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7/28/2025All,We’ve been working through some old stock of used parts that are too rusty/damaged to be worth keeping and scrapping them—mostly wheels and a few frames. Getting our stock of sale bikes up into the 20s, which is good but won’t be close to...
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7/21/2025All,Pretty slow week, except for the last hour on Friday—fittingly enough. We’re working through scrapping the remaining low-quality bikes that are only good for the occasional component here and there.We had staff in on Tue/Thurs to help ramp up...
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7/18/2025A survey of the bike repair stations on campus was completed on 7/17/2025. The survey found that several stations had faulty pumps and missing tools, problems which F&S will seek to fix. A PDF of the survey is attached to this project update.
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7/14/2025All,To my mind, a bit of a slow week. Sold some bikes and prepped more for B-a-B/sale bikes.This week I’ll be bringing staff in extra hours to help build more bikes for the inevitable Beginning Of Semester rush. We’re still hovering around 20 for...
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6/30/2025Pretty uneventful week on the whole. Highlight was an 11-year-old coming in with his mom to fix up his beat-up bike. At 11 he had great tool instincts and was excited about getting his hands dirty. Good times!Our “For Sale” bike numbers are steadily...
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6/27/2025The Sustainability Living Learning Community held a shorts film festival on April 19th. See attached a presentation given to attendees about sustainability education and opportunities.
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6/23/2025All,The heat is upon us! The high temps have kept us less busy than we might have otherwise been. Still had some folks in and had a Build-a-Bike completed—which is always especially rewarding. Our new door has been working swimmingly, as folks have...
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6/18/2025The attached spreadsheet contains the sales, visitors, and memberships purchased data for the Campus Bike Center from 2019 to May 2025.
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6/16/2025See attached the presentation used for the 2025 ECIP Awards Celebration
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5/28/2025All, Been slow but good here, as we’re in a lull between spring semester and summer sessions. Slow times allow us to provide better service to the folks that do come through, so that’s a positive.Training up new staff and trying to keep on top of...