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Bike Friendly University
In case you haven’t heard, we got some big news today!! Dickinson College was officially recognized as a Silver Rated Bike Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists. The League’s aim is to create a bicycle-friendly America, and does so by helping states, communities, universities, and businesses each become more bike-friendly. Every year, these kinds of groups can be evaluated by the League in order to see how they can improve. The Bicycle Friendly University (BFU) program evaluates the college’s efforts to promote biking in Continue reading →
Summer Bike Storage
This is definitely not what you want to come back to next semester – a sad, dilapidated, rusted, and half-stolen bike. This isn’t ride-able!! To prevent this from happening to your precious bike, you should put it in Summer Bike Storage! It will be kept in the basement of Kaufman, where it will be secure and out of the elements. If you are going abroad next semester or next year, you can even store your bike while you’re gone, so that you don’t have to Continue reading →
Dickinson Cycling Apparel is Here!!!
Do you have the urge to show your Dickinson pride wherever you ride? Do you feel a longing to adorn yourself with Dickinson Red Devils? Do you believe the claims that wearing red makes people better at sports? Do you need to own YET ANOTHER biking kit? Or do you need to purchase your first? If you said yes to any of these, then I have exciting news for you! Biking @ Dickinson, along with the Dickinson Bookstore, are accepting orders for Dickinson College biking Continue reading →
Safety is Sexy
“Safety is Sexy” may be the official motto of the CSE office. We say it as we strap a helmet to our head, put reflective and brightly-colored bike clothing on, and follow the rules of the road. So here are a few myths and facts about bike safety. Myth: Bike helmets look lame. Fact: Don’t say that bike helmets look lame when you can buy gorgeously feminine helmets like these, retro helmets like these, helmets that look like hats, ones that light up for Continue reading →
Biking @ Dickinson Transformed
It seems like just yesterday that I walked into my first club meetings as a nervous, yet excited first year student. At one meeting, I, along with another student (who has since become my best friend, thank you Biking @ Dickinson), volunteered to audit bike rack placement and use on campus. Our task was simple, or so we thought. It was twofold: We were to walk around campus with a GPS and mark every location where we though a bike rack ought to be installed Continue reading →
