Bike shop-advertising

Bath’s pedal cyclists are still riding high on a Two-Tunnels-opening wave. It’s good to see facilities for those choosing to leave the car at home getting some positive publicity.

It is also good to see more cycle racks being installed around the city – including a rather modest one at the pavement end of the steps leading into the Guildhall on the High Street.

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Advertising taking up space outside the Guildhall!

Rather sorry to see some local businesses taking advantage of the bike parking arrangements though. This nearby shop is taking up a space a genuine cyclist could have used.

There is another example  of this sort of bike-rack advertising along Union Street.

More advertising on a rack at one end of Union Street
More advertising on a rack at one end of Union Street

I appreciate trading times are hard at the moment but here is one enterprise using a bike that has its own stand

A free-standing enterprise in Abbey Churchyard.
A free-standing enterprise in Abbey Churchyard.

and is not denying other cyclists a secure spot.