ASUW Transition Website

Bike Shop Business Manager

General Information

Mission/Vision

The mission of the Bike Shop is to increase access to biking and empower members of the UW community by providing hands on bike education and quality bike service.

Just recently, the Bike Shop signed the Cycling Industry Pledge (CIP), a commitment to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in our space (https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=cycling+industry+pledge).  

Incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion into on-boarding training (and every day interactions with shop users), upholding the WTF Bike Explorers Guiding Principles, hosting WTF maintenance clinics (or open shop nights), supporting/collaborating with diverse RSO’s on campus, broadcasting manager/mechanic job opportunities to underrepresented RSO groups on campus, and thinking critically about who and how we want to serve our constituents in everything we do are just some ways to keep the bike shop community accountable.

On a separate note, the ‘FY21 Budget Packet’ in the Google Drive outlines some short term and long term goals for the Bike Shop. These goals are not exhaustive and are mere guidelines for future Managers to expand or improve on. In summary the short term goals (for this upcoming year are): improve the bike shop culture by actively advancing diversity, equity and inclusion, connect and collaborate with entities, increase marketing/promotions of different programs (e.g the helmet subsidy program) /the shop that support community needs, organize the Shop space, and solidify an operating schedule that matches customer demands/wants.  The great news is a lot of these goals can be implemented by the Business Manager with the collective voices of both the mechanics at the shop and our constituents.

Long-term Goals:

  • Actively uphold the Cycling Industry Pledge (monthly WTF wrench nights? WTF only group rides? WTF only maintenance clinics or open shop nights? these are just a few ideas)
  • Develop the role and establish a clear direction for the Business Manager. Specifically grow programming and outreach in their position with the Bike Shop mission always in mind. Increase marketing and expand Business arm/procedures of the Bike Shop.
  • Push UW to make biking a friendly transportation option for all- scheduled maintenance for the repair stations, support mobile mail delivery service, assist TS in their objectives, etc.
  • Continue to provide exceptional bike services and opportunities for the community.
  • Improve budget management and attain a positive/net zero profit for the Bike Shop.
  • Maintain the current inventory and materials management system developed by the Managers this year, use this system to make informed purchasing decisions. 
  • Increase access to bikes and bike knowledge on campus, and improve the safety and well-being of the UW community.

Some commentary on my experience and the vision for the Shop:

The Bike Shop is an amazing resource for the UW community, yet a lot of students, staff, and faculty don’t know it exists. My vision for the Bike Shop when I started last Summer was to increase the visibility of the Bike Shop on campus. In reality, I found it really difficult to execute this vision with only 6 hours of work a week. I think programming and collaboration is one way to increase awareness about the Bike Shop, but I also think marketing and promotions is another.  I’ve provided a list of programming events that I think would be a great way to involve different groups on campus. I think cementing one or two Programming events that the Bike Shop organizes every year to reach all populations of the UW community.

Lastly, the Bike Shop is a relaxing, but slightly unprofessional operation. From my experience (as both Manager and a shop user) this reputation/culture is both a good thing and bad thing. I participated in a marketing research class and we used the Bike Shop as our client. I have shared the results of these surveys in the WTF survey folder on the drive. Additionally, the couch takes up too much space in an already small shop, and contributes to the “club/exclusivity/loitering” that some users have experienced. The Bike Shop should be an open space to learn about bikes, not a space where some people hangout and others don’t feel comfortable hanging out.

Logins/Passwords

  • UW Email: asuwbkbm@uw.edu
  • UW Email Password: Bikemanager0101!
  • Desktop (old monitor) Password: Bike0303
  • Desktop (middle monitor) Password: Bike0202
  • Desktop (Quickbooks monitor) Password: either Bike0202 or Bike0303 or Bike0404
  • Social media platform handle: asuwbikeshop
  • Instagram Password: ridebikes!
  • Facebook Password: Need to grant you admin access
  • Slack email: asuwbkbm@uw.edu
  • Slack password: Businessmanager0101!
  • Printing code: asuwbike-bike
  • Bike Shop keypad code: 8365 
  • Sling email: I use my personal UW email – I will add you as an employee with whichever email you’d like to use
  • Sling Password: NA, you’ll set a PW
  • Yelp Username:
  • Yelp Password:
  • Quality Bicycle Products (QBP) Username: asuwbike
  • QBP Password: ridebikes
  • KALI Protectives URL: kali.lp4fb.com
  • Username: ASUWBikeShop2019
  • Password: AS2UW01Bike9Shop
  • Google Analytics Username: asuwbkbm@uw.edu
  • Google Analytics Password: Bikemanager0101
  • Spotify username: asuwbike@uw.edu
  • Spotify Password: Bike0101
  • Website Username: asuwbike
  • Website Password: ASUWRulz18!

Quarterly To Dos

Summer Quarter

  • Set up newsletter and email distribution list (just an idea while the shop is closed to the public)
  • Outline and plan programming/events 
  • Reach out to Shannon for in person or virtual WTF maintenance clinics (shannon@radiantwrench.com)
  • Finish Tube Upcycling Project Outreach Plan
  • Execute Tube Upcycling Project w/ Coop, CSF and UW Mailing Delivery Services
  • Adjust and modify inventory after hours with the Operations Manager *Unfortunately I don’t have the documentation for these procedures. Nick should be around as a mechanic next Fall to show you the ropes. If I’m in Seattle I am happy to show you too.
  • Budget meetings with new F&B Director

Autumn Quarter

  • ASUW Orientation and Bike Shop On-boarding Training
  • Quarterly 1:1 w/ Personnel Director
  • Programming/Events, marketing
  • Adjust and modify inventory after hours with the Operations Manager

Winter Quarter

  • Complete FY22 Budget Packet (same due date as personnel change)
  • Submit your personnel change request (usually some time in late January)
  • Quarterly 1:1 w/Personnel Director
  • Modify/Update MOU with Transportation Services and Board of Directors
  • Adjust and modify inventory after hours with the Operations Manager

Spring Quarter

  • Sit on a hiring committee
  • Spread word about job applications, reach out to all RSOs/departments
  • Coordinate and promote Spring Clinics, WTF clinics, group rides
  • Exit Survey w/ Personnel Director in May
  • Adjust and modify inventory after hours with the Operations Manager
  • Transition Successors

Budget

The Bike Shop has either the second or third largest budget ASUW. I have provided supplemental financial/budget information in the Budget folder. Specifically, there is balance sheet where you can track expenses/spending throughout the year. Each line item should coordinate with the line items for the FY22 budget. Salaries/Wages and Parts make up the majority of the shop’s expenditures. You’ll have a meeting with the new F & B Director to go over the budget and how it works at the beginning of your term. This folder also contains information from previous budgets.

  • Historically, the Bike Shop has spent about $17,000 on parts and merchandise. The busiest seasons of operations are Fall and Spring. The first week of Fall Operations is usually insanely busy so make sure the shop is well stocked. 
    • The Bike Shop was approved for $17,300 to budget toward QBP (parts, merchandise, and tools)
    • QBP gives free shipping on orders above $300. This year we typically did about two orders a month, but it can vary. 
  • Programming is the only new line on the budget. If you want to move any money to a different line on the budget you just need the approval of the F&B director. I never did this but I think it’s a pretty straight forward process.
  • The advertising/promotion line is the exact cost to run a half page ad in the Daily. It’s up to you and the Operations Manager to decide if this is the most effective medium/allocation for these dollars. It might be better to run more frequent sales/promotions and print handbills to distribute in the bike handlebars around campus rather than spend this money on a one shot ad. I ran a quarter page this last Fall and the print quality was terrible so I don’t think that was the best use of money.
  • During corona quarter we tried to update the outdated Bike Shop website. We ran into a lot of walls because our website operates under the ASUW server. Basically, we weren’t able to make any of the changes we wanted to. I would talk to Melissa and new F & B Director about moving some of the programming dollars to pay for an annual Square Space (or some drag and drop website builder that isn’t super expensive) to make a much needed update the website. I think you can just create a new budget line with the approval of the F&B Director. We ended up updating the website using the Beaver Builder plugin but it’s not the design/layout we initially planned. It’s a slightly better version of the old one. Here is a link to the original wireframes:got: https://www.figma.com/file/aIoRJ5osJYD0VxEshWbAQJ/Bike-Shop-Website?node-id=205429%3A36
    • link to information about choosing a website hosting option at UW: https://itconnect.uw.edu/connect/web-publishing/choosing-a-web-hosting-option/

Weekly To-Do List

The Business Manager position is not a 9 to 5pm job. You have a lot of agency and can choose to work two days a week, five days a week, it’s really up to you. I found it really difficult to work while the shop was open to the public. A lot of work required access to Quickbooks and this work often went interrupted by a customer needing help. Half the time my hours were used for customer service because all mechanics were occupied with another customer (which isn’t the worst problem to have but maybe you could find a separate space to work in).

It’s important you figure out a system with the Operations Manager to bump work orders before the shop opens because if you don’t it will mess up Accounting/data in Quickbooks. 

  • Bump Work Orders (daily) *especially important to do before the shop opens
  • Verify batch order with sales tax liability report and deliver to HUB Cashier (daily)
  • Check and respond to emails (daily)
  • Check inventory levels on Quickbooks and physically in shop (every day/other day)
  • Check daily, weekly, and monthly sales transactions on Quickbooks and input into Excel
  • Update website and social media accounts on an as needed basis
  • Fulfill ad hoc Personnel or F & B requests (monthly basis), send reports from Quickbooks, etc.
  • Meet with F & B Director (every week/as needed), will receive Monthly spending reports
  • Check in with Operations Manager (every day/other day)
  • Meeting w/Coop (weekly basis)
  • Schedule Mechanics/Managers using Sling (48 hours in advance of shift)
  • Sunday: Submit your office hours before 10pm on this website http://hours.asuw.org/admin/index.php?user=asuwbkbm 

Contacts

The following is a list of all bike shop vendors and campus partners that I know of. I’ve tried my best to compile contact information, and I’ve included a small description of whatever interactions I’ve had with them this last year. Some of this information was created by the previous manager and any updates are in bold. I’ve modified all information.

  • Christina Coop
    cmcoop@uw.edu
    Coop is your main go-to when you need help with something. She is our SAO advisor and many things have to go through her. She has our best interests in mind and is often an ally in working through the bureaucracy of the ASUW. As a manager you’ll meet with Coop on almost a weekly basis. It’s easiest to reach Coop in person if you have a question or need something done. 

 

  • Kurt Oglesby

oglesby@uw.edu

(206) 543-6447
Kurt is who you should contact regarding the Bike Shops hours or if you are having any issues with the door, lights, etc. He is a bit more accessible so if you are having an urgent problem, like the door not locking for example, he might be your go-to. He is pretty quick to respond. 

  • Transportation Services

The emails for the relevant TS contacts are provided below. Transportation Services is a valued/great partner! They host and organize a lot of events throughout the year which will make your life a little easier because you’ll have constrained time to organize.

  • Mahala Willard
    mahalaw@uw.edu
    Mahala works with Transportation Services, we collaborated with her frequently this year to support events put on by Transportation Services. We didn’t do any trailer events on the Burke Gilman this year because of COVID-19 (usually more events in Spring time when bikes are bustling). Some events we did with TS during my year: Ride the Rain in November, Light up the Night (Winter), Commute 101 Fair (February), Bike Everywhere Month in May (moved to virtual cycling resources). They helped us with advertisements for clinics and probably would be willing to do so in the future. Mahala is the contact for the repair stations on campus. We collaborated with her/maintenance team to resolve the issues with the pumps on campus. I would follow up with her early Fall to see what the progress on this is (you can find a history of emails in the inbox to gain a better understanding of where we left off).  Update: I recommend following up with Mahala regarding status of the repair stations. Last we met TS was going to add informational stickers/contact information at each station, replace, the pump heads, and potentially submit a CSF grant application to install a permanent bike pump outside of the Bike Shop.
  • Alice Ven
    valice@uw.edu
    Another contact at TS. Coordinated just as frequently with Alice on supporting TS events. I recommend bringing the trailer to almost all the events but just make sure the space can accommodate the trailer first. TS often asks for our feedback before/after these events and they are very open to our ideas.

  • Will Cheung

    cheungwk@uw.edu
    Assistant director of HUB accounting. Go to him with questions that cannot be answered by the ASUW finance director. He’d be the guy to go to to ask questions about the card reader and how we should set up procedures to properly document credit card sales. *Updated: I’ve never had contact with him and am honestly not sure if he is still a relevant contact. 

  • Quality Bicycle Products

QBP supplies nearly every single bicycle part and tool that we use in the shop. We have an ongoing account with them, and our typical terms are N30 (invoice is sent and we have 30 days to pay before interest accrues). We get free shipping when the order is over about 300 dollars; the amount fluctuates depending on the time of year. Most of the accounts payable stuff here is taken care of by Coop, so just be double checking that things are getting paid for and answer any questions she has.

Cool data on our most purchased items as well as our year to date and month by month spending can be accessed in the my account portal using the management login. Make sure to keep track of parts/merchandise spending throughout the year. The budget allows for about $17,000 in parts/tools spending on QBP in a fiscal year. 

  • Aramark

Aramark provides us with all of our shop rags, and should also be picking up the dirty ones. I asked the mechanical engineering machine shop staff if they had interacted with them at all, and they had the same complaint but gave me the regional manager’s number. I’ve never called it, but here it is:

+1 (425) 830-0219 (They said his name is Greg)

They may or may not also service the solvent tank, I’m not really sure. That’s something you should definitely investigate, as it probably has wear items and service intervals just like the air compressor. Update: Aramark account is suspended until operations return to normal. I think we have about a months worth of rags so you can probably hold off until October/November before resuming scheduled delivery/pickup.

  • Pro-Patch

Propatch sells us any of our merchandise that has advertising printed on it. They do our water bottles, our shop uniforms, our CO2 cartridges and our patch kits. They don’t seem to have a very solid operation going, but with a little prodding they’ll get the job done and are typically pretty cheap. Helen calls fairly often, I don’t have her number but I’m sure you’ll hear from her trying to sell us even more water bottles or CO2 than we already have within a month. It would be cool to explore selling Bike Shop branded shirts, hats and cycling caps. As of now we only have patch kits and water bottles (which we give out for free if you follow our social media accounts). Bike Shop apparel could be an effective way to increase awareness about the shop among the campus body. 

  • UW Recycling
    recycling@uw.edu
    These guys take out our metal recycling. I’d advise to email them to ask to grab the recycling before it is terribly full because they have taken well over a week to fulfill the request before, they are often understaffed.
  • Mailing Services (on campus)

dds4@uw.edu

In 2017 there was an account open under our QBP account that communication services was using to purchase equipment for the on campus bike mail delivery program. They weren’t necessarily causing any issues with our finances, and they were paying for everything on their own, but it seemed like it wasn’t necessarily a very legitimate partnership so Coop and I cancelled their access. They asked about it once, we told them why it was cancelled and that if they wanted to they could draft a Memorandum of Understanding outlining the nature of our partnership, and we didn’t hear anything more from them. Update: The Bike Shop will be using the Mailing Services E-Bike fleet to pick up used bike tubes at the shop (on a quarterly basis) and drop them off at Mailing Services to ship to West Seattle. The contact for this is Douglas Stevens. The last time we spoke was this May and he was onboard (just need to provide a Bike Shop budget number).

  • Outdoor Programs/UWILD (on campus)

The contact here is Matt Jensen, his email is mcjensen@uw.edu. I worked with Matt briefly and we had planned to do a transition to Bike Touring event in May (see doc in Programming folder). Unfortunately, this never came to fruition because of the virus. I think there’s an opportunity to do more partnerships/cross collaboration with UWILD as they have some overlapping audiences/interests. UWILD has a low-cost bike rental program called U-BIKE. This program launched last year and was pretty successful. We did some minimal advertising in the shop and at events for this program. The Gear Garage has their own bike maintenance space but for the most part they do a pretty good job not stepping on our toes. 

  • Transportation Services (on campus)

In 2018, transportation services got a bunch of money (~$7000) from the bikeshare companies to subsidize helmets on campus. We’ve been working through all the red tape for the better part of this year to get this money transferred to us so that we can use it to place an order of helmets and begin selling them at a discounted price to students. A side note on the discounted price: we are aiming for at cost, so just slightly higher than the QBP price, which might be below the MAP for a given supplier. Because of this I would maybe be cautious about advertising an actual price for the helmets (instead maybe just say something like “steeply discounted for student cyclists”). Our main point of contact with Transportation Services for this program is Melissa Brown (mbrown24@uw.edu). They are in the process of renegotiating their contract/permit fees with the Bike Share companies. When we last met, we discussed revisiting the helmet subsidy MOU with BOD sometime Winter Quarter. 

  • Recycled Cycles

We don’t have any sort of official relationship with Recycled Cycles, but we do share a hefty portion of our customer base with them. For this reason it’s important to make sure we aren’t making their lives harder or undercutting. A big part of the rules surrounding the bike shop in its creation revolved around not competing with other local shops, because we don’t have anywhere near the same operating cost as them and we don’t have to turn a profit. I think currently we have a pretty healthy relationship with recycled cycles because we inform people that they sell cheap used parts whenever we don’t have something a customer needs. They’re also a much bigger fish than we are, so maybe they could care less. I don’t honestly know. 

Update: There was talk this year to update the MOU with other local bike shops which hasn’t been updated since the 70’s. Most of the shop’s in the original MOU don’t even exist anymore. I’m not sure if this is a subject you want to breach but it could be another revenue source for the Bike Shop to sell affordable new bikes from QBP. The shop doesn’t have the space to carry bikes on hand (besides several project bikes) so the Managers would have to decide on several basic models and then advertise these on the website via newsletters, etc. As it stands, selling new bikes would violate the MOU. If this is something you’d like to pursue you would likely work with Coop and Renee to get the ball rolling. 

  • Justin Computaro – Director of the HUB

jcamp77@uw.edu

I’ve never met Justin but I know he’s the guy to contact if you need special access to the Bike Shop. I’m not sure what the situation will be this Summer with coronavirus disrupting everything, but you will likely need to go through Justin. 

  • Rene Singleton- Assistant Director SAO

sniglet@uw.edu

I’ve never met Rene but I know she is important. She’s involved and included on anything related to policies, procedures, MOU’s, etc (so most things). In this position, I’ve never had any direct contact with her. I mostly go through the finance and budget director or Coop and they have closer communication with Rene. 

  • Campus Sustainability Fund- Project Development Contact

csfproj@uw.edu

If you have any Bike Shop related ideas that remotely relate to sustainability you should consider the CSF as a funding resource. CSF funded the mobile maintenance trailer and tube upcycling. 

  • Ian Klepetar- Bicycle Benefits

Sadly, it’s very unlikely that the Bike Shop will be able to continue to sell Bike Benefits Stickers.  They aren’t an established UW vendor which makes setting up a payment method a pain. Bike Benefits is a program that supports local organizations and biking by giving discounts or special deals to cyclists with the Bike Benefits sticker. While we didn’t offer any special benefits at the Bike Shop (not allowed to), we started selling these stickers for $5. 

  • Anne Eskridge- Director TS

eskridge@uw.edu

It’s very unlikely that you’ll need to connect with Anne Eskridge. Most of the Bike Shop’s contact with TS is through Alice or Mahala. 

  • Caryn Walline – Contact for Helmet MOU

carynw@uw.edu

Caryn is another stakeholder at TS who is involved in the Helmet MOU. Again, Melissa Brown is your main contact.

  • Robin Brooks- Marketing and Communication Manager of UW Recreation

rebrooks@uw.edu

Robin is your go to do any marketing at the IMA. The IMA helped us advertise maintenance clinics and hours of operations on the digital displays and bulletin boards. This is free advertising and a great way to reach the masses. I definitely recommend using this free resource as much as possible. 

  • KALI Protectives- Vendor for subsidized helmets

jason@kaliprotectives.com

Account #4679

Inside Rep: Jason Aven

Outside Rep: Dean Kuzara

Terms: Net 30

Shipping: Ontrac Ground

  • Office of Communications

Not sure who the new contacts/appointments are. If you are doing any advertising you’ll need to submit a design request through OCOMM’s website. It’s a pretty simple/straightforward form and they are generally pretty quick to fulfill meeting/design requests. Pretty intuitive- the more heads up you give them, the more likely they’ll have your design/iteration ready on time.

  • Shannon Leigh

shannon@radiantwrench.com

Instructor and contact for WTF maintenance clinics. You can talk to Melissa and any other WTF mechanics who are hired about your goals for these clinics and those who will attend. Again, I think a monthly  (or regular) WTF open shop night or group ride night would be really cool too.

Loose Ends

    • Helmet Subsidy- funds are there, the MOU just needs to be amended by BOD/TS so we can access them. You’ll review this MOU sometime Winter Quarter to modify/update the terms and conditions (TS is in the middle of renegotiating contracts with Bike Share companies).
    • E-Commerce Site- Current Finance and Budget Director is in the process of getting E-Commerce system rolled out for ASUW entities. It’s up to you and Melissa if this is something you’d like to trial.
    • UW POC UBI Scholarship- build a fund to send a POC student interested in bike mechanics to the United Bicycle Institute. While the shop can’t use ASUW funds to build this scholarship, you can devise a way to do donations for this scholarship with an e-commerce setup (eg. “Would you like to add $2 to support the Bike Shop Scholarship today?” with every purchase). Contacts for this would be UW Advancement, Coop/Rene and the new F & B Director.
    • Invoices: Any University related invoices (an ad in the Daily is probably the only time this will ever happen) can be dropped off in Coop’s mail box in the SAO office. Otherwise receipts for Transportation Services, UWPD, QBP, and Aramark can be sent to Coop over the drive or email. 
    • Mail: Check the Bike Shop mail about once a week located in the SAO office.
    • QBP: Make sure all QBP and Aramark payments are taken care of timely. There was some mixup between Procurement and Coop and as a result QBP froze our account. This was a huge debacle and kind of took forever to resolve (luckily it didn’t really disrupt our operations because COVID shut us down anyway). Coop is the one who processes the payments but just make sure the Operations Manager uploads the invoices in the shared folder and this is taken care of. 
    • Uploading Sling Hours: This year I usually scheduled the hours and Nick (Ops Manager) uploaded them to the Operations Google Drive. You and the new Ops Manager can figure out a system. Coop verifies the hours on the drive/sling to make sure they match what gets uploaded into Workday.
    • Safety: Before the shop closed we had a safety issue reported about someone standing on a stool while using tools. This was cited as a safety hazard so you should probably purchase a step up stool. 
    • The Back Room: Nick and I attempted to clean up the back multiple times but it’s a pretty daunting task. I reorganized most of the File cabinets but it could still use some work. I think the key is maybe selling off some of the used frames that accumulate in the back. This could be a good Summer project to tackle while the shop is closed to the public. Just be sure to ask about parts so you don’t accidentally get rid of someone’s things.
    • Keep physical record of receipts for up to 5 years (double check with F & B director)
    • Computer Situation: Currently, the Bike Shop has 3 computer monitors. The computer monitor that is customer facing (really old) is mainly used for random videos but could be used as a maintenance help/research tool. The shop gets really busy and mechanics sometimes are under capacity to field everyone’s needs. Designating some sort of Research station is one possible solution to service this demand.The middle computer is usually used by employees for maintenance research, QBP, etc. The computer monitor closest to the scanner/bike tube wall is the only computer with Quickbooks. This should have folders of some financials but I didn’t really get the chance to organize these before the shop closed. I usually just emailed the spreadsheets/documents I needed and then worked from my PC.
  • MOU with Local Bike Shops : See ‘Memorandums of Understanding’–> ‘Non Complete Clause’ to learn about where we stand with local bike shops. In summary we are only allowed to serve UW students, staff, and faculty. In addition we can only sell used bicycles. If you and Melissa would like to consider selling a low cost new bike model (ready to order) on QBP you will need to meet with both Coop and Rene Singleton.
  • New Website: a group of mechanics worked hard this quarter to assemble a new website! The new website is one step toward making the Bike Shop a co-op with a clear mission/vision for our constituents.
  • Daily Income Spreadsheet- I did a large scale data entry project this quarter, compiling daily sales income over the past three years. You can access this information in the Google Drive, document labeled ‘Daily Income.’ Using this data/experience, I strongly recommend doing drop off only the first week of fall quarter. This is by far the busiest week of the quarter and for new mechanic training purposes it makes a lot of sense to do drop off services only. Lastly, Thursday’s have a pattern of being very slow. Maybe you and Melissa can trial a different operating schedule? Maybe half of Thursday could be WTF only? Just throwing out some ideas. I also recommend extending this project and keeping track of daily income for this fiscal year, which begins July 1st.

Programming 

See Programming/Events Folder in ‘Drive’ for other ideas

Annual Transportation Services Events:

Event: Dawg Daze Bike Bash

When: First week of school

Event: Ride in the Rain

When: November

Event: Light up the Night

When: November

Event: UW Commute 101 Fair

When: January

Event: Bike Everywhere Month

When: May

*Usually offer trailside support with the mobile maintenance trailer along Rainier Vista (especially important to get mechanic involvement)

Women, Trans, and Femme Wrench Nights- we haven’t done any open shop nights for the WTF population only but I really think the bike shop should. If you do, make sure to promote the heck out of it and reach out to other RSO’s/ASUW entities.