Why are bike shops all closed?
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anonymous said:
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Cycle Surgery and Cycle Republic's respective owners closed down those businesses a while ago, pre Covid.Lots of other bike shops are open currently, but some are working to appointments to minimise people in stores etc, and some just offering servicing. Demand for bikes is far outstripping supply currently, so many have very little to sell unfortunately. And it only takes one case of covid to close a business like a bike shop too.
Hugo Stiglitz said:
Amazed CycleSurgery went bust. Over expansion in the wrong geographical areas?
The one that I lived next to in London for years was always full RRP and busy. Yet the one I moved not too far from in Manchester was in a strange location and a ghost town.
Ultimately owned by private equity firm, probably asset stripped and laden with debt.The one that I lived next to in London for years was always full RRP and busy. Yet the one I moved not too far from in Manchester was in a strange location and a ghost town.
Hugo Stiglitz said:
Amazed CycleSurgery went bust. Over expansion in the wrong geographical areas?
The one that I lived next to in London for years was always full RRP and busy. Yet the one I moved not too far from in Manchester was in a strange location and a ghost town.
I have a mate who is a store manager for Snow and Rock. Apparently the company wound cycle surgery down in order to focus on other aspects of the business. I guess decisions were taken before the covid cycling boom.The one that I lived next to in London for years was always full RRP and busy. Yet the one I moved not too far from in Manchester was in a strange location and a ghost town.
The guy who runs the shop I got my last bike from was telling me last week lots are shutting as there's no stock of bikes and servicing over winter doesn't pay the bills, so they're shutting up shop and furloughing themselves. Makes sense, a lot of the mountain bikes I want to demo I won't be able to do for 3-6 months due to demand vastly outstripping supply.
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