SPIN – The Tropolitan

Do vanishing scooters make your head SPIN?

April 3, 2019 Trojan Living

Zach Henson Editor-in-Chief If you’re a Troy student, you’ve doubtlessly seen the bright orange SPIN bikes and red and black SPIN scooters around campus, but you may not have thought much about how they get there. Although there is almost always a bike or scooter near you and ready for use, a lot more goes into that process than you might think. The SPIN day starts at 5:30 a.m., when Thomas Bowman, an upcoming sports management graduate student from Vero Beach, Florida, and Evan Mayfield, a junior management major from…

Review: SPIN bikes may not be worth it

August 23, 2018August 22, 2018 News

Taylor Walding Variety Editor You may notice the recent influx of bright orange bikes and scooters scattered about campus, but you’ll want to weigh the cost. SPIN rents out its bicycles for 50 cents per half-hour and motorized scooters for $1 plus 15 cents for each minute. It also offers a monthly membership fee for $29 that allows unlimited 30-minute rides, meaning you really get a deal only if you ride the bikes every single day. Provided you have good internet connection and have downloaded the correct app —…