Originally Posted by
Thrasymachus
Almost no stores or shopping complexes in northern New Jersey have bike racks. The only ones I can think of are at a local shopping complex with two restaurants plus other stores, thus most likely the people who actually ride there are the Central and South American underpaid labor, a Shop-rite, and that is it. Even most schools in my area don't seem to have bike racks, and even if they do few to no kids ride.
The Trader Joe's I shop at doesnt have a bike rack but they dont stop me from using my bike with panniers as a shopping cart. The Sports Authority near me has a first class rack right by the front doors. I commented on it once to the cashier as I was checking out and he was like "there is a bike rack out front?". He never noticed it! So it must hardly ever get used.
There are few utility cyclists here in the land of the SUV.