![]() ![]() The Office of Sustainability awarded nine campus sustainability grants this year. They include tools-a variety of wrenches, screwdrivers and other implements-attached to the stands with sturdy cables. They feature metal stands, each with a slot, or saddle, designed to suspend a bicycle for repairs. The stations, called Fixit Bike Repair Stands, are manufactured by the Minneapolis-based Dero Bike Rack Company. “It seemed to get a lot of attention and use, which made me think that additional stations around campus would be a great addition.” “We installed one repair station at the Ramsey Student Center in January 2013,” he said. The program’s potential was apparent early on, said Lance Haynie, assistant director for UGA Outdoor Recreation. “By providing these stations, we hope to allow students to make these small repairs and feel more confident riding their bikes-knowing that if a problem arises, they will not be stranded.” “I had heard from many students that they would ride their bike more, but they had a small issue with their bike that they did not have immediate resources to fix,” Robinson said. ![]() He received a campus sustainability grant from the Office of Sustainability to carry out his vision for a network of bike repair stations at the university. ![]() The program was launched by Joseph Robinson, an undergraduate in the UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and a student worker in the Outdoor Recreation program. A QR code on each station also will allow bicyclists to view detailed instructions on their smartphones. Thanks to funding provided by the UGA Office of Sustainability, Facilities Management Division and Recreational Sports, four bicycle repair stations were installed recently-in Myers Quad and at the Miller Learning Center, the Main Library and the Ramsey Student Center for Physical Activities, where staff from UGA Outdoor Recreation teaches bike repair clinics to interested students.Įach station contains a tire pump and basic tools so that campus cyclists have the ability to perform maintenance-related tasks without taking their bikes off campus to be fixed. – The University of Georgia is making cycling around campus even easier for its growing bike-riding population with several new repair stations. ![]()
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