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Shared Bikes and Scooters

UC San Diego partners with SPIN to provide shared bikes and an eScooters pilot program on campus. Approximately 200 bikes and 200 scooters are available in key campus locations.

Service Area

Bikes and eScooters are meant for on-campus use by students, faculty and staff. If you take a bike or eScooter off campus, you should return it to campus in a timely manner the same day.

SPIN retrieves all locked bicycles and eScooters that are taken off campus. SPIN can pick up or remove any bicycle(s) or eScooter(s) from campus and/or other San Diego locations between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily.

SPIN GeoZone Parking

SPIN shared eScooters and bikes must park within one of 18 designated SPIN GeoZones to end any ride on campus. Every time a rider opens the app to start a ride, a pop-up message appears explaining the new parking zones.

When riders end a trip, they must park in the GeoZone that appears on the app or SPIN may issue fines for non-compliance. If a ride ends outside of a GeoZone, SPIN will email the user with a warning. If non-compliance continues to be a problem, SPIN may issue a fine.

SPIN will relocate bikes and eScooters throughout the day and ensure that they are parked in GeoZones.

Rates

New student riders: Use code TRITON5 to get $5 off when you create an account with an “ucsd.edu” email address.

  • eBikes and eScooters: $1 to unlock and $0.15 per minute to ride
  • Standard bikes: $0.50 per 30 minutes for users with a @ucsd.edu (or subdomain) email address

How to Use SPIN

App Store

Google Play
  1. Download the SPIN app.
  2. Create an account using your @ucsd.edu email address.
  3. Unlock the GPS-equipped bike or eScooter by scanning the QR code with the SPIN app and start riding. See the SPIN Safety Guide.
  4. Turn on Bluetooth if you're having trouble unlocking the bike or eScooter.
  5. Park the self-locking Spin bike or eScooter safely in a designated SPIN GeoZone, ensuring that it does not block pedestrian or vehicle access. Watch the SPIN Parking Rules video

SPIN app hasn't ended a trip?

See what to do if the timer continues after you ended your trip.

Helmets

We strongly encourage all riders to wear a helmet to help reduce the risk of severe head injury if an accident occurs. Riders under 18 years old must wear bicycle helmets in accordance with state law. You ride at your own risk.

You are responsible for providing your own helmet, however, Commute Solutions has a limited number of helmets available for riders to request, while supplies last. Commute Solutions also has Campus Bike & Skate $20 off helmet coupons for UC San Diego affiliates with current campus photo ID, while supplies last. 

SPIN Contact Instructions

In all communication, please include the bike/scooter 7-digit license plate number and issue or reason for relocation.

Feedback

Transportation Services wants to hear about your Spin experience. If you have comments or suggestions for improving campus bike and scooter sharing, contact iRide@ucsd.edu.