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Article: APRIL SHOWERS OF PRAISE BRING FREE MAY BICYCLES.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)

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April 27, 2005
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Byline: George Hesselberg Wisconsin State Journal

A steeper balcony in the Overture Center for the Arts? Another coffee shop on State Street?

Bicycling magazine has looked around the country and decided what Madison needs is a few more bikes.

But these come with conditions, and locks and helmets and lights, on-board computers and interview-exclusivity clauses.

Madison is no stranger to free bikes. There was a time you couldn't buy a sofa or television set in this town without making room in the van for a free 10-speed as incentive.

Now, just in time for spring, more free bikes, providing ...

You promise to ride it to ...

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