Pubs, bikes and railings

The link between coffee & cake and cycling is well established and is most wonderfully celebrated at the Patisserie Cyclisme website. However, if you happen to take a ride around your locale on a dry summer evening, you may well notice that your local boozer might just look like the local bike park.
This is certainly happening round by my gaff in Chorlton, South Manchester.
I first really noticed it at The Briton's Protection in town when I used to commute home that way and the Marble in Chorlton has long been frequented by riders.
The following bars - all of which have railings in front or close by - regularly have bikes outside: Pi, Marble, Beagle and the one by the bust station which used to be called Escape.
There's no time to go into why bar owners prefer one word names here, as we're concerned with the bike bit.

So, is this something genuinely new or have people always ridden to the pub for a swift half on their way home after a hard day in the mill?
Well, of course, people drink and some of them ride bikes. But, I'm not just talking about a couple of bikes here and there. There seems to be a definite sub-culture of cycling developing which centres around riding to the pub.
So, how long will it be before we see the first cycling bar pop up complete with crank activated optics and a chain driven bottle opener?
Well, some time perhaps, but if it does come can the owner please not call it the Cross Bar?
Ride safe