Isn't cycling a sport? Why no cycling gear on sports shops?

novembercp
novembercp Posts: 58
edited November 2007 in The bottom bracket
TIll recently my local outdoor store sold some cycling gear - jerseys, luggage etc. However they've now stopped (guy who worked there and is a cyclist left a got a proper job).

Why do we have to go to seperate shops for 'Cycling Gear', 'Outdoor Gear' and 'Sports Gear'???? In Norway,a typical sports shop sells tracksuits, trainers, footballs, kayaks, bikes, hiking boots, raingear, guns, crossbows, ammunition, fishing tackle, fishing permits... ie. SPORTS GEAR!!!

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  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    I always found it funny that sports shops sold darts and snooker cues. They're not really sports are they?
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  • Ste_S
    Ste_S Posts: 1,173
    You're lucky if you can get a sports shop that sells darts and snooker cues. Most around my way have racks and racks of white trainers and hooded tops.
  • ivancarlos
    ivancarlos Posts: 1,034
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    I always found it funny that sports shops sold darts and snooker cues. They're not really sports are they?

    Pastimes I would say. If you don't get out of breath its not really a sport in my book.
    I have pain!
  • ivancarlos
    ivancarlos Posts: 1,034
    Ste_S wrote:
    You're lucky if you can get a sports shop that sells darts and snooker cues. Most around my way have racks and racks of white trainers and hooded tops.

    Yes round my way there are lots and lots of sportsmen and women :wink:
    I have pain!
  • ChrisLS
    ChrisLS Posts: 2,749
    ...sports shops in France sell cycling gear...Decathlon(a French company) sell bikes and cycling gear, as well as kit for nearly every sport you can think of over here...
    ...all the way...'til the wheels fall off and burn...
  • OffTheBackAdam
    OffTheBackAdam Posts: 1,869
    Simple, a high street store needs volume of sales to survive, cycling is a minority sport, thus it isn't going to get a look in amongst the oikballer gear and chav-wear.
    Remember that you are an Englishman and thus have won first prize in the lottery of life.
  • Matchstick Man
    Matchstick Man Posts: 565
    tbh, I wouldn't even go in a town-centre sports shop for my running gear - I go to a specialist running shop which has pressure pads, gait analysis and a treadmill for me to try out my shoes if needs be.
    If I want proper advice I go to a proper shop, so there should always be a market for bike shops to just sell bike stuff.

    As the guys in our LBS say to the parents of children who are concerned with paying more money for a decent MTB compared to a "Reebok" MTB for £69.99 from JJB - "If you want a toy, go to a toy shop, if you want a bike, go to a bike shop"....they've got a point....
  • pneumatic
    pneumatic Posts: 1,989
    OffTheBackAdam wrote:
    oikballer gear and chav-wear.

    Do you respect any of your fellow human beings, or are you Prince Philip? If the latter, happy wedding anniversary, old chap.

    :wink:

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  • novembercp
    novembercp Posts: 58
    I was mainly thinking of clothing - some cycling jerseys along with the football, running and rugby jerseys wouldn't break the bank for Tracksuits'R'us.
  • bryanm
    bryanm Posts: 218
    novembercp wrote:
    I was mainly thinking of clothing - some cycling jerseys along with the football, running and rugby jerseys wouldn't break the bank for Tracksuits'R'us.

    To be honest, there's very little if any of the 'running' kit that I'd consider wearing in the JJB's of this world. It's all football kits and chav-wear
  • chrisjsmith
    chrisjsmith Posts: 280
    That is running kit. Running away from the fuzz kit.

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