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Old 09-19-20, 11:24 AM
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Friend of mine's teenage son started up a garage business fixing bikes late spring. Word of mouth only, and people keep coming by to drop off more repairs. He started patching tubes when they became hard to get for awhile. Kid was making about $25/hr.

There was a sign on our trail for someone 2 blocks from me taking on repairs, I would guess the person was laid off.

Seems our vintage bike skills are our emergency backup jobs!
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