{"id":15,"date":"2026-06-26T12:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bikes\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-09-21T20:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T00:17:33","slug":"semester-rentals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bikekitchen\/semester-rentals\/","title":{"rendered":"Semester Rentals"},"content":{"rendered":"

What should I know?<\/h3>\n
\n
\n
\n

Each semester, the Bicycle Kitchen offers rentals to the Smith Community. These rentals begin on a specified date and continue throughout the semester until we run out of bikes. We ask for rentals to be returned before finals week so that we can store all our items for the summer before we lose access to our space.<\/p>\n

There are no reservations for semester rentals, we operate on a first-come, first-served basis. We rent on a sliding scale were you can pay whatever works for you, with a recommended fee of $20. Please pay in cash.<\/p>\n

Our rentals include a\u00a0bike, lock, and helmet<\/span>.<\/p>\n

How do rentals work?<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Look out for a Rental Day announcement through our campus group emailing list, instagram, discord, or on this website. Bikes are first-come-first-serve, so if you want priority make sure to show up early to our location in Talbot Basement (we often get a line forming before we open).<\/li>\n
  2. When it is your turn, a Bike Kitchen chef will help you to pick out a bike that fits your needs and size. Feel free to ride it around outside or make minor adjustments if you feel comfortable with that (a BK chef can help you).<\/li>\n
  3. Once you have picked your bike, fill out the rental agreement form (a BK chef will help you access that) and head over to the check-out table to pick up your helmet and lock and pay your chosen semester rental fee.<\/li>\n
  4. If you do not get a bike, you can add your name to the waiting list, and we will notify you if we get\/fix a bike that might fit you!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you see the bike of your dreams but it\u2019s in seriously unrideable condition never fear! If you come to open hours to work on the bike, you can fix it up (we can help) and you will be able to rent it!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    When will it be this semester?<\/h3>\n

    This fall (2026) rental day will be Sunday September 27th, starting at 10:30am.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    What should I know? Each semester, the Bicycle Kitchen offers rentals to the Smith Community. These rentals begin on a specified date and continue throughout the semester until we run out of bikes. We ask for rentals to be returned before finals week so that we can store all our items for the summer before…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1637,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","empty-entry-meta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bikekitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bikekitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bikekitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bikekitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1637"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bikekitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bikekitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bikekitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bikekitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}