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Maiko Perez, sociology, owns four bikes-two road bikes and two mountain bikes.”I like to keep multiple bikes in case one breaks down,” Perez said. “The hardest part about riding bikes is one breaking up on you. Other than that, it costs a lot less than driving.”

Perez bikes a speedy five miles to school from Eagle Rock and back, a ride totaling a little over an hour. He said road bikes are his favorite because they ride the fastest.

Eduardo Hernandez, math, has seven bicycles, all of BMX brand, which he said he has been riding since he was little.

Aside from playing soccer, Hernandez can sometimes be found in the center of the Quad doing tricks.

“I live in Villa Park, so sometimes I’ll just ride around Pasadena all day,” Hernandez said.

Although Perez and Hernandez make up a smaller group of students on campus who switch between multiple bicycles, other students share their economical and healthy reasons for biking to campus.

“I ride ten miles to school and back,” said Oscar Gomez, biochemistry. “It saves money, it saves gas, it’s healthy for you, and it’s fun.”

While bicycle riding is a positive alternative to driving, it is also something to be more careful about. According to campus police, at least three bicycles have been reported lost or stolen in a single week before.

PCC police Officer Robert Karch recommends registering one’s bicycle and investing in Kryptonite U-locks because they are harder to cut.

“If we find a bike on campus we’ll keep it for a while,” Karch said. “Students can always check with police [for stolen or lost bikes] if a bike has been left out for too long. We can get the serial number of the registered bike and enter it in a national computer.

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