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What's the deal with bike shops that don't have bike parking? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been to a few bike shops that don't have any bike racks outside. It's bizarre. Like, you have to bring your bike in the shop just to pick something up or to have a look around.

I'm not even talking about one place that does this, I have at least three in the area where there are no bike racks at all.

Is this normal? Why???

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

If it's about ownership of the shop, that shouldn't really be an issue either, since they can contact the property manager of that space, especially if they're in some kind of plaza, and then racks will be installed at their request.

I've had to do this as a customer, and it works better when businesses contact their property manager to make that request.

And yes, I can understand that just bringing your bike in might be the easiest for some people, but it doesn't really seem to be a viable excuse.

For example, if I'm running errands and I need to make a stop at a bike shop, I might have a cargo trailer with me, or I might be hauling kids around in a kid trailer. It just seems silly that I'd have to bring all that shit into the store. to give them money.