<p>I was wondering if a bike would be useful on campus or if having one is not necessary. </p>
<p>Thank you so much for your help.</p>
<p>For your first and second year it's not really needed since you can get around campus fairly easily and quickly without one. There are a lot of places to store your bike on campus, but you'll want to invest in a good lock and not every building may have bike racks immediately nearby. A lot of people who live off campus and many graduate students have bikes. You might want to find out if your residence hall has a bike rack, because leaving it outside all night can rust a bike pretty quickly.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that if you'll be living on campus, you'll be living on a hill. So using a bike to get around campus isn't very common with undergrads/underclassmen. However, I suppose a bike could come in handy if you miss the Joey and need to get to Davis, or if you want to go on a bike trip with friends on a nice, sunny afternoon.</p>