Bicycles left chained to campus racks during winter break may have been claimed by OU Facilities Management to conserve space for this semester, the department’s director said.
Though his department may have removed the bikes from the racks, any bicycle removed from a rack can still be claimed, Facilities Management director Brian Ellis said.
“We received a tip that highly popular areas — Sarkeys [Energy Center] and Bizzell [Memorial] Library — have bikes that are left unattended and have been stripped of parts and have just been left,” Ellis said. “Those bikes that we see, we pick up and hold them until they are claimed by owners or we put them in a sale.”
Before bicycles are moved by university employees, a notification is placed stating that if it isn’t claimed, it will be held by Facilities Management, Ellis said. The university undergoes this process to ensure space is available at campus bicycle racks.
Bicycles can be claimed by contacting Facilities Management, but those that are not claimed are placed in a sale held in the last week of November.
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