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Old 04-02-21, 05:16 AM
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rubiksoval
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Originally Posted by kylecycler
In the UK a bike shop tends to be referred to as a 'LBS' - local bike shop - whereas Americans use the term 'cyclery', which I think is a lovely word. Of course, 'shop' in the UK is only somewhere you buy and sell stuff, whereas in the US it's also an abbreviation for workshop - where stuff is fabricated or worked on - although I suppose a bike shop counts as both.
Huh? No way. They're called bike shops. Or maybe LBS for people that frequent them often.

I've never heard the term "cyclery" anywhere, much less the U.S. Actually, never mind, there's Planet Cyclery... so one online shop. Most assuredly not a common term, though.

And yes, bikers are people that ride motorcyles, but people that don't ride bikes often refer to cyclists as bikers, too. Even our LBS has "biker's" in the title.

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