University

Zingaro134

Hi, I'm considering university next year in a uni without any real cycling facilities. I will be living in the city in student accommodation and would like to continue cycling, has anyone got any experience with living away from home to go to uni and cycling at the same time and is it realistic?
Thanks

gethinceri

Well, you've included the solution in your own post.
Unicycle.

sungod

i'm near to several university sites, they're swarming with students cycling, and there're uni cycling clubs, this is in central london which is hardly the most cycling friendly place, they seem to do ok

if you said which uni/city you are talking about you may get more specific advice

SCR Pedro

It certainly depends on your city and workload. For my first two years I still rode at the weekends, but as the workload got heavier, I had to give it up. On the cold dark evenings, I got into the gym for an hour on the spin bike, which kept me relatively fit.

First.Aspect

I took up cycling at Uni. In reality, as a student you will likely have more time and more flexibility than you will have with a full time job. Plus you are young and have more energy. Bike storage could be an issue, but that's about it.

sheffsimon

Zingaro134 wrote:

Hi, I'm considering university next year in a uni without any real cycling facilities. I will be living in the city in student accommodation and would like to continue cycling, has anyone got any experience with living away from home to go to uni and cycling at the same time and is it realistic?
Thanks

What cycling facilities do you need?

All you need is somewhere to put your bike - in your room in halls/slum housing is what I did - and some roads to ride on.

I think you're overthinking it. I did a degree with plenty of lecture/lab/tutorial time - engineering - but there's plenty of spare for cycling, boozing and mingling.

imposter2.0

Zingaro134 wrote:

Hi, I'm considering university next year in a uni without any real cycling facilities. I will be living in the city in student accommodation and would like to continue cycling, has anyone got any experience with living away from home to go to uni and cycling at the same time and is it realistic?
Thanks

If there is no cycling club, go to the SU, talk to your sports rep or activity co-ordinator and start one - they may even give you some funding as well. In terms of facilities, all you need is a bike and some roads to ride it on.

fenix

Which city ? I can't believe there's a city in the world with no cyclists.

imposter2.0

Fenix wrote:

Which city ? I can't believe there's a city in the world with no cyclists.

Maybe he's going to Svalbard Uni in the Arctic Circle..

keef66

Whatever else you do, get a good D lock and always use it. Insurance too if you can afford it.

My son took my old MTB to Loughborough to get from halls / digs to campus and back, but never lived anywhere he could keep it inside. First the wheels went missing and 2 years later the whole thing.

Found the frame on Ebay in Manchester, but without photos or a record of the frame number the police wouldn't do anything. The only consolation was it was probably clapped out by then.

Got the impression that bike thieves treat University campuses like a giant pick-n-mix

MikeWW

Both my boys are at university and both cycle
There was no cycling club so they both formed their own
The older one has just finished now and was racing mountain bikes at elite level for the 3 years (top 10 ranking)
The younger one is doing a 2 course degree so pretty full on but he still cycles 3-4 times a week and is a strong 2nd cat rider. So its easily do able but only relative to your priorities