A bike sale was held at the University of Nottingham Jubilee Campus by local not for profit organisation Nottingham Bikeworks.
The event was held on Thursday, October 16 and will be the first of many this year.
The event saw many bikes being fixed and some sold to students said Nottingham Bikeworks owner, Ian Keatley.
He said: “Today has been a massive success for both us and the students who have attended.”
“We have sold over 32 bikes and fixed 15 bikes today,” he added.
The organisation was founded by Mr Keatley 12 years ago as a way to make bikes more affordable to the less fortunate, but there is growing theme amongst the people buying.
He said: “For three years now we have seen a rise in sales from students in the city each year.”
“They are easily one of the highest number of customers,” he added.
“I encourage every student to ride a bike at least once.”
This increase on price fares for public transport is the main reason for higher sales from students according to Mr Keatley.
He said: “When you are constantly pricing out students there’s really no surprises that businesses like mine are thriving.”
Mr Keatley hopes that any student out there who is too scared to try a bike will give it a go.
He said: “I think what’s stopping students from cycling is they are too scared to try, I encourage every student to ride a bike at least once.”
In October last year Nottingham Bikeworks hosted a free bike distribution day which provided repairs and refurbished bikes to refugees in Nottingham.
Richard Jackson, 31, Mechanic at Nottingham Bikeworks hopes an event similar to this can be hosted at some point in the near future.
He said: “We got funding through a lottery which allowed us to go through with this very rewarding project, but sadly this year we were unsuccessful.”
According to Mr Jackson this event went onto sell 150 to 200 bikes just to asylum seekers and refugees.
He said: “We sold about 150 to 200 bikes and it meant the world to provide bikes to the less fortunate.”
Mr Jackson believes that there is a sustainable and critical empathy side to riding a bike.
He said: “When riding a bike you are being healthy while also saving the planet’s emissions.”
“Companies that don’t raise their workers wages are not getting your money while you keep the world healthy.”
Since 2024, NET has increased the prices of tram tickets for adults three times while also increasing the tickets for students twice.
Bus company NCTX who provide essential routes for students have also increased the prices on student tickets by 30p since 2024.
In 2023, American taxi giant Uber introduced dynamic pricing to their fares. Since then, there has been an increase in their fees.
A University of Oxford study has shown that prices for Ubers has increased by 29% while the drivers pay has stayed very much the same.
