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Question for Wednesday, May 9th, 2012: Previous

What is the most bicycle friendly business you know, that is not a Bike Shop

As far as Lakewood goes, the Root Cafe and the Beer Engine for sure. Both have taken major steps to encourage bike travel in our city.

Any place on Coventry! There are bike racks everywhere!

Cedar-Lee and Coventry area in Cleveland Hts.

Is this a trick question? Because I can't think of a single business that goes out of their way to accomodate cyclists. A bike rack is usually the best that you'll get from a business :(
I hear that Stampers is pretty good with a 10% discount off your bill IF you bike there.

Without having a bike rack except for a ring on a parking meter, the Root Cafe is very bike friendly, offering an air pump and a culture that is simply welcoming to cyclists. In addition, the owners are working hard to get a bike rack.

Bike racks are an obvious sign of bike friendliness, and Stampers, Market Garden Brewery, Beer Engine, and others have them.

I'd have to say GYPSY coffee in Detroit Shoreway is very bike friendly. Not only do they have a rack, but once when I had a flat tire and no tools to replace it, I tried several shops along that stretch of detroit looking for help, and someone at Gypsy let me use a couple of their metal table forks as tire levers. I'd been turned away at several other establishments, including one where I had lunch. I truly appreciated the help of the person at Gypsy.

1. Rays Indoor Mountain Bike Park
2. Beer Engine

Is this a trick question? Because I can't think of a single business that goes out of their way to accomodate cyclists. A bike rack is usually the best that you'll get from a business :(
I hear that Stampers is pretty good with a 10% discount off your bill IF you bike there.

Lakewood Observer/AGS they encourage you to bring your bike into the elevator and up to their offices where they are kept in a side hallway.

Beer engine has always had plenty of space to lock up, and the natures bin. The root nurtures cycling most of all, even without a rack.

Erie Island Coffee. Both Downtown and Westside(Rocky River?) have great places to lock up bikes while you can see them from most seats inside. How sad, we have to think of stealing bikes! They used to shoot horse thieves!

Now That's Class has been doing a bike night for longer than any bar in Cleveland. They have ample bike parking in the front and rear of the bar. The old bike night got you a free beer for riding your bike + once a month they had a raffle for high-end or locally made bike parts.

Now That's Class on the border of Lakewood and Cleveland. They have a longstanding bicycle night, for at least the last five years. Free second or first beer from a great list. Vegan friendly too.

Thank you all for your various comtenms on how to improve these events. I hope you will all join in to make it better next time! The next London ride is on 11 June 2011. If you live in the northern hemisphere there is probably a ride in a city near you on or around that date. There are 84 venues currently listed. It's easy to search for your nearest WNBR location.

Definitely The Root Cafe.

Nano Brew Cleveland!

Squire Sanders - Cleveland, the Cleveland region's first business (or any other entity for that matter) to be named a Bicycle Friendly Business (bronze level) by the League of American Bicyclists!