How do I rent the bike?
Answer: With your payment card or with the app. A red light behind the saddle means that you have successfully rented the bike
Freebike team
Last Update 2 years ago
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Check the website to see how to rent the Freebike city bike: https://helsinki.freebike.com/how-to.html
Using your payment card (Tap and Ride)
- Wake up the bike by squeezing a brake lever
- Tap your payment card on the card reader behind the saddle.
- Check the handlebar display
- Once the red back light stays on, you are ready to go
Using the Freebike app
- Get Freebike 2.0 app from the App store
- Create a user account using your phone number
- Pick a suitable tariff (Pay as you go, daily - weekly - monthly)
- Pay for the tariff using your payment card (card will be saved for future payments)
- Press START RIDE button on the map screen
- Scan the QR code behind the saddle
- Tap Start Ride again and Confirm
