Last Thursday was Boston University's Bicycle Safety Day.
A few guys from IBC were down there doing bike check ups, quick bike-fittings, and some more involved stuff. The majority of the bikes simply needed air in the tires and some lube on the chain but there were a few more frightening cases. We did what we could for those and sent the more critical victims down the street to IBC Boston.
As the event reached its peak, it became apparent that there was no way we could possibly attend to the insane number of people lined up across the parking lot. Earlier in the day we were pulling wheels off bikes to true them, installing brake cables, and performing all sorts of time consuming tasks. Later on we had to move through bikes a little quicker, really just making sure they were safe, not exactly giving them Tour De France level performance tuning.
We left the event with the impression that a huge number of B.U. students use their bikes every day to get to class or around town. Not a bad thing at all.
Thanks to Jarrod and all the other guys that put this thing on.
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