Purchasing Services begins tagging bikes for removal

<p>Bikes left on Ball State's campus this summer, especially ones that have rust, bent frames, flat tires or missing parts, will be tagged to be removed by Ball State Purchasing Services. The Student Government Association's Red Bike Initiative plans to rent abandonded bikes to students during the school year. No bikes should be removed from campus until May 25.&nbsp;<em style="background-color: initial;">DN FILE PHOTO&nbsp;</em><em style="background-color: initial;">BRIANNA KIRKHAM</em></p>

Bikes left on Ball State's campus this summer, especially ones that have rust, bent frames, flat tires or missing parts, will be tagged to be removed by Ball State Purchasing Services. The Student Government Association's Red Bike Initiative plans to rent abandonded bikes to students during the school year. No bikes should be removed from campus until May 25. DN FILE PHOTO BRIANNA KIRKHAM

If your bike is removed and you want to claim it, contact Andrea Stuffel at 765-285-1803


Bicycles left on campus this summer — especially those with rust, bent frames, flat tires or missing parts — might not be where students left them when they return in the fall. Ball State Purchasing Services is currently in the process of tagging these bikes for removal, considering them abandoned.

Though Student Government Association's Red Bike Initiative plans to use abandoned bikes on campus for students to rent, Roger Hassenzahl, Ball State's director of purchasing, said this process has nothing to do with the program.

"It's totally separate. [SGA] approached us some time ago about receiving bikes from us if we still had them," Hassenzahl said. "But this process has been going on for many years."

If SGA is able to use any abandoned bikes collected by Purchasing Services, it won't be able to obtain them for at least six months. For this period, the bikes will have to stay in storage in case a student wants their bike back.

"If someone notifies us, obviously we don’t do any thing with that bike," Hassenzahl said. "If school starts and a students says, 'Hey, my blue bike is gone,' we have them describe it and we'll return it to them."

Even if a bike is in good condition, it may be removed. Hassenzahl said bikes left in the same place over time may be removed as well to clear space for students next semester. He said they send out people to tag bikes for removal if they're damaged or unusable, but they also pay attention to how long each bike has been in the same place.

He said this is important to make room for upcoming freshmen this fall.

"If new students come in and want to use those bikes racks, they'll need the space," he said. "[The bikes] would sit there for an eternity if we just wait for somebody to claim them."

While the process of tagging bikes for removal has begun, no bikes should be removed until May 25.

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