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It takes 3 weeks to get a service appointment at City Bikes. Now I know why I own 5 bikes. I could take my business elsewhere but there is something so satisfying about supporting an employee owned cooperative.
Ride your bike. If you don’t own one, buy one. From a local shop. We are fortunate to live in a town that still values the service and expertise that only the (and in some cases, not so little) guy can offer.
Handy links to local shops (courtesy of bikeportland.org)
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And did you see the article yesterday that Clever Cycles can’t stay open? Not because they don’t have business but because they are sold out of everything. They will be closing for 2 weeks to restock. That’s a good thing.
I know that’s crazy BUT a healthy sign of the times. I ran into Jeremy Towsey-French yesterday at City Bikes and the topic of Clever Cycles came up and how it’s so kick-ass. I always wondered what Todd’s “deal” was and now I know, people are loving them to death!
Seriously they have so much cool stuff that can’t be found anywhere else in town or the country for that matter.
Being super duper busy and far exceeding your business goals IS a good problem to have.
3 weeks?!?!?! Bike Gallery FTW. I have never waited longer than 2 hours for them to fix me up. Last time was Sunday. But hey if you have 5 bikes I guess it matters not.
Even the Wall Street Journal has singled out Portland as “Next on the list to institute a bike-sharing program, just after Washington, DC.” Here’s the original article from bikeportland.org.
I have a feeling we’ll make this happen soon based on our momentum – what say you?
We live on the bike planet!
3 week is so long…
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