Market to Market and Bike OSU Tools

Oct 4th, 2012 | By | Category: Events & Activities

Market to Market ride is Saturday, October 13 and Consider Biking is part of the fun!  Get ready to "follow the yellow brick road"!   Grab your best Wizard of Oz get-up and hop on your bicycle for the 16 mile ride from North Market to Hills Market (or Visa Versa).   No matter which market you start at, the ride follows the Olentangy Trail.  Register Now

Here is the route in Google Maps: http://goo.gl/maps/w1BQH

Bike OSU Tool/Part Donation: 

Bike OSU, a student run advocacy group at The Ohio State University, is currently seeking bike tool and parts donations for their Mobile Bike Clinic and Bicycle Co-op. What is a Mobile Bike Clinic? It is a tri-bike with a storage chest mounted on the front of the bike to store tools and work stands. It travels the university aiding students that are in need of simple bicycle maintenance. If you will be in attendance at the Market-to-Market ride on October 13th you will see the Mobile Bike Clinic there assisting riders with any maintenance needs they may have. The Co-op is very close to getting a shop front. We already have a storage space on west campus; however, it unfortunately doesn't have heat or running water which makes it difficult to work on the 150-200 bicycles that OSU Traffic and Parking donated to the organization. In order for Bike OSU to get things up and running we need tools and parts to work on the bikes that we have.
Bike OSU

So, we are asking you if you have any tools or parts that you are willing to donate. We would love to utilize them to keep the Mobile Bike Clinic going and get the Co-op up and running as we have many students willing to volunteer at the Co-op, but we need tools first and foremost. The Co-op is not only open to students it will be open to all cyclists, especially OSU alumni, staff and faculty. We have no funding for this operation outside of the bikes and the spaces that have been donated to us so this is why we are asking for your help. Once we get things up and running we will make it sustainable by selling bike accessories to students along with some of the bikes that we fix up. This Co-op will evolve into a bike resource center where we promote fun, safety and responsible riding on and around campus. If you have any tools or parts to donate you can either bring them to the Consider Biking Office at 4041 North High St.and we will have a box there where you can drop the tools off. Or if you will be attending the Market-to-Market ride you can drop them off at either the North Market or the Hills Market starting locations where we will have a box at the registration tables at the respective locations.

Thank you for considering donating your tools or parts to Bike OSU. You can track our progress at: http://www.facebook.com/WeBikeOSU

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