As of late October, students, faculty and staff now have access to six hybrid road bicycles to rent for a ride across campus, or throughout Catonsville, Halethorpe and the greater Baltimore area.
The Retriever Activity Center (RAC) has eight bikes available for rent, for free, and the UMBC community can borrow the bikes for an hour or even a day. Each rental comes with a bike lock and helmet.
“The initial roll-out of the program is going to be essentially a no-cost program for the students,” said Mike D’Archangelo, assistant athletic director at UMBC . “In other words, they’re just going to fill out a sheet of paper with their name, their student ID number; there might be a small waiver piece. And then they’re going to be able to access this bike to get to the local Catonsville and Arbutus communities.”
Scott Westcoat of C’Ville Bikes & The Hub has partnered with UMBC to offer the bicycles at no cost. The bikes come at a minimal cost from Diamondback Bicycles, for whom Westcoat’s shop is a designated dealer.
For more information or to rent a bike, please visit the Retrieverfleet Bike Sharing Program myUMBC page.
