bikes into service at Fishermen’s Village.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out this video recognizing our 10 year anniversary. Turn up the volume!

 

 

 

Although bikes are available to the public for free, the program is supported by the generosity of people like you. It’s easy and rewarding.

  • Make a nominal CASH DONATION at the bike site.
  • BECOME A SPONSOR! Individuals or organizations can sponsor a bike and be recognized in TEAM media as well as with a placard on the bike. Contact TEAM at 941-637-8326 to learn more.

A BIG THANKS to sponsors who have joined us this year:

  • The Tiki Bar, Four Points Sheraton
  • Jeanne and Kevin Hogan
  • Marianne Lilly, Re Max Harbor Realty
  • Comcast
  • Peace River Riders
  • Charlotte Community Foundation
  • Punta Gorda Rotary Club

 

Help maintain our bicycle fleet. If you like to be outdoors and can operate a bicycle pump, you’d be a perfect fit for our team. Our bicycle team members visit the bike sites once per week and do minor repairs such as tighten chains, adjust seats, put air in tires, etc.  We use Trek Bicycle Shop for more serious repairs.

For more information, call TEAM at 941-637-8326.