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People At The Republican National Convention Are Getting Around On This Crazy 'Bus-Cycle'

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Visitors to the Republic and Democratic conventions may not agree on much, but they have one thing in common: access to these eye-opening "bus-cycles."

Provided by Freewheelin, a cycling initiative by health care company Humana, 20 of the "people-powered buses" will let convention-goers in Tampa and Charlotte pedal themselves from A to B.

The four-wheeled vehicles seat eight passengers, plus a driver. According to Freewheelin, going into the last day of the RNC, convention visitors have taken 725 rides, pedaled 308.4 miles, and burned 10,342.5 calories.

Freewheelin began as a bike-share program for Humana employees in Louisville, Kentucky. The program brought 1,000 bikes to the Republican and Democratic conventions in 2008.

Now check out the coolest bikes from the New York Motorcycle Show >

humana freewheelin bus-cycle rnc dnc

humana freewheelin bus-cycle rnc dnc

[Via the Wall Street Journal]

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