No more bikes

Ringwraith917

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Tis a sad day. I just learned built bikes will no longer be a thing at my store, they took down the whole bike wall, all the fixtures. I'm not the bike builder anymore but I loved my 10-sh years as builder at my store, and was hoping to get a chance to return to that position at some point.
 
Our bike wall has shrunk a lot - think there were maybe 4 hanging there a few days ago. Our bike builder is a long-time TM and has moved into doing other things, but I know he enjoyed the bikes.

Although I won't miss seeing the occasional kid riding through the store on one. Didn't happen often because the parent was usually right there and made the kid walk with it. But sometimes!
 
honestly not surprised, bikes are pretty niche these days...in former times they were a childhood staple, now the kids have switched to playing Fortnite and don't really go outside anymore and aside from the occasional MAMIL goober I practically never see adults biking in CTTville. Although the city recently widened many of the roads with more lanes including a bike lane, absolutely nobody uses it except the ambulance when it needs to go around traffic. My state treats drivers licenses as primarily a form of ID with the ability to actually drive being almost secondary and incidental, my state is also filled to the brim with bingbongs who lack said ability which = instagibbed by a Karen in a Range Rover looking at her phone instead of the road, rip
 
Interesting timing to see this because I was just at another store and saw the bike wall was completely gone. I'll have to see how it is at the other regular-sized stores around me
 
This is the first I've heard of this. Maybe this is being implemented in phases by district. Maybe when I go into work in an hour I'll find out that this has in fact come to pass. Que sera, sera!
 
This is the first I've heard of this. Maybe this is being implemented in phases by district. Maybe when I go into work in an hour I'll find out that this has in fact come to pass. Que sera, sera!

It's company wide. Bike wall is gone in the next week or two. That space will temporarily be used for a fan central expansion and summer seasonal before the major sporting goods flip in the fall where it will become a dedicated Champion set.
 

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