Green Bikes

Green Bikes Update January 2025: The Green Bikes program will be distributing loaner bicycles for this semester on a rolling basis. To indicate your need for a loaner bike and to sign up for our lottery, please fill out the linked form:
Loaner bike sign-up form

The Green Bike Program is a student-run bicycle shop that seeks to increase bicycle usage among students at The Claremont Colleges as part of Pomona's drive to become a sustainable campus.

The program has two main functions:

  • A Bike Giveaway at the beginning of each fall semester that provides over 300 students with bikes for the entirety of the academic year, free of charge (parts and service included).
  • A student-run, sustainable maintenance and repair shop, servicing Green Bikes for those who are currently renting them. All service is free, and both new and used parts are offered at a discounted rate.

Finally, the program hosts a variety of bike-related workshops and outreach events designed to develop an on-campus bike community that supports a sustainable and healthy lifestyle through the use of eco-friendly transportation.

Bike Rentals

The Green Bikes program provides bike rentals for Pomona College students. To apply for a bike rental for the 2022-2023 year, complete the Rental Application Form. Follow @pomonagreenbikes on Instagram for more updates.

Location

Welcome to our shop! The entrance to the Green Bike Shop is located in the basement of Norton-Clark III, with a ramped entrance on Sixth Street (across the street from Merritt Football Field). 

Hours

The Green Bike Shop is open Monday through Thursday from 4:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Contact

Email greenbikes@jyycl.com or check out our Facebook page.

Services

The Green Bike Shop provides free bicycle servicing and maintenance to users of the Green Bikes rental fleet. This includes simple repairs like replacing tubes and tires, adjusting brakes, chain maintenance, wheel truing, and derailleur adjustments. More advanced repairs are handled on an individual basis. At this time, we are not able to offer major overhauls or comprehensive tune-ups. While we are happy to address individual problems, extensive maintenance of this sort is too time-consuming for our limited schedule. When possible, the program makes use of used parts from recycled bikes to make these repairs; when this is not possible, new parts are offered at a discounted rate. Green Bikes has begun offering u-lock rentals. The cost is five dollars per academic year.

Green Bikes is also currently in the process of developing a short-term bicycle checkout program that will allow students to borrow bikes for single day use or keep them for up to a week. This service is also free; all that is needed is your name, student ID, and phone number. Unfortunately, this program will initially be open to only Pomona students.

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