Sometimes I am making a quick stop at a small store and don't want to spend the time locking up my bike outside. I have a U-lock and two cables, and sometimes it takes longer to lock/unlock my bike than I am spending in the store itself! For bike shops, I don't have a problem bringing my bike in; I feel like this is expected there. My question is more regarding other stores (e.g. stopping in Half Acre to pick up a couple of beers). What are everyone's thoughts on this? 

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It doesn't hurt to call ahead first. I recently called the Uptown Ace to check hours. I asked if there was a rack out front to lock up and was told to just bring it in. When I arrived they held the door and had be park it by the register.

blue sky bakery on lincoln let us bring in bikes.  we had stopped there after a long road ride,  we were riding fancy bicycles and we weren't carrying locks.  it's really roomy in there and we just leaned them up against a wall while we had their delicious iced coffee.

Some Walgreens stores have the wheel-benders, too. They do poorly on bike parking at many locations.

Bob Kastigar said:

Too many of these stores have the wheel-bender type of bike racks outside.

Me, I use a cable lock on the garbage cans at Jewel, which is notorious for the wheel-benders

I tried at a Hair Cuttery on Clyborn where there were no bike racks. Friday night. The place was dead. No customers. A ton of space. Two employees who looked bored out of their skulls. I asked, and they said there was no place to put it in that huge empty space. (Not raining, either, so it wasn't like it was muddy.) I told them I'd be spending my money elsewhere, then, and was glad to learn that they're on commission.

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