Biking to classes popular with students
Brookings has events planned for the upcoming national Bike to Work month.
Jamie Anderson
Issue date: 4/29/09 Section: News
The U.S. could save 462 million gallons of gas a year, by increasing cycling from 1 percent to 1.5 percent of all their trips.
"We have definitely noticed an increase in bike sales since gas prices increased, specifically comfort range bikes and mountain bikes and also some of the cruiser bikes," said Oswald. "We have had a major increase in kids' bike sales. More families are riding together. More college students are also riding more recently, possibly because of higher gas prices."
Lenort said he didn't buy a parking pass this year because the price of passes increased, and it was not that important to have one.
"I started riding my bike to class and work this year. I ride bike to Wal-Mart occasionally if I need to pick up a couple of things. I also go on random bike rides for exercise," said Lenort.
"We counted the number of bike spaces available and number of bikes there. We needed to double the amount of spaces on campus because you would see bikes chained to trees or light poles … basically wherever there was room," Hanson said. "I think biking at SDSU has increased because of gas prices and also just as an alternate form of transportation."
Oswald said, "They want to purchase a quality bike because other bikes aren't lasting long enough. You have to replace some every year. We offer free bike servicing for the first year, such as airing up tires."
Sioux River Bicycles and Fitness offers workshops in the winter on how to take care of your bike. Their Web site, www.501main.com, has an events link regarding events that they are hosting or just in general about bicycling.
The League of American Bicyclists is a national program that sponsors National Bike Month and Bike-to-Work Day in May.
A lot of SDSU students will be out of town by the time this weeklong event takes place, but they are encouraged to ride bike wherever they may be during that week.
"We have definitely noticed an increase in bike sales since gas prices increased, specifically comfort range bikes and mountain bikes and also some of the cruiser bikes," said Oswald. "We have had a major increase in kids' bike sales. More families are riding together. More college students are also riding more recently, possibly because of higher gas prices."
Lenort said he didn't buy a parking pass this year because the price of passes increased, and it was not that important to have one.
"I started riding my bike to class and work this year. I ride bike to Wal-Mart occasionally if I need to pick up a couple of things. I also go on random bike rides for exercise," said Lenort.
"We counted the number of bike spaces available and number of bikes there. We needed to double the amount of spaces on campus because you would see bikes chained to trees or light poles … basically wherever there was room," Hanson said. "I think biking at SDSU has increased because of gas prices and also just as an alternate form of transportation."
Oswald said, "They want to purchase a quality bike because other bikes aren't lasting long enough. You have to replace some every year. We offer free bike servicing for the first year, such as airing up tires."
Sioux River Bicycles and Fitness offers workshops in the winter on how to take care of your bike. Their Web site, www.501main.com, has an events link regarding events that they are hosting or just in general about bicycling.
The League of American Bicyclists is a national program that sponsors National Bike Month and Bike-to-Work Day in May.
A lot of SDSU students will be out of town by the time this weeklong event takes place, but they are encouraged to ride bike wherever they may be during that week.
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