There's BU Cycling, but to my knowledge they don't really "advocate" anything other than the sport for those who join (racing). I get the feeling that bike advocacy comes with biking enough to know what needs to be advocated. Most students just don't bike enough to care or know what to care about. Most people I know who ride don't know how to ride safely in the streets or properly lock their bikes. Some, like me, do eventually learn, though many don't. I'd say hardly any students I know who bike care about bike safety/advocacy and care more about using their bikes to get around or how pretty their SS/Fixed looks.

I did notice that this year on the "moving in" webpage there's a link to the BUPD bike registration page. That's a good step, but it tends to be more the Police advocating it because i'd imagine they get stolen bike reports every single day; it was a BUPD officer that I remember from freshman orientation that warned us of the BIC pen lock hack and that the Fugghedaboutit lock was the only lock that thieves really couldn't get through without power tools. So, despite the poorly placed bike racks and lack of indoor bike shelter, I applaud BUPD for their bike advocacy efforts. At least there's something.

I'm seriously considering handing out printouts around campus with pointers on locking up a bike properly and biking safely on the streets-gorilla bike advocacy heh. It's sad to see bikes with stolen parts locked up outside dorms and people almost getting hit by cars/train/people every day..Maybe something like this (pulled from this year's excellent NYC bike map)