Need to repair your bike on campus? The Students’ Union is here to get you back on the road.
The Union now offers bike pumps, tools and flat repair kits to all students.
You can now pop along to the Union reception in building 42 if you need to get your bike back in shape.
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The Bike Doctor is back!
If you are a cycling fanatic, but your bike isn’t running as smoothly as you would like, come along to the Redbrick Area outside Building 42 to have a check-up with the Bike Doctor.
You can get your bike checked and tuned for FREE between 10:00-14:00 on Friday 24 June and every other Friday thereafter. Take a look out our calendar to save the dates for your diary.… Read the rest
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The Bike Doctor is back!
If you are a cycling fanatic, but your bike isn’t running as smoothly as you would like, come along to the Red Brick Area outside Building 42 to have a check-up with the Bike Doctor.
You can get your bike checked and tuned for FREE between 10am-2pm on Friday 29th April and every other week on a Friday thereafter. Take a look out our calendar to save the dates for your diary.… Read the rest
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You may remember a couple of weeks ago, we asked you to complete the University’s 2016 Student Travel Survey. This is a survey which asks you about your travel habits to find out how they have changed compared to 2013.
The results are used to inform the University’s Travel Plan, which will look at ways in which the University can be more sustainable. For example, last year there were over 5 million journeys on Uni-link buses and our Bike Doctor Service repaired more than 1,000 staff and student bikes.
The survey is open until midnight on 18th March, … Read the rest
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The University carry out a student travel survey to find out how student travel habits have changed over time. The results will help inform the University’s Travel Plan, which seeks to provide good, sustainable transport links between University Campuses. For example, last year there were over 5 million journeys on Uni-link buses and our Bike Doctor Service repaired more than 1,000 staff and student bikes. Results of the survey will be reported in the Plan.
If you complete it, you will have the option to enter a prize draw to win either one of five £50 West Quay vouchers, … Read the rest
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Cycling has become an increasingly popular way of getting across campus. It’s free, good exercise and you’re looking after the environment at the same time! To help you out and encourage you to keep on cycling safely, Road Cycling Club (SURC) has been busy raising over £8,000 to fund public bike maintenance stands for you to use across the University.
The stands are set to be installed at Highfield and Boldrewood campuses, to give the public free access to bike maintenance tools and a tyre pump. The University’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) already has bike maintenance stands located across the … Read the rest
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