Originally Posted by
noglider
Where are you? A great many sales of bikes and accessories are for transportation cyclists. Or they were. Now a lot of people ride Citi Bike instead. The loss is real.
I'm on the UWS and own both a road and a mtb. I didn't bike commute until citibike became available here due to lack of safe parking for the bike. I now have a citibike key and use it for the occasional bike commute and errands, neither of which I would have done on one of my own bikes. I still buy bike clothing and accessories at my LBS.