LeBron James teams up with Lyft to provide NYC locals free one-year bike memberships

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has a habit of surprising teenrs at Harlem YMCA. James visited m to share his love for bikes. 35-year-old teamed up with company Lyft so that y can give out free Citi Bike memberships to local teenrs during spring. 

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teenrs were unaware of LeBron James' attendance. However, kids grew excited when a video about kids biking with a LeBron James voiceover. All kids cheered when James himself walked in after video. James and Lakers were in New York for Knicks vs Lakers game on Wednesday night (Thursday morning IST). 

LeBron James has always spoken about his love for cycling. He would occasionally ride back from his NBA games while with Miami Heat. James also used to ride when he was a kid and lived in Ohio. Riding bikes is a special memory for three-time NBA Champion. While on st, James stated that bikes enabled him to travel across city with his friends and helped him commute to his school and basketball practices. James called bikes a 'segue' which helped him do many things and something that he carried on for rest of his life. James still has a few bikes in Akron, but he stopped riding after he left Florida. 

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While talking about his experience with bikes, LeBron James also talked about safety and its importance. He stated that safety should always come first and hence bike lanes are extremely important. He even added that bike lanes are equally important for adults. 

Lyft posted about free membership on ir blog post. According to post, locals between 16 and 20 years of can sign up for free membership. However, total number of free memberships which will be handed out were t revealed. Lyft also revealed that 50 teenrs present at Harlem YMCA were gifted ir first one-year memberships.

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