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What's the deal with bike shops that don't have bike parking? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/bicycling@lemmy.world
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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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[–] pc486@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

The bike shops around me don't own their shop. It's usually some rented space in a car oriented strip mall. No racks is the norm for these car-oriented places.

One local shop solves this with automatic doors and a small inside rack if you don't have a kickstand. And every LBS around me doesn't mind customers rolling in with their rides.

If there's something we can do, it's to show up to city councils and ask for bike loops/staples for all our downtown businesses. Then we'll have bike parking for every local shop, including bike shops.

[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

The bike shops around me don't own their shop. It's usually some rented space in a car oriented strip mall.

That's my LBS but they put two long racks in front anyway. But as you wrote, it's all about available space, what the place they rent from allows, and such. Having the rack inside seems expensive, in terms of making every square foot revenue generating, as most IRL stores try to do.

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