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I feel alot less confortable going into a bike shop if I'm not on my bike. Which is weird because no one else is _EVER_ with their bike unless they drove it there. maybe part of it is the fact that I tend to get treated alot differently since it is obvious I am a biker when I look like one rather then just an overweight schlub who is gawking at shiney bike toys. I avoided going into a new bike shop I rode past because from the window I coudl see there wasn't anything there for me *shrug*
No one ever talks to me though unless I go searching for them so I must be pretty abrasive or something. They know me though which I guess is good. One guy after I was looking at saddles for oh half an hour walked past to grab a helmet and said wow I've never seen you in street clothes or something to that effect.