Built by people who’d rather be out there
It started with
the machines.
It became about
the people.
The early morning starts. The road you’ve never driven before. Stopping somewhere you didn’t know existed. Meeting someone because you noticed what they arrived in. A quick coffee turning into three hours talking about cars, bikes, roads and places.
We’re Draven McConville and Kevin Lewis, two lifelong car and motorcycle enthusiasts who believe some of the best parts of owning something you love happen when you actually use it. It’s never just been about what’s sitting in the garage. It’s about where they take you, what you discover along the way and the people you meet because of them.
That’s why we built Freedom Machine.
The machines
More than what’s
in the garage.
We love the machines. The noise, the engineering, the design, the endless conversations about what we own, what we’ve owned and what we’d buy if money and garage space were no object.
But the older we got, the more we realised that the machine is often just the beginning. What really matters is what happens because of it.
It gives you a reason to go somewhere you might never have gone. To take the long way instead of the quickest one. To stop somewhere new, meet someone you otherwise would never have met, and discover the places that become part of the story.
It can turn an ordinary Sunday into something memorable.
What really matters
The machine starts the conversation.The people make it worthwhile.
Why we built it
We wanted something
we couldn’t find.
There are plenty of places online to look at cars and motorcycles. Plenty of feeds to scroll through, photos to like and groups to join.
But we wanted something that made us put the phone down and actually go somewhere.
Somewhere to find people nearby who were into the same things. Discover a great road, café, pub or meeting spot. See what was happening around you. Plan a Sunday drive, a motorcycle ride-out or a proper road trip.
And we realised that feeling wasn’t exclusive to engines. Cyclists understand it too.
Different machines. Same feeling.
So Freedom Machine became a community for cars, motorcycles and cycling, built around the thing they all have in common: getting out there.
But we wanted something that made us put the phone down and actually go somewhere.
Less scrolling.
More doing.
That idea has become something of a rule for us.
We don’t want Freedom Machine competing for hours of your attention. We want you to find people, discover somewhere interesting, make a plan and put your phone back in your pocket.
Everything we’re building - Members, Groups, Adventures, Hangouts and Routing - is designed to get you into the real world.
Real people. Real places. Real plans.
The founders
Built
by enthusiasts.
Freedom Machine isn’t something we dreamed up in a boardroom because we thought there was a gap in a market.
It’s something we wanted ourselves.
We still get excited about a great car. We still talk far too much about motorcycles. We still take the long way when the road looks more interesting. And we still think some of the best days begin without much more of a plan than “Fancy going somewhere?”
We’re building Freedom Machine for everyone who understands that feeling.
Whether your machine has four wheels, two wheels and an engine, or two wheels and pedals.
Because ultimately, it doesn’t really matter what gets you there.
The road ahead
We’re only
getting started.
We’re building Freedom Machine for people like us.
People who love their machines, love the places they can take them and know that the best part is often who you meet along the way.