Apparently the surge that bike stores saw last year in the face of high gas prices isn’t holding up quite the way the two-wheeled community has hoped. The New York Times has this story about bike shop owners loading up on winter commuting gear after about a 30% year-over-year increase during the summer, and now a lot of them are stuck with overstock and extra mechanics. As much as I wish all the people who bought new 27-inch tires for their old Schwinn Varsitys would ride through the winter, I mean, come on—you can’t expect someone who doesn’t look at a bike as a way of life to want to ride through an unplowed bike lane in 10F weather.

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