Sprocket Wheel, is a bike shop that knows how to get noticed with these very creative thematic displays of Mont Royal. We asked the same questions as other retailers in the city to get an overview of urban cycling. Q: Where do you think is the urban bike?
R : Growing but without explosion.
Q: What is it like the urban cyclist?
R : In a passionate reluctant to invest because of the flight.
Q: From a cultural perspective, what looks like the urban cyclist?
R : educated, environmentally conscious and knowledgeable.
Q: Are there categories of urban cyclists?
R : Professionals, students, is quite varied.
Q: What are the primary concerns of urban cycling?
R : The effectiveness of alternative transportation.
Q: What are his concerns about the practice of cycling in the city?
R : top of the list, theft of bicycles. Secondly, security.
Q: The media often refer to the number of bicycle thefts in the city. According to you who live on the ground, chances are they so high?
R : Unfortunately, they are even more.
Q: What do you advise the rider to fully protect your bike?
R : The lock with two different types of locks, a rigid (U) and flexible (chain or cable).
Q: There are mythical cities for urban cycling, such as Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Tucson, Portland. Montreal can it become a city of bikes?
R : We will believe it when cycling will be respected in full, that cyclists have equal rights with motorists on the road (within the rules though).
Q: The self-service bike is it an asset or a liability for a bike shop? R : short term, it seems a real handicap for the shops in urban centers because they consume the usual clientele of cyclists who chose this route because of too many bicycle thefts. In the longer term, it may be beneficial if it moves more people had stopped cycling. It remains to be seen as evolution.
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Sprocket Wheel
1308 Mont-Royal E., Montreal, H2J 1Y5 514 523-6480
www.pignonsurroues.com
velo@pignonsurroues.com
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