Does anyone take their bike with them into Tesco?

[middleagecyclist]

I often take a bike into express Tesco and Morrison stores and leave it near/with the security guard. If it is very wet or muddy I wouldn't consider though. For just a few things its often quicker than locking up/stripping down the bike outside. Once a security guard even advised me NOT to leave it outside and to bring it in and leave it with him. S'pose depends if there is space and your'e not causing issues for shoppers and staff.

 

[Arjimlad]

I parked my bike up & locked it to railings outside Tesco. Went in for some milk with my cycle helmet on.

"Any fuel today?" said the young chap behind the till ?

 

[jonny jeez]

You could buy a lock.

they sell them in tescos.

http://www.tesco.com/direct/activeq..._cmp=ppc_g__&gclid=CIr42prfsLMCFcrItAodKw4ATA

hold on... I may not have thought this through properly....

 

[MrJamie]

I try to only do shoppping on my hack bike, but if I'm on a bike I'd rather not chain up I generally ask at the customer service desk if I could leave it 10mins and do they mind keeping an eye. Not been told no yet...although bizarrely once an interested security guard intervened at the checkout and stopped me buying any booze incase I'd drink it on the way home and have an accident. wtf?!!

lol that's so illogical I buy booze in Tesco pretty much every week, with mitts on, bike hat in hand, trousers tucked in socks and have been known to have a can before getting back on my bike

 

[middleagecyclist]

I parked my bike up & locked it to railings outside Tesco. Went in for some milk with my cycle helmet on.

"Any fuel today?" said the young chap behind the till ?

When i've been out on a long rides, in full cycling clobber and have popped into a petrol station to buy some jeally beans/midget gems/wine gums (delete as appropriate), I too have been asked the fuel question. l just point at the sweets and tell them that's all the fuel I need for now. Even got a smile once!

 

[fossyant]

I parked my bike up & locked it to railings outside Tesco. Went in for some milk with my cycle helmet on.

"Any fuel today?" said the young chap behind the till ?

Yeh, one litre of banana milkshake please.

 

[Alien8]

If you do then don't dawdle because one of the staff might try to mount your forks backwards.

 

[Maz]

Is it an express store?

No, it's one of those mega efforts.

 

[Matthew_T]

One store which you would probably get away with is Aldi. They just dont care there and I doubt anyone would claim that you are 'causing an obstruction' as it is normally dead in most stores.

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

. Even got a smile once!

Methinks sir must have been mistaken or is simply embellishing the truth a little.

 

[compo]

We often criticise Tesco, me included, but I once had a good incident. On a long distance, January, overnight motorcycle journey. I was absolutely frozen so thought I would pop into an all night Tesco for a warm up and buy a snack. Before entering the shop though I stood just outside the door to have a smoke. I was shivering so bad and trying to get some heat from the hot air blowers above the doors. The security guard came over and asked what I was doing. Trying to get some heat was my reply. He came out again a couple of minutes later with a mug of coffee for which he wouldn't accept any payment. I have always said night workers are more civilised than day workers!

 

[middleagecyclist]

Methinks sir must have been mistaken or is simply embellishing the truth a little.

No, no. Definitely a smile. Didn't say he thought it was funny though...

 

[Mugshot]

Did you buy it from Tesco? If you did you may need to produce a receipt

 

[dan_bo]

I do. Though morrisons, not tesco. I'm barred.

 

[MrJamie]

We often criticise Tesco, me included, but I once had a good incident. On a long distance, January, overnight motorcycle journey. I was absolutely frozen so thought I would pop into an all night Tesco for a warm up and buy a snack. Before entering the shop though I stood just outside the door to have a smoke. I was shivering so bad and trying to get some heat from the hot air blowers above the doors. The security guard came over and asked what I was doing. Trying to get some heat was my reply. He came out again a couple of minutes later with a mug of coffee for which he wouldn't accept any payment. I have always said night workers are more civilised that day workers!

A friend of mine fell asleep on the last train out of London and missed his stop by quite a way, he called me to get him hotel numbers but it was too late at night to find anywhere, so he went to a 24 hour Tesco shivering, told the security guard that he was planning to wander around the store for a while to keep warm and was told where there was a decent chair to sit/snooze in, which I thought was pretty good of them.