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Thanks for the link, Pam. Gives some ideas...not just for the strange yahoos, but for other related cycling stuff.

As for cyclists as customers for economic viability. For specialized stores, we have to be abit realistic about this: if the retailer sells small kind of products, then it's not the sort of thing tons of cars are lining up all the time unless it's a bakery or some essential, perishable thing that one visits weekly. I mean shoe store, jewellery store...aren't the type of stores that people buy from several times per month. So there are times, that I think some retailers are just struggling anyway because: they haven't refreshened their marketing strategy, their products are specialized, etc.

For big box stores and big shopping malls, well now about some bike racks. I could never forget the time, we biked up to bike store I think it was in Seattle or was it Portland (?) about 2 yrs. It was at a large shopping mall: No bike racks. So we wheeled in our bikes into the store. I remember this because I did buy 1-2 things from the bike store.

But there were other types of stores for shopping at that mall. Hardly encouraging cyclists to shop even though we will shop at big box stores when we need the merchandise/pricing.

This is an experience I've had quite often at shopping malls..with big chain grocery / other big box stores. Not all, but enough.