I don't know but that isn't the point. Other shops charge half that!No just smart, I charge much the same without the shop overheads. Now you have failed to tell me the shops overheads.
I don't know but that isn't the point. Other shops charge half that!No just smart, I charge much the same without the shop overheads. Now you have failed to tell me the shops overheads.
No just smart, I charge much the same without the shop overheads. Now you have failed to tell me the shops overheads.
The guy I spoke simply told me that they cannot compete with the likes of Wiggle and Chainreaction.
@PeteXXX we still have a couple of lbs along the A45 if you need oneAssuming you can still find one..
@PeteXXX we still have a couple of lbs along the A45 if you need one
the one i use are very fairly priced for parts and service work
@PeteXXX we still have a couple of lbs along the A45 if you need one
the one i use are very fairly priced for parts and service work
I have no idea why they can't survive, piss-poor management I'd guess.Forty years ago Holdsworth were the big bad guys on the South London block - buying up smaller independents and using the name as a badge. Strange how things turn out..........
Just goes to show you have no idea of the cost of business, remember Comet and Woolworths, well they both sold cheap.I don't know but that isn't the point. Other shops charge half that!
Forty years ago Holdsworth were the big bad guys on the South London block - buying up smaller independents and using the name as a badge. Strange how things turn out..........
Local bike shops are opening up all over South London. Putney Cycles, a mile or so down the road, have been going for twenty years. If they can do it, why can't Holdsworth?
@Kies in WellingboroughWhere on the A45.
I have an old hybrid in need of TLC at my inlaws
more than welcomeI'm going to pop over for a chat soon!
In regard to #3 you may wish to read the thread elsewhere in the forum about Giant in Cambridge and the difficulty of getting test ridesThink we've been over this one before......
LBS will not survive competing head on with online retailers. But they can be extremely successful businesses by providing something to the cycling public that online retailers cannot or will not supply
1) Repairs
2) Specialist equipment
3) Very expensive stuff that customers want to touch first