| Re: College Bike Regs
<D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch> wrote in message
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> My son is shopping for a college to attend. Some years ago I visited
> my brother at Brigham Young University and was astounded to see dozens of
> bikes rusting at a rack in mid-winter because the school has a rool
> against taking them inside the dorms. (Supposedly it's a fire hazard.)
> I'm wondering if we should be thinking beater bike for my son in case he
> ends up at a school with similar rules.
> Anyone else care to comment on rules regarding the use and storage of
> bicycles at their alma mater?
>
A beater's not a bad idea, regardless. Here's my daughter's experience at a
small liberal arts college:
Freshman year, old junky Roadmaster: bike semi-stripped while parked
outside.
Sophomore year, used pink Specialized Crossroads bought for $40: Stolen off
locked porch (it was a screen porch)
Senior year: Old Schwinn Breeze, acquired for free out of friend's basement,
stolen out of dorm bike room.
Surviving: Schwinn Caliente, bright lime green, from the 1970's.
My other daughter took a new Giant Sedona to a different campus, and after 3
years she's still got it. The Sedona's a modest bike, but worth more than
all her older sister's models put together.
So, it's a risk. A beater lowers the cost of taking that risk.
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