The MSU Pack-up Pitch-In campaign is in full swing!
Are you no longer needing your bike? Thinking of leaving your bike on the rack and hope it’ll be waiting for you in the fall? Well, please consider donating it directly to MSU Bikes rather than leave it to be vandalized or stolen over the summer. Or remove it from the rack and drop it off at the “Pack up Pitch in” donation location available in each hall.
MSU has very few staff for hauling stuff around this year, so if you can PLEASE drop it off at the MSU Bikes Service Center before you leave campus (link to location info). If you have no time to drop it off please take it to the designated donation station in your residence hall.
If you’re wanting to store it for the summer and know that it’ll be waiting for you in the fall consider the secure bike parking garages on campus (there are 2, one in the car parking ramp next to Olin Health and one near the MSU Parking/ Police station). The MSU Parking Department manages them so go here to learn more & register to use them.
More info. about the secure bike parking facilities here.
Bike Garage @ Trowbridge Parking Ramp. Holds up to 23 bikes and features a DIY repair station.
Here’s a list of Greater Lansing-area biking groups to help you get more fun out of your riding, learn more about all the bike fun this area has to offer:
Lansing Bike Party– Weekly (Friday evenings) slow & short rides around Greater Lansing whenever it’s above 40 degrees and decent weather (approx. mid-March thru October). The motto of the group “It’s about the smiles not the miles!“. Started in 2009 on the MSU campus and since grown to almost 2500 members on Facebook! Meet-up and leave from the Lansing Bike Co-op (check the FB group for the time; it changes during the year to make the most of the sunlight). Members also organize many other rides on other days.
Tri-County Bike Association (TCBA) – The largest member-based bike club in the Tri-Co. area; organized rides for all ages/ abilities. TCBA organizes longer tours as well including the famous DALMAC tour.
EPIC Mountain Bike group: Regular group MTB rides on Wed. nights at trails in the Mid-Michigan area (Burchfield Park, Sleepy Hollow State Park, Anderson Park, West Lansing Trails, or the Lansing River Trail).
Thursday Evening Gravel Grind– A spirited weekly ride of approx. 34 mi. for those wanting to test their gravel riding skills and stamina. Meet-up at the MSUFCU parking lot north of Lk. Lansing Rd off of Coolidge Rd. 5:45pm, roll out at 6:00pm.
SPIN Bicycle Shop Monday Night Gravel Ride! – A new weekly ride for those into gravel or dirt road riding, organized/ sponsored by the SPIN Bicycle Shop in Old Town, Lansing.
Denny’s Central Park Women & MTB rides – Occasional rides for women-only are “…easy paced group ride designed to be fun, not fast, and great for those looking to build skills and confidence.” Thursday evenings are MTB ride nights for employees, customers, and more importantly friends of the shop.
Scooters Pro-Cycle rides – These are weekly (Thursdays I think) slow-roll rides similar to the Lansing Bike Party vibe, and open to the public.
This ride started out in the spring of 2009 at Beaumont Tower on the MSU campus and has grown to become THE weekly social bike ride in the Lansing area!
It’s a casual cruise exploring the Lansing region, typically covering 10-20 miles round-trip at 10-12mph/avg. It’s a laid back, flexible, adventurous ride for adults. During most of the riding season the group meets Fridays, 6 pm, Lansing Bike Co-op, 1715 Kalamazoo St, Lansing and rolls around 6:30 pm. (Later in the fall the ride will start to leave earlier as the days get shorter). The main ride is usually about an hour long with a rest stop or 2 then a stop for food’n’bevs then a ride back. The group usually ensd up riding at night so best to have working lights; if you don’t yet have lights don’t worry, just stick with the group. Many in the group ride with music and bell-ringing which makes it fun for the riders and those passed by the group around town.
Friends of Meridian Township Pathways: This Facebook group is all about promoting, supporting & helping maintain the existing Meridian Township Pathway network as well as doing what can be done to see more pathways get built to complete the network both adjacent to roadways and off-road corridors like the Inter-Urban Pathway.
Ride of Silence 2019 group photo on State Capitol steps. (photo by Bill McConnell) The Greater Lansing RoS event is organized and sponsored by the TCBA each year.
TCBA Bike Advocacy Committee: This is the official advocacy committee of the Tri-County Bicycle Association. It’s a diverse group of citizens from Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties who love bicycling and volunteer to help promote improving the region for bicycling of all types. The committee aims to bring about positive changes in biking, walking, and transit infrastructure and to see an increase in the number of citizens who use these choices as an alternative to strictly automobile use. The Google discussion group is where a lot of the discussion occurs outside of meetings. Monthly meetings have been held via Zoom for many months due to the pandemic. Subscribe to the Google Group above to make sure you find out how to join the meetings. The Tri-County Bike Assn is the area’s largest bike club who’s members have lots of good group rides about every evening of the week. Their DALMAC tour from MSU campus to the Mackinac Bridge is their main fundraising event of the year.
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