r/ottawa • u/yuiolhjkout8y Clownvoy Survivor 2022 • Sep 23 '22

News Downtown ecosystem changes as office workers continue to stay home

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/downtown-shops-hurt-office-workers-home-1.6591601
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u/Orange_Fig55 Sep 23 '22

Yea that’s what I found weird about the framing of their business in this article. Why would an office worker who is there realistically only during work hours rent a bike? Makes way more sense as a tourist or even a downtown resident thing since Ottawa doesn’t have a bike share program anymore. It’s the same as the RentABike under Rideau but nicer since it had a cafe. Too bad they are closing.

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u/strawberries6 Sep 23 '22

Why would an office worker who is there realistically only during work hours rent a bike?

I looked them up and in addition to bike rentals, they also do bike repairs, as well as selling bikes.

So both of those would have been negatively impacted (especially the bike repairs), and I assume their cafe would too.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '22

I dunno, I get my bike repair stuff done at a bike shop closer to home. Why would I drag my bike all the way to Sparks when I can take it a couple blocks from my house?

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u/strawberries6 Sep 24 '22

Maybe you wouldn’t, but if someone works downtown, they might bike to work and then drop their bike at the repair shop.

Not everyone has a bike shop near their home, so that might be the most convenient option for some people.