taking your bike in shops

[Drago]

I got told off by a cashier at Tesco for taking my bike into the shop yesterday. Health and safety, they could be shut down or some such nonsense. Funny thing is the security guard and management staff I passed as I walked into the shop with bike in tow said absolutely nothing to me.

Yet Testiclco happily sell you a bike and let you wheel it through the store...

 

[Drago]

Wouldn't be seen dead in their low rent establishment, thank you.

 

[cosmicbike]

Sainsburys I wheel my Brompton around, and use the S bag on the front as a basket, never had a problem. 'Full sized' bikes seem to be OK at my local Homebase, and perhaps unsurprisingly Halfords are OK with it.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

perhaps unsurprisingly Halfords are OK with it.

In my Halfords they put the bikes and accoutrements upstairs, so you either need 26 perfect bunny hops or one humiliating ride in what amounts to a Stannah stairlift.

 

[vickster]

Carry it?

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Carry it?

You really don't get my sense of humour Vickster, it was just an attempt to be light hearted.

 

[vickster]

Seemingly not. I'll ignore your posts from now on

 

[CanucksTraveller]

 

[Drago]

Some kind of lovers spat?

 

[CanucksTraveller]

I'd attempt to make a humorous comment, but I can guarantee that Vickster would end up misunderstanding to the tune of 180 degrees. It's an unfortunate knack I've had in the last week.

 

[nickyboy]

You really don't get my sense of humour Vickster, it was just an attempt to be light hearted.

Well I thought it was funny, particularly the use of the word "accoutrements" but then I like Bojack Horseman so what do I know

 

[shouldbeinbed]

The Brompton mafia will be after you with comments like that

My "taking bikes into shops" rules seem a little ill-thought out. I will happily take it into something like a Co-op or Tesco Express, but I will ask the staff if it's ok to prop it up while I buy whatever. I've been know to wheel it around a full size supermarket but I'm not entirely comfortable in doing so. Other shops I've never needed to go in with the bike but I wouldn't unless it was a real quick in and out and only then with staff acquiescence

I was stopped from taking my unfolded Brompton into the huge Asda near my work & Mcr Velodrome at half past six the other Saturday morning by security. I made the observation that if I was in a British Cycling tracksuit it wouldn't be a problem, they denied that ever happened - hahahahaha I must hallucinate Pinarello's in there then.

I bowled in a few moments later with it folded in a trolley. Ok then.

 

[slowmotion]

Screwfix and Maplin have always been kind (Yes, yes....I'm rather sad...).
A young lady in the vast cosmetics department in Boots, High Street Kensington, let me stash the bike behind a L'Oreal display and promised to keep an eye on it! Tesco security men are pretty inflexible, but Sainsburys and Waitrose are pretty cool. Argos too. You never really know how it's going to go until you wander in. I suspect that politely asking for a favour for you and your bike works better than demanding some kind of rights that the retailer has absolutely no legal obligation to give you. Their shop, their rules.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

The local Farmfoods is cool, so WAS the local Lidel till I pointed out there was no where to lock the bikes outside after the referb so they fitted bike stands, went in one night for a jar of coffee and I was told I have to park it outside.

 

[Markymark]

People bring their bikes in my business when collecting all the time.