San Diego’s First Bike Discount Program
Posted By Sam Ollinger on August 8, 2010
San Diego Bike Discount Program
The San Diego Bike Discount Program has now been in effect for a few months and slowly spreading via word of mouth through the local community. Over 30 locally owned businesses have signed up. These businesses range from restaurants to coffee and tea shops, to shoe stores and a local Chiropractic Center.
The discounts are offered to any patron who arrives at the business by bicycle. The discount is pre-determined by the business. Typically the discount has been 10% across the board.
To find a list of business currently signed on to be part of the program, visit this listing. If you are a business interested in signing on to the program, more details are available here.
Partial Map listing businesses offering cyclists a discount.
Sky Boyer, local bike shop owner came up with the idea over a year ago. He is promoting the program in order to increase the number of casual riders on San Diego’s streets. He currently does not directly benefit from the program, but promotes it as a labor of love. The goal of the program, is to encourage new and otherwise timid cyclists to ride short distances to do daily errands. A half a mile ride to the coffee shop or to the local printer on a bike is well worth the time and effort, if the payoff is a huge sense of accomplishment and a nice discount.
Great program they have set up, first I’ve ever heard of the discounts and I work in North Park. Speaking of North Park, most of these businesses seem to be North Park centered, minus a few exceptions like the Blind Lady and Mint Shoes. I feel North Park already has a fairly strong bike culture do you know if Sky plans to expand to other neighborhoods in San Diego? Maybe some of the beach or university neighborhoods where there are a good size rider population.
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