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Free bike program in Minnesota

mlammens — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:09:13 +0000

My in-laws clipped this article for me, and I thought it would be interesting to share here. It’s always good to see examples of people making bikes more accessible. This program is out in Minnesota, check out the article:

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/135031978.html

Winter Break Closing

mlammens — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:17:08 +0000

We will be closing the shop shortly for Winter Break! We’ll have regular hours (6pm to 8pm) on Monday Dec. 12th and Thursday Dec. 15th, and after that we will be closed until the week of January 16th. Exact hours for next Spring have not been set yet, so please check back here in the future.

No open hours today – Enjoy your Labor Day

mlammens — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:22:58 +0000

The Union closes early tonight for Labor Day, so we wont be able to hold open hours. See you Thursday!

Open hours cancelled for Monday August 29th

mlammens — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:55:50 +0000

Hi all. Since classes are cancelled tomorrow we have decided to close the shop for the evening. We’ll have open hours this coming Thursday. See you then.

Fall Semester Hours

arcjen — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:37:58 +0000

Hello all! We’re going to be trying something new for the fall term…twice a week shop hours. We will have open hours starting fall semester on Mondays and Thursdays from 6-8pm. Hope to see you there!

Eletric Bikes

mlammens — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:15:47 +0000

Hi All,

Check out the links posted by Issac in a comment about our Open Hours closure in July (here: http://freewheelcollective.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/open-hours-cancelled-july-20th/#comment-563) if you’re curious about building an electric bike. He brought one of his electric bikes in this past week, and it was pretty cool to see!

- Matt

NY Times article about biking – check it out.

mlammens — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:43:09 +0000

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/nyregion/more-new-yorkers-taking-vacation-escapes-by-bike.html

Open hours cancelled, July 20th

vaquerita — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:20:25 +0000

Open hours will be cancelled on July 20th for shop cleaning. Sorry! Come see us on the 27th!

Bikeshares

vaquerita — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:08:41 +0000

I saw my first SBU bikeshare bike locked outside of the Life Sciences Building yesterday. Cute little red bikes with nice big baskets on the front! Great job to all those who put the program together! For more information, read here: http://www.stonybrook.edu/sustainability/bike-share-program.shtml

And in today’s NY Times, NYC’s (hopefully) soon to be bikeshare:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/04/nyregion/new-yorks-bike-share-program-is-plagued-by-questions.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion

Bikes in the News

mlammens — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:21:49 +0000

Here are two links to recent bike related stories, brought to our attention by Lee:

All wood bike! http://www.npr.org/2011/05/28/136742757/wooden-bike-settles-a-bet-complete-with-splinters

The physics of bike riding! http://www.npr.org/2011/04/15/135442946/how-bikes-steer-themselves