Biking

Take a Ride with
Tufts Bikes
Tufts Bikes is a student-run bike share with a fleet of 30 bicycles available for FREE rental through the
Tisch Library circulation desk. All bikes are equipped
with front and rear lights for your safety, and helmets are
available for checkout. Bikes are located outside of Tisch
Library and on the Upper Campus Center Patio. Bikes can
be checked out by all students, faculty
and staff with a current ID
who are over 18.
How To Use The Bike Share
1. Check availability on the Tisch
Library website.
2. Go to Tisch circulation, sign a waiver
(first time borrower) and check out a key and
helmet (encouraged).
3. Bikes may be kept for up to 8 hours, or overnight
if you check it out late enough in the day.
4. When returning your bike, you MUST return
the key to the circulation desk. NO keys in the
drop box.
5. Late fines are $1/hour. You will be held
responsible for any damages (excluding wearand-tear) incurred while the bike is checked out
in your name.
HAVE YOUR OWN BIKE?
Tufts Bikes has a fully equipped bike repair shop
located in the Crafts Center in the basement of Lewis
Hall. Visit www.TuftsBikes.com for open shop hours
and to hear about opportunities for mechanics classes
and more. Bring in your
bike during open shop
“Give me your tired, your
hours, and a Tufts Bikes
poor, your broken bikes
yearning to ride free!”
mechanic will help fix
it - or borrow tools to do
your own repairs.
Tufts Bikes Mechanics
Resources
for cyclists
If you are looking for a new bike or bike accessories,
here are a few bike shops near the Tufts Medford campus:
Biking
at Tufts
Bike Boom (used bicycles), Davis Square
Paramount Bicycle Repair, Ball Square
The Bicycle Exchange, Porter Square
ACE Wheelworks, Somerville
JRA Cycles, Medford
Broadway Bicycle School, Cambridge
STOP
TRAFFIC SIGNALS
are for bicyclists too.
Avoid the right hook.
Avoid passing motor
vehicles on the right.
Don’t be invisible.
Use lights.
LOOK AND SIGNAL
before turning.
Always look behind to see
if it is clear.
Beware of the door zone.
Sidewalks are for walking.
DON’T SWERVE. Ride in a
straight, predictable line.
Take the lane when
necessary. Stay in the center.
Ride single file.
Pass buses on the left.
TURN LEFT AS A
VEHICLE WOULD. Yield
to pedestrians and pass
them with care.
Always wear a helmet.
Wear bright colors!
Your guide to
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Members can check out and leave bikes at
any Hubway station in Boston, Cambridge,
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For details on bike safety
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same road rules as vehicles.
SIGNALS AND SIGNS. Use visible hand
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