Pedal Wagon

If your looking for fun and different way to hit the bars or go out with friends then check out #CbusPedalWagon! It’s an extremely fun activity that any and everyone can enjoy. Don’t be scared if you and your group are not the most physically active group because that doesn’t matter you can pedal along and have a great time with no problems!
Pedal Wagon Stuart and his team provide great customer service and a fun time. Bring along some pedaling tunes and try a bar crawl like none other! Plus great discounts at the bars you stop at.

Lots of 5 star reviews! Here are the only things that kept me from giving the full 5 rating:
— You don’t have much time! It’s a 2 hour ride, and based on group decision you can hit up any bar on the route. We only made it to 4 bars, and you are only at each bar for about 15 minutes or so. This means you have to get there, chug a beverage, and pay your bill in that amount of time.
— More time is spent in the bars than on the pedal wagon. It was super cool to be cruising down High St (going 10 miles an hour and annoying the cars behind us) and listening to tunes, but we weren’t really on the wagon that long between stops.
— It’s expensive! We got our pedal wagon on a groupon deal, which I highly recommend. For our group of 8 it would have been around $ 30 a person. With the discount, it was about $ 13 a person. Yes, you get discounted drinks at the bars (about $ 3 for a draft) but it can add up quickly.
Obviously, these three things didn’t detract from my experience enough to give Pedal Wagon a poor rating. It was still a really fun way to spend a few hours, and everyone in my group enjoyed it. Our fearless pedal leader was really friendly, and kept us all on schedule. The pedaling wasn’t too strenuous, so all levels of physical fitness are welcome; I had a harder time chugging my drinks in the allotted time than pedaling the wagon!

If you’re going out for a night on the town, why not do it in style?
The pedal wagon is tons of fun and even gives you a little bit of a workout. There are discounts at the bars (and if you drink enough, it saves money). The different captains are lots of fun, but keep things under control.

When you first learn of the pedal wagon you think it couldn’t be anything but great. But then you hear you aren’t allowed to drink on the wagon (as it was designed) because of Ohio law, and then there are only three bar stops. and then you might start to wonder if it’s worth it. I did.
But the verdict is in, or at least my verdict: worth it, 100%! It doesn’t really make sense why it’s so fun — pedaling, often hard slightly uphill, stopping at a few bars — but it was a GREAT time. Our group filled the whole wagon but I’d even go with a smaller group. Here’s to the hopes of doing it again next spring.

We had the BEST experience ever with the Pedal Wagon. We were with a group of girlfriends for a bachelorette party and came down from Cleveland. Earlier in the day we saw another group of girls on the Pedal Wagon and immediately called to book a ride. I am so glad we did, it literally made our night! We saw the other group go by and thought we HAD to try it.
You get a 2 hour time slot where you pedal from bar to bar. There was a group of 7 of us and we each paid $ 33 which was so worth it. We started at 10:30pm and our guide Paul was great! He was very fun, nice and we enjoyed his company. He took us to places he thought we would enjoy and he was right.
We were able to play our own music as we pedaled and it was seriously a blast. It was also an unexpected great work out lol. I highly recommend using the Pedal Wagon if you’re in the Columbus area. We had too much fun!!!

Oh, the Pedal Wagon! So much fun!
A group 14 friends, and fellow Unilocalers, all jumped on the Pedal Wagon for the Pride Parade to rep Unilocal and show Columbus that Unilocal active in their community.
While our event was focused on Unilocal,and a little different from Pedal Wagon’s typical bar hop… I can imagine the experience was pretty typical and similar to anyone else’s experience (minus the booze)!
Stuart, the owner, was pretty fantastic. First, he puts up with drunk people on a regular basis… so some rowdy Unilocalers was a breeze for him! He was friendly, courteous, and very encouraging as we took to the big hills on Broad and at the convention center. I can imagine he’s super fun on a bar hop!
The experience itself was pretty great. Pedaling down High, waving at the crowds… pretty awesome. It was a great experience and super fun!
All of my friends had a blast, even if we were sweaty at the end :-p I highly recommend checking out the Pedal Wagon for a party or just to see the city from a different perspective!

Insider Tip: Don’t get off the Pedal Wagon.
Because if you get off the Pedal Wagon, it probably means your ride is coming to an end, and that’s just no fun.
Stuart is the owner and captain of Columbus Pedal Wagon and he’s super cool and nice and I really can’t picture him forcibly removing anyone from the Pedal Wagon if they didn’t get off on their own volition. So, should I have another opportunity to board Stuart’s vehicle, I will most definitely be pressing my luck and not getting off the wagon when it’s over.
In all seriousness though, this is one of the best ways to travel through and see the sites of Columbus. This was my first time visiting the city and I feel like I got a really outstanding tour of hyper local areas. It’s nice that the city of Columbus is so accommodating for activities like this. This, in Chicago, would not fly. The city wouldn’t allow it, locals wouldn’t have it, it’d just be all kinds of nope… but here in Columbus, Pedal Wagon made people on the street who saw it just as happy as we were on the wagon.
So it works like this:
* The bike holds a max of 15 people. 12 total pedalers and then 3 people can sit on the back coach bench and laze it up.
* Stuart sits in the driver’s seat between the two rows of pedalers and takes care of all your steering and braking needs.
* The bike seats are extra wide (compared to regular bike seats) and have a little back on them for security. There’s also a little cup holder at each seat.
* 2 hours on the bike with your group will run roughly $ 24 – 30 a person (pretty nominal, if you ask me)
* You can choose from what kind of adventure you want and what parts of town you’ll explore.
* City law prevents you from being able to drink on the Pedal Wagon on public streets, but in private lots, you are allowed)
* If you want, you can bring a small cooler with food and water for your group to munch on.
* You don’t have to be physically fit or even know how to ride a bike to participate. Pedaling is surprisingly easy… until you hit a hill. Then yo gotta hustle a bit, but otherwise it just so rad all around.
* You can basically wear whatever you want on the bike. Probably not great for a tight dress or anything, but you aren’t limited to work out attire is what I’m getting at.
* It’s entirely possibly to hold conversations with your fellow pedalers throughout. It’s the perfect bonding activity, really.
Probably the best way to see the city, enjoy time with your friends, and get in a tiny bit of exercise while you’re at it.

Haha! This was too great of a night in so many ways and the Pedal Wagon was the icing on the cake! I got a txt from a buddy who told me he and some friends were going out for drinks and then peddling around to other bars. I just thought I was going to be on a pedicab. I met up with him and his friends at a bar in the arena district and I was instantly given a wristband. I was thrown off a bit when he said that we get discounts for riding the Pedal Wagon. I was still confused WTF the Pedal Wagon was?! We had a few drinks and walked outside, and low and behold, the Pedal Wagon and the driver was waiting for us. We jump right on and Pedaled our way to Short North for some drinks. HAHA… the music on this thing was great and we just trucked down High Street from bar to bar. Also, the driver was kick-​ass and made the experience that much better. Can’t wait for Sunday Funday on this thing again!

The pedal wagon was such a blast. My friends and I weren’t sure what to expect and from the minute we got on to the minute we got off the wagon we all had huge smiles on our faces! Such a fun, different way to see Columbus and get out with all your friends! We can’t stop talking about it! Definitely recommend it to all!