He knows to keep the tires inflated, apparently there are stations across campus just for that.
Brake pads will be new. He has had two crashes with other cyclist, the second one did taco his wheel a bit. He kept riding it that way until he brought it home so that I could fix it. He almost ran over the campus mascot (a dog) his very first week of class. That bike is not really usable at this point so I'm fixing up another beater bike.