I live near 2 LBS’s – 1 has five shops ‘locally’ the other is a bloke and sometimes a mate helping him out.
I fully support the second – helpful and knowledgeable – they both offer the same discount due to my club membership.
The thing is….. do you choose to support a bloke who loves cycling and tries to make a small living from it, or a chain / online retailer who doesn’t care if you come back….. I, personnaly am torn!
I live on a fixed income of not very much (ta bankers 😈 ) so have to be very careful, but was self employed so know the facts.
If I owned a bike shop now, I would look for those 200 spokes – it’s money and would be profit – thats good 😆