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Old 09-12-19, 04:53 AM
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jpescatore
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I don't, because my local bike shop isn't really on my riding "circuit." They do have weekend shop rides but just not as an attractive area for me to ride as what I usually do. I brought some touring cyclists who were staying with me for a few nights to the bike shop (Race Pace in Columbia MD) to have some maintenance done on their bikes and had a very nice chat with the owner who came over to look at their bikes. There is another LBS I use for my old beater bikes and kids bikes that is not a chatty place at all.

I have friends who live in Northern Virginia, where Green Lizard Cycling is right off the Washington & Old Dominion Rail trail and also has a coffee shop and food - lots of hanging out going on there, very enjoyable on rides I've done with them over there. But LBS owners have to work out their own business models - I don't know if all the hipster cyclists sipping lattes scares away more revenue from the families looking to by bikes for their kids than it generates.
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