Originally Posted by genec

Actually in quite a few places in Europe, bikes come ready equipped with lights, racks, locks and fenders, as people regularly commute and use bikes just like Americans use cars. In fact such bikes were quite the norm in Finland, and finding a "stripped bike" like that typically seen in America was a "special order."

So it's not as if such things don't have a market... it is more like America just isn't the market for them. (or at least so we've been told... )