Bike Rental

Yau
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:19:32 +0000

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For the most part those are the bikes that are left for weeks on end -when you walk the same route to class every day the bikes that never move are really obvious. Don’t store your bike outside the parking garage next to the Diner or in random areas desolate areas between class buildings for more than a few days at a time. The inner dorms didn’t seem to have issues.

I brought my bike my first year and used it nearly every day during the week as I had cross-campus classes back to back. I used a lock that I ran through the tires, I had a u-bar but I didn’t like to use it. I also had my bike registered with the FSU pd hoping the sticker would be a deterrent. From the looks of it the bikes in front of Gilchrist (my dorm) and Landis were never messed with. My bike was never tampered with and I don’t know anyone over the past two years that has. My bell fell off once but the person was nice enough to put it in my bag with a note.

The second semester I was able to walk to class and didn’t use my bike. I left it at the union (pretty open and public, and I didn’t want it getting knocked over in the crowded Gilchrist racks.) It gathered leaves but still was never tampered with.

It’s pretty rare for someone to store their bike inside their room… but leaving it unattended for weeks is just asking for trouble. If you have enough time between classes I wouldn’t bother bringing it, if it’s far the buses are really nice (and don’t be afraid to learn them, it sometimes takes up to year for people to finally try them from the fear of missing their stop/looking stupid/ ect.)