Ecotrip Bike Share by The Collegiate Bicycle Company

About Us

The Collegiate Bicycle Company, headquartered in San Diego, California, is a bicycle design, wholesale, and consulting company specializing in sustainable transportation solutions for colleges and universities. CBC’s goal is to provide quality, affordable, and enjoyable means of transportation specifically tailored to each community. CBC provides officially licensed college bikes, custom bike programs for universities, and its automated bike share equipment, Ecotrip. For more information about The Collegiate Bicycle Company and Ecotrip, contact us at 858-272-2476, or info@collegebikes.com.

Press Release: A Cutting Edge Bike Share Program Coming to a Campus Near You - October 9, 2009
Video: ABC News - Zotwheels - October 9, 2009

Our Services

We’re here to help. The Collegiate Bicycle Company would like to work with you to develop the ideal bike program for your campus. We offer a full range of programs and services to help your program reach its full potential. In its research and experience with campus bike programs, CBC has found there exists a direct, positive correlation between the quality and style of bikes used, and the program’s success. Custom college bicycles give your program the identity, excitement, and respect it needs to be successful. Visit CollegeBikes.com to view some of our existing models.

For a way to dramatically increase cycling on your campus, ask us about our state of the art bike share system, Ecotrip. Combining convenience, practicality, and technology, Ecotrip complements your campus’s existing transportation infrastructure in a healthy and environmentally friendly way.

CBC can also supply your campus with any bicycle related product imaginable. Bike racks, locks, helmets, lights, bells, and parts are essential pieces to any campus's bicycle infrastructure. Contact us for availability and prices.

Ecotrip Automated Bike Share Stations

How does it work? Watch This Video

Easy to Use:

Simply Swipe, Choose Your Bike, Ride, and Return to any station.
Receive an email or text message receipt.

Easy to Manage:

Accountability: all bikes are automatically identified with the user with wireless technology, thus preventing theft and requiring the safe return of every bike.
Managers can control the system’s operating hours; determine the status of all bikes and stations in real-time; and collect important data such as total releases and returns per day and per station, average length of rental per time frame, overdue bike status, etc.

Customized for your school:

Works with your university ID cards, membership smart card, and credit/debit card.
Custom bike-share bikes. Designed to be easy to ride, durable, and theft resistant.
Custom styled with your official school colors and logos.
Custom sizes, configurations, and graphics. Modular for easy expansion.

Stylish and durable design and materials:

All stainless steel and polycarbonate construction.
Solar Power available.
Wireless communication.

Media

Newsletters
Fall 2009 Newsletter

Press Releases
A Cutting Edge Bike Share Program Coming to a Campus Near You - October 9, 2009
Ecotrip Wants to Give New Yorkers a Free Ride - August 11, 2009

Articles
The Bike Share Blog - "What is Zot?" October 1, 2009
New York Times - "At Summer Streets, Experiments in Bike Sharing." August 3, 2009
The Reflector - "Free Ride." January 16, 2009
Bicycling Magazine - 2008
Mississippi State University Press - 2008

Blog
Bike Share Blog by The Collegiate Bicycle Company, Ecotrip, & Friends

Pictures
Campus Bike Program Pictures
Ecotrip New York City Bike Share Demo

Videos
ABC News - Zotwheels. October 9, 2009

Customers

Mississippi State University – MSU Bike Fleet
University of California, Irvine - ZotWheels
University of California, Berkeley – Bike Share
University of California, Davis – Bike Barn
Southern Methodist University – Dept. of Recreation Sports and Outdoors
Michigan State University – MSU Bikes
Franklin and Marshall University - F&M Bike Program
University of Utah – U Bike Program
New York Institute of Technology - NYIT Bike Share

Ecotrip Bike Share
The Collegiate Bicycle Company

Phone: 858-272-2476
Fax: 858-272-3694
Email: info@collegebikes.com

4655 Cass Street
Suite 201
San Diego, CA 92109