Cyclist Discount No More

I just noticed that Intelligentsia has stopped giving a 15% discount for cyclists. Not a big deal, but I wonder why.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Keating on August 2, 2014 at 2:28pm

Not sure about the discount, but the owner of Intelligentsia is a major supporter of bicycling in Illinois. He rides and races himself and Intelligentsia is the title sponsor of the Prairie State Cycling Series Intelligentsia Cup. I was also a sponsor of the PSCS and chatted with him a few times at races and will vouch for him and Intelligentsia. Good people.

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Permalink Reply by yai danche on August 2, 2014 at 4:22pm

Did you ask specifically? I have a feeling it's one of those you have to ask for the discount. I had my helmet in hand, but they didn't automatically give it to me. I was too embarassed to ask so I really don't know.

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Permalink Reply by Davo on August 3, 2014 at 10:01am

So no more discount but free drink tokens. Sounds fair.

Jeff Schneider said:

Yes, I did specifically ask, as I always do. I was told that they don't honor that discount anymore. But they did give me a couple of tokens for free drinks, which was a nice gesture.

yai danche said:

Did you ask specifically? I have a feeling it's one of those you have to ask for the discount. I had my helmet in hand, but they didn't automatically give it to me. I was too embarassed to ask so I really don't know.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah D. on August 3, 2014 at 6:30pm

Maybe because there are SO many bikers coming in. That would be a good thing.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on August 4, 2014 at 7:29am

Yes. Does anyone have a current list of all the restaurants in the city that offer discounts for cyclists?

Sarah D. said:

Maybe because there are SO many bikers coming in. That would be a good thing.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Riddle on August 6, 2014 at 5:25am

Hey Jeff,

My friend sent me the link to this thread...Sorry for the trouble.Which store did you get denied? We've had this discount going for over a year and I didn't know of any plans to stop it, so I'm not sure why they told you it doesn't exist.

As mentioned, we're all about some cycling (myself included) and there's no reason we'd stop this discount. We'll get to the bottom of it and I'll let you know when we've got it re-implemented.

Feel free to post in this thread, or if you don't want to publicly shame them, you can PM me and we'll get it sorted.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on August 6, 2014 at 7:30am

Matt,

Thanks for clarifying!

Matt Riddle said:

Hey Jeff,

My friend sent me the link to this thread...Sorry for the trouble.Which store did you get denied? We've had this discount going for over a year and I didn't know of any plans to stop it, so I'm not sure why they told you it doesn't exist.

As mentioned, we're all about some cycling (myself included) and there's no reason we'd stop this discount. We'll get to the bottom of it and I'll let you know when we've got it re-implemented.

Feel free to post in this thread, or if you don't want to publicly shame them, you can PM me and we'll get it sorted.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Riddle on August 17, 2014 at 7:45am

Just to follow up on this, we've talked to the staff at that location and the cyclist discount is back (and at all our locations).

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Permalink Reply by Mike Keating on August 19, 2014 at 2:57am

Thanks, Matt. I knew we could count on Intelligentsia. Many thanks to Doug and all of you for supporting bicycling in Illinois as well as your sponsorship of the Prairie State Cycling Series.