<p>A bike is useful around campus but not great for getting into town given the roads in the area. </p>
<p>My daughter had her bike stolen near the end of her third year, even though it was locked. Can’t figure it out since we didn’t spend a lot for the bike. I’d look into picking one up for under $200 at the WalMart in Kingston since the elements are pretty rough on bikes in the Northeast. Come with a nice bike and prepare to be worried about it. Of course, given the demographics of the Bard population, there are expensive bikes and avid bikers, but they haul their bikes into their rooms every day. If you’re just using it as a means to get around campus, don’t go too fancy. </p>
<p>$200 will buy mono-shock rear and fully-sprung front end with aluminum frame in a Chinese-made mountain bike these days at Walmart in the USA. You don’t need anything more than that at Bard. There is a bike co-op on campus to help with maintenance issues but their hours of operation were never convenient for my D, or so she said.</p>