I speculate the “The Repairshop” might business of the future
One that accepts that you buying online but need help with the actual spanner work
My worry would be what happens when people buy they wrong bits. Say they drop off the wrong size headset with their new forks?
So do you offer a supported ordering service. For a fee (or free) you’ll sit with a customer and ore the bits thy need to upgrade their forks or change to a 1×11 drive train. The fee might cover re ordering if necessary and allowing the part to be sent direct to you. Although that would take alot of space an great organisation.
What stock will you carry. Surely you’d have to carry cables and inner tubes. But where do you draw the line?
As a customer I’d like to see really clear pricing ideally a fixed price for each job. All clear online
Book a service slot online
Rent a service by with all the tools
Finally service packages. Bronze, Silver Gold…
Oh and tongue in cheak bike weight lots sevice. For £100 I’ll come up with costed plans for you bike e.g. £500 plans will take 0.768 Kg off
I would have a sign over the door. “We do not fit parts that you bought used online”