Stony Brook’s Freewheel Collective is a club dedicated to helping students learn how to fix and maintain their bicycles while simultaneously rescuing the castaway components in the “parts bin.”

Every Thursday, from 6 pm to 8 pm, a small group of student bicycle mechanics volunteers time to help teach and repair. Others come to learn the craft and work on build projects, or tend to routine maintenance and simple repairs.

Club president Mike Gurevich guides a student through a bicycle repair. (Photo: Anastasia Kobus )

Though the mission of the club is to help students learn how to fix and maintain their bicycles, there’s another form of “cycling” the club values – recycling. Supporting that mission, the club empowers students to use and refurbish old parts, thus bringing the “reuse and recycle” mantra to freewheeling fruition.

“Cycling is one of the most beneficial things anyone can do for themselves, for the community and the environment,” said club president Mike Gurevich ‘22. “It’s both a form of fitness and transportation.”

The club has had a strong presence on campus since a small, environmentally-minded band of ecology grad students started it with a box of discarded bicycle parts in a Huntington, New York basement more than 15 years ago.

Read more: https://news.stonybrook.edu/student-spotlight/student-bicycle-club-helps-keep-the-wheels-turning-on-sustainability/