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???

  • perishthethought@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 days 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.