Free ride
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Free ride, freeride, or freeriding may refer to:
Economics
Free-rider problem, the problem of underprovision of non-excludable goods
Freeriding (stocks), buying stocks without money to cover the purchase
Transportation
Fare evasion, the act of travel without payment on public transit
Freighthopping (fare evasion on trains)
Stowaways
Free public transport, public transport fully funded by means other than collecting fares from passengers
Social choice
Freeriding (voting), a kind of strategic voting
Sports
Freerider (climb), a climbing route in Yosemite
Freeriding (winter sport), skiing or snowboarding in natural, un-groomed terrain
Freeride (longboard), a discipline of longboarding
Freeride (mountain biking), a branch of mountain biking
Freeride kayaking
Boulder Freeride, a University of Colorado skiing club
KTM Freeride, a model of off-road motorcycle
Media
Film and television
Free Ride (TV series), a Fox TV sitcom
Free Ride (1986 film), a 1986 film
Free Ride (2013 film)
A Free Ride, a 1915 American pornographic film and the earliest surviving American pornographic film
Music
Free Ride (album), a 1977 album by Dizzy Gillespie
Free Ride, a 1978 album by Marshall Hain
Free Ride, a 2004 album by Carson Cole
Songs
"Free Ride" (song), a 1973 song by Dan Hartman for the Edgar Winter Group
"Free Ride", a song by Nick Drake on the album Pink Moon
"Free Ride", a song by Annabelle Chvostek on the album Bija
"Free Ride", a song by the Concretes on the album Nationalgeographic
"Free Ride", a song by Audio Adrenaline on the album Bloom
"Free Ride", a song by Mock Orange on the album First EP
"Free Ride", a song by Watashi Wa on the album Eager Seas
"Free Ride", a song by Black Label Society on the album Hangover Music Vol.
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