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1. Ok. 2. Let's say 15 shops in the 10 cities. 3. The third party will undoubtedly need to call the police. But what are you allowed to do until they arrive?

1. Ok. 2. Let's say 15 shops in the 10 cities. 3. The third party will undoubtedly need to call the police. But what are you allowed to do until they arrive? And what will they do when they arrive? 4. Y'see, we aren't aiming to go to 289 cities. We're aiming to raise publicity and interact with bike shops in the areas of the country that a lot of bikers live. Individually approaching all the shops in the country isn't feasible and would be stupid. But joe average shop owner in nebraska will be much more likely to sign his shop up for the Bike Index if he knows a shop in NYC that he follows on twitter has. 5. We aren't looking for serious revenue through people paying for registration. Bike shops benefit when you visit them - so they're happy to get you in there. And we're giving iframe forms to bike advocacy organizations (like EBBC) so you can register on their site (for free). We also go to events and register bikes for free. But we think the service is valuable, and people are much happier getting a registration for free that would've cost 6.99 (which to us still seems like a pretty good deal - the national bike registry charges $10 and throws away your registration after 10 years).

Theodores 13y ago
> But joe average shop owner in nebraska will be much more likely to sign his shop up for the Bike Index if he knows a shop in NYC that he follows on twitter has. That is so wrong on so many levels but hugely comical! 'joe average shop owner in nebraska' is condescending, patronising or something not exactly respectful. 'joe average shop owner in nebraska' is actually working too hard for a living to be on Twitter. He works a long week and that is a six day week with a late night opening. Every morning is early for him. He stands on hard concrete floors when he is not rushed off his feet. He certainly is not following even his own arse on Twitter. 'joe average shop owner in nebraska' would not be following a trendy NYC bikeshop on Twitter, hanging on their every tweet. Even if he was then do you think that the trendy NYC bike shop would mention Bike Index on Twitter and 'joe average shop owner in nebraska' would notice that tweet and go about some religious conversion to the Bike Index cult?
- sethherr 13y ago
  Having worked in a shop in ruralish Indiana I can tell you that winters are long, no one comes in, and the internet is a magical wonderland. We made pixel art, checked every webcomic to see if anything new was published and raced bicycles around inside the shop. And we read a bunch of bike blogs, all the time, every day. We sure as hell would have been on twitter if it existed, if only to mock other people. Also, only a fool stands on concrete all day. You put down a mat or at least some cardboard.

Theodores 13y ago

> But joe average shop owner in nebraska will be much more likely to sign his shop up for the Bike Index if he knows a shop in NYC that he follows on twitter has. That is so wrong on so many levels but hugely comical! 'joe average shop owner in nebraska' is condescending, patronising or something not exactly respectful. 'joe average shop owner in nebraska' is actually working too hard for a living to be on Twitter. He works a long week and that is a six day week with a late night opening. Every morning is early for him. He stands on hard concrete floors when he is not rushed off his feet. He certainly is not following even his own arse on Twitter. 'joe average shop owner in nebraska' would not be following a trendy NYC bikeshop on Twitter, hanging on their every tweet. Even if he was then do you think that the trendy NYC bike shop would mention Bike Index on Twitter and 'joe average shop owner in nebraska' would notice that tweet and go about some religious conversion to the Bike Index cult?

sethherr 13y ago
Having worked in a shop in ruralish Indiana I can tell you that winters are long, no one comes in, and the internet is a magical wonderland. We made pixel art, checked every webcomic to see if anything new was published and raced bicycles around inside the shop. And we read a bunch of bike blogs, all the time, every day. We sure as hell would have been on twitter if it existed, if only to mock other people. Also, only a fool stands on concrete all day. You put down a mat or at least some cardboard.