New Free Service: Outdoor Bike Repair Stand by CPH

If you’ve ventured by CPH Courtyard in the past week or so, you may have noticed a shiny new fixture resembling a mess of pipes, cables, with a bike pump on the side. Well sir/miss, that is EngSoc’s shiny new Fixit Bike Repair Stand made by Dero Bike Racks. It really is quite a neat idea and I really believe that the uWaterloo community will get great use out of this for years to come. Anyone is welcome to use it including all students, faculty, and staff. It’s just one way that EngSoc is giving back to the university community.

In case you haven’t had a chance to inspect it yet, the way it works is that you hang your bike in the middle by the seat, and perform the repairs using the multitude of tools attached to the rack by steel cable. I haven’t seen it in person yet (in BC for co-op) but it should have: Phillips and Standard screw drivers, Allen wrenches (2 – 8 mm), Torx wrench, Headset wrench, Pedal wrench, Box wrenches (8 – 11 mm), two tire levers, and a bike pump. This pretty much covers any basic bike repairs or adjustments you’ll have to do.

This is the first purchase of the newly instantiated EngSoc Capital Improvements Fund (ECIF), approved during the spring term, and costing approximately $1700. Each term, EngSoc allocates a certain percentage of its income from student fees (15% in Fall, 5% in Winter & Spring) to make lasting improvements to our Engineering spaces. This bike rack is the first example of a capital improvement that we think will be of great use to EngSoc Members and others alike. If you have any ideas of capital improvements that EngSoc could make to benefit Engineering students please contribute them to the committee. You can either talk to a VP Finance or myself (eric.cousineau [at] uwaterloo) We really want to hear from you!