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Green Bikes

Break away from your car. Convenient, inexpensive, human-powered transportation saves you money spent on gas and saves our planet.
Female student unlocking a green bike from a bike rack on a clear, sunny day.

How to Rent a Bike

We rent each of our bikes to a specific individual for a specific rental period. At only $15 per month, you'll save loads on gas. Here's how to sign up:
  1. Contact us (see below), or find us at the activities fair at the beginning of each semester to submit your request for a Green Bike.

  2. We'll select individuals on a first-come, first-served basis to receive one of our bikes for the desired rental period.

  3. You then sign a rental form and a waiver and pick up your bike by the deadline we set. Warning: if you don't pick up your bike in time we'll reassign it!

  4. We'll email you before the end of your rental period to remind you when and where to return your Green Bike. Easy as pie!

Rental Periods

Our bikes are available during the following rental periods each year:
  • Spring: April 1 - May 1
  • Summer: May 20 - August 20
  • Fall: September 1 - November 1

Rental Fees

All fees will be charged to your 'Gate Card.

Standard rental: $15.00 per month

Bike that is not returned by deadline: $5 per day each day it is late

Unreturned or broken lock: $15.00

Damaged bike: Individual charged full price of repair or replacement

Contact Information

Everett Spencer '15
Student director, 2013-14
erspencer@colgate.edu

John Pumilio
Director of sustainability and program consultant
315-228-6487
jpumilio@colgate.edu

Required Forms

If you have been selected for a bike rental, you need to complete and submit the following forms: