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Near me, there is a bike shop owner with this same attitude, which is respectable. However, along with high prices, the shop’s service is slow and poor, their b
by psim1 6y ago
Near me, there is a bike shop owner with this same attitude, which is respectable. However, along with high prices, the shop’s service is slow and poor, their brand selection is unpopular, and their knowledge of current bike technology is low. Yet there are always old-timer cyclists in there shooting the breeze at all hours and they have been in business 40 years. I don’t get it.
- ILikeBikes 6y agoBikes isn't about being high techs, nor speed. (otherwise, you need a BMW or an Audi) If cyclists want something fixed fast (ie on a commuter bike), they buy the part on the internet, or on the way back from work, and mount it themselves in the evening. Also, there is still a load of retro design in bikes. I'm a student, and I don't have the hotest model from the most popular brand, for exemple. I have a 1990s road bike, and a 2014 trekking bike with stuff like threated bottom bracket, for exemple. Lastly, a shop that is able to tune a old headset with the 32mm wrenches, straighten a wheel perfectly, and know that your handlebar is probably 25 mm wide, and not 26.5mm like you ordered (or the vice versa), is greatly appreciated. I've seen franchises that were unable to do that. So shops with experimented people are the place to go.
- ip26 6y agoYeah, there's definitely an advanced skillset a shop can provide that is valuable. As a commuter I happily clean my chain, adjust my shifters & brakes, patch tubes, and so forth. But I generally don't assemble bikes, true wheels, inspect frames, flush hydraulics, pack bearings...