nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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- You want hills? We got hills
[QUOTE 3454072, member: 45"]Except that in Halfords it's often difficult to tempt the monkey out of the back room. I might try bananas next time.[/QUOTE]
Go to Tesco first to get the bananas
There is a big market for people interested in buying bikes and bike related stuff. Whilst lots of CCers are fine to talk about the finer points of Bottom Bracket specs and the likes, a lot of cyclists are not. For them, the LBS is a bit of a nightmare. Somewhat like the experience of going into the ironmongers of old; crammed full of stuff in a haphazard way, some geezer who's been there since forever who knows everything about everything but isn't used to dealing with customers who know nothing. These customers like to go to Decathlon, pick up a trolley, choose stuff well labelled in nice rows, go to checkout and pay.
The challenge for LBS owners is how to get a slice of this action
It's analogous to the situation at B&Q. Stuff there is often more expensive than going to the plumber's merchants or the like. But people go there because it is an unintimidating environment and there's some well-trained retired guy who can offer advice if you need it
Go to Tesco first to get the bananas
There is a big market for people interested in buying bikes and bike related stuff. Whilst lots of CCers are fine to talk about the finer points of Bottom Bracket specs and the likes, a lot of cyclists are not. For them, the LBS is a bit of a nightmare. Somewhat like the experience of going into the ironmongers of old; crammed full of stuff in a haphazard way, some geezer who's been there since forever who knows everything about everything but isn't used to dealing with customers who know nothing. These customers like to go to Decathlon, pick up a trolley, choose stuff well labelled in nice rows, go to checkout and pay.
The challenge for LBS owners is how to get a slice of this action
It's analogous to the situation at B&Q. Stuff there is often more expensive than going to the plumber's merchants or the like. But people go there because it is an unintimidating environment and there's some well-trained retired guy who can offer advice if you need it