Getting Started with ofo
Parking and Mobility Services and ofo have partnered to bring dockless bikeshare to the University of Denver as a one-year pilot. Students, faculty and staff can now unlock and ride one of the 200 yellow ofo bikes located across campus. When you are done with your ride, park it in any bikeshare parking box painted on campus. It's that simple!
If you chose to ride off of campus, you may park your bike at any bike rack in the city, or at the side of neighborhood streets in the right of way. Rides may end anywhere in the pilot area (from Alameda Ave to Hampden Ave, South Broadway to Colorado Boulevard/I-25).
Four Affordable Options!
- $0.50/hr
- $9.95/month
- $25.95/quarter
How it works
Download & Register
- Download the app, confirm you have a du.edu email, locate bikes nearby.
Find A Bike
Open the app and find a yellow ofo symbol
Unlock & Ride
- Tap the "unlock" button in the app and scan the QR code on the bike to automatically unlock.
Park & Lock
When your ride is complete, park the bike at any bike parking box, painted on the ground on campus, or at a city bike rack on at the side of the street in the city pilot area. Manually lock the bike to end your trip.
Dos and Dont's
ofo bikes are meant to provide a service to the whole DU community, increasing riding across campus and to the light rail, as well as providing a means to explore the surrounding neighborhoods. It is up to each user to make this pilot a lasting success.
Do 
ofo encourages proper usage and parking of bikes through points applied to each user's account. Proper usage earns users points which can be redeemed for coupons within the app.
- Place bikes in parking boxes when finished with ride
- Park bikes within the pilot area in the community
- Report improper usage or damaged bikes to
Don't 
ofo discourages improper usage and parking of bikes through points deducted from each user's account. If a score drops too low, a user's account will be closed.
- Impeding the paths of mobility and vision impaired by parking bikes on sidewalks
- Defacing campus and the community by placing bikes where they don't belong
- Not parking in designated campus
Provide Pilot Feedback
Let us know how the pilot is working on campus and in your neighborhood. Fill out this survey if you're using the bikes, seeing the bikes, or interested in sharing your opinion on the dockless bikeshare pilot.
How to report misuse
- From within the app, tap on the wrench from the main page, then select illegal parking.
- If you don't have the app, you can email an image to us at du-incident@ofobike.com
ofo Points System
The ofo score is used to maintain and encourage good behavior among ofo riders. After signing up with ofo, you are rewarded 100 ofo points. If your ofo score is reduced to 0, you can no longer use ofo bikes.
If you have questions or experience any issues with your ofo score, please email us at du-incident@ofobike.com
Good Behavior
- Complete a trip +1
- Report a broken bike (upon ofo verification) +2
- Report an illegally parked bike (upon ofo verification) +3
- Share your ride on social media (first time) +1
- Park in a preferred parking area +1
Poor Behavior
- Improperly locking bike -50
- Parking illegally -10
- Using an unauthorized bike lock Reduced to 0
- Damaging a bike Reduced to 0
Be sure to
register and permit your bicycle
thru your Parking Services Account. Every June all unregistered bikes remaining on Campus are impounded from the bicycle racks. The owners of bikes that are registered on campus with identifiable permit stickers properly placed will be contacted before bikes are removed. Unclaimed bicycles are donated to the DU Bikeshare program and local non-profits. 
Registration is free and may be used to help alert bicycle owners to potential problems with their bicycle, or in the recovery process should the bicycle become lost or stolen. To register your bicycle you will need to know the manufacturer, model, and serial number which is engraved on the frame of the bicycle. Most serial numbers are located on the bottom of the bike frame in the area of the cylindrical portion of the frame where the pedals are attached. Once you register your bicycle, you will receive a DU registration sticker which may be placed on a visible area of the bicycle.
