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Taking your bike in the bike shop while shopping.

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  • August 16, 2017 at 12:29 pm #27511
    kompot

    I have encountered twice the situation when bike shop owners asked me to leave my bike outside, reffering to other guys with much more expencive bikes leaving them outdoor. Is it even normal to say that my bike is too cheap to worry about (new alu bike from decathlon with shimano 105)? Sometimes I am wondering if bikeshops want to survive, here in Germany most of LBS work only until 18.00 and have a lunch break at the same time as all working people have breaks. How is it in the other places?

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  • November 7, 2017 at 6:18 pm #900213
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    Canyon48
    brooksby wrote:
    turboprannet wrote:
    Redvee wrote:
    I did the Amazon locker thing a few weeks back and was expecting it to be near the front of the store, it wasn’t so I asked a staff member where it was and was told at the back of the shop and carried on wheeling my bike through the shop. I did it again in the same shop when I had an urgent need of some lucozade and didn’t have a lock with me as I leave my lock in work.

     

     

    Shirehampton Co-Op woooo. No-one told you to get out probably because they can’t be bothered. If you left it outside without a lock though it’d be gone before you got to the newspapers.

    I got thrown out of College Green Tesco when I barely had my front wheel in by some argumentative Scottish woman in a hi-vis shouting “health and safety! health and safety!” at me. Sainsbury’s on the centre are pretty chill though.

    That last bit is good to know, now that all of the convenient bike stands by that Sainsburys have been removed to make way for Metrobus.

    Ha, just thought that!

    I’ve also been welcomed at co-op when I’ve had my bike and really needed a drink. The local PO was in co-op as well so I’d take my bike in if I went to the post office. That was up in Fishponds, I was a regular and the security guard knew me and would look after my bike 😛

    That whole metrobus is essentially a very big cycle path that doesn’t really go anywhere (seeing as they aren’t running buses on it for a while).

    November 7, 2017 at 5:23 am #900211
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    audrey27

    Even though your  bicycle was

    Even though your  bicycle was cheap, it doens’nt mean you got nothing to worry about. Unless you got a lot of money to buy a new one instead. Maybe some shop owners just envy to your bicycle and told you to just leave your bike outside their shop.

    August 19, 2017 at 6:24 am #900209
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    brooksby
    turboprannet wrote:
    Redvee wrote:
    I did the Amazon locker thing a few weeks back and was expecting it to be near the front of the store, it wasn’t so I asked a staff member where it was and was told at the back of the shop and carried on wheeling my bike through the shop. I did it again in the same shop when I had an urgent need of some lucozade and didn’t have a lock with me as I leave my lock in work.

     

     

    Shirehampton Co-Op woooo. No-one told you to get out probably because they can’t be bothered. If you left it outside without a lock though it’d be gone before you got to the newspapers.

    I got thrown out of College Green Tesco when I barely had my front wheel in by some argumentative Scottish woman in a hi-vis shouting “health and safety! health and safety!” at me. Sainsbury’s on the centre are pretty chill though.

    That last bit is good to know, now that all of the convenient bike stands by that Sainsburys have been removed to make way for Metrobus.

    August 18, 2017 at 4:32 pm #900207
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    ChrisB200SX

    My LBS would probably

    My LBS would probably recommend I bring the bike in if I were to ever leave it outside… he’s had an expensive bike (his stock) stolen from inside the shop when he left the front door open when we had a heatwave and he wanted ventilation while he worked.

    August 17, 2017 at 12:17 pm #900205
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    Canyon48

    I wouldn’t go into a bike

    I wouldn’t go into a bike shop that wouldn’t let me bring my bike in, let alone give them my custom.

    The LBS where I grew up was very small and packed with bikes, so I wouldn’t take my bike in if I were going to be browsing for any amount of time obviously.

    August 17, 2017 at 8:09 am #900203
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    Anonymous

    In my shop we used to pretty

    In my shop we used to pretty much insist on riders bringing their bikes in. Quite often people would be pretty laissez-faire about leaving them outside, but as we were all incredibly anal about our own bikes, we couldn’t bear  to see a bike unattended outside our shop. I often brought them in myself.

    I remember going to Zappi’s cafe when it was in Jericho in Oxford, and attempting to leave my bike outside whilst I went in for an espresso (which I intended to drink outside with my bike!), Flavio came out from behind the counter, retrieved my bike, moved some chairs and found it a safe place near the counter!

    If you want cyclists as your clientele, you need to understand firstly how easy a bike is to steal and secondly, how much we love our bikes and cater accordingly.

    August 17, 2017 at 7:49 am #900201
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    wycombewheeler

    My local Sainsbury’s often
    My local Sainsbury’s often has bikes behind the security guard at the entrance. Pretty reasonable compromise.

    August 17, 2017 at 7:20 am #900199
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    turboprannet
    Redvee wrote:
    I did the Amazon locker thing a few weeks back and was expecting it to be near the front of the store, it wasn’t so I asked a staff member where it was and was told at the back of the shop and carried on wheeling my bike through the shop. I did it again in the same shop when I had an urgent need of some lucozade and didn’t have a lock with me as I leave my lock in work.

     

     

    Shirehampton Co-Op woooo. No-one told you to get out probably because they can’t be bothered. If you left it outside without a lock though it’d be gone before you got to the newspapers.

    I got thrown out of College Green Tesco when I barely had my front wheel in by some argumentative Scottish woman in a hi-vis shouting “health and safety! health and safety!” at me. Sainsbury’s on the centre are pretty chill though.

    August 17, 2017 at 12:37 am #900197
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    Redvee

    I did the Amazon locker thing

    I did the Amazon locker thing a few weeks back and was expecting it to be near the front of the store, it wasn’t so I asked a staff member where it was and was told at the back of the shop and carried on wheeling my bike through the shop. I did it again in the same shop when I had an urgent need of some lucozade and didn’t have a lock with me as I leave my lock in work.

     

    August 16, 2017 at 10:24 pm #900195
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    Leeroy_Silk

    My LBS has a secure area

    My LBS has a secure area where customers can leave their bikes whilst they shop in the shop or even elsewhere in the city centre. I’ll quite often leave a bike with them whilst I wander around the city. Cheers Bicicielo in B’ham centre. 

    August 16, 2017 at 8:27 pm #900193
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    alansmurphy

    Shades wrote:

    Shades wrote:

    On a lighter note, I took a folder into an art gallery once; owner wasn’t happy about it but he wasn’t going to kick me out.  Bought my Mum a birthday present so he chose the best option!

    I keep all my best watercolours in a nice leather folder, my local gallery insists that I bring it in and encourage best cravat and cane…

    August 16, 2017 at 6:16 pm #900191
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    kompot

    wycombewheeler wrote:

    wycombewheeler wrote:
    On Saturday I was locking my bike up outside a bike shop in Koblenz when the staff member signalled for me to bring it in, without knowing what I was after. He then helped me fitting the lights I was buying. (Didn’t need help but it did half the time). As well as dealing with me entirely in English.

    I wish shops in Heidelberg would be the same friendly!

    August 16, 2017 at 6:08 pm #900189
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    wycombewheeler

    On Saturday I was locking my
    On Saturday I was locking my bike up outside a bike shop in Koblenz when the staff member signalled for me to bring it in, without knowing what I was after. He then helped me fitting the lights I was buying. (Didn’t need help but it did half the time). As well as dealing with me entirely in English.

    August 16, 2017 at 5:47 pm #900187
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    kompot
    Martyn_K wrote:
    LBS near me has customer use d-locks hanging by the door. Grab one and lock your bike up outside. If one of the staff is nearby when you roll up they will quite often bring a lock out for you. 

     

    As already noted. Don’t give that particular LBS your business.

    Wow, that’s a decent service!

    August 16, 2017 at 4:19 pm #900185
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    Martyn_K

    LBS near me has customer use

    LBS near me has customer use d-locks hanging by the door. Grab one and lock your bike up outside. If one of the staff is nearby when you roll up they will quite often bring a lock out for you. 

     

    As already noted. Don’t give that particular LBS your business.

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