"Cycling tax"?
04-10-23, 11:20 AM
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^^^But if you started a thread like that you'd get zero attention. 
04-10-23, 11:23 AM
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04-10-23, 11:28 AM
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Yep, this way (s)he's got 9 pages and counting.
04-12-23, 05:10 AM
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Let me introduce you to my wife's world of homemade cards. That is the grand canyon of money pits that the biking world only dreams of becoming. I could have bought 10 of the most expensive bikes on today's market based on the amount of money she has spent on that stuff. We turned a bedroom into her craft room, I redesigned and rebuilt the laundry room to create a larger storage closet for her craft room. The cost of your co2 cartridges should be celebrated and a dance of joy by all. If I had one wish in life, it would be that the home made card market never was.
Now on the flip side.... she enjoys it, is damn talented and has about 10 people that pay her to make their holiday\birthday\ect cards for them, and I would change nothing due to the joy it brings her.
Here are some that she was testing some new watercolor and alcohol ink pens she wanted to try out.
Now on the flip side.... she enjoys it, is damn talented and has about 10 people that pay her to make their holiday\birthday\ect cards for them, and I would change nothing due to the joy it brings her.
Here are some that she was testing some new watercolor and alcohol ink pens she wanted to try out.
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04-14-23, 11:57 AM
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And yet many bike shops do mark up their prices and sell their stock at higher prices than what you can get online and their business is thriving...and people still go there and buy stuff from them. Majority of people still prefer in - store shopping instead of shopping online. A couple of regulars here on this list who prefer online shopping don't represent the shopping preferences of majority of consumers out there.
Your LBS will also have the thing you need to get back on the road (a chain, a tire, a cable, a brake pad), they just may not have the brand-specific one for your bike (KMC chains instead of shimano/sram, eg).
04-14-23, 01:25 PM
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I bought my son's mountain bike from the local Giant shop during the height of the pandemic, but other than that, I don't remember the last time I bought anything for myself from a LBS. The prices are too high and they certainly don't stock what I need, since I have an older bike. Tools, tires, tubes, clothes, replacement bolts, components, handlebar tape--everything has been purchased on-line for years now. There is nothing I need "right this second," so there is no advantage of convenience.
I suspect this will be the way of the future, with younger folks buying almost exclusively on-line. My 16-year-old son has upgraded his bike with a few things since we bought it, including new pedals and frame bag--all purchased on-line by him.
I used to work in a shop and have some understanding of the market forces at work, and I sympathize with the owners and employees. However, other than being able to get bike boxes for free for kids' projects, the local shop offers nothing to me, I'm sorry to say.
I suspect this will be the way of the future, with younger folks buying almost exclusively on-line. My 16-year-old son has upgraded his bike with a few things since we bought it, including new pedals and frame bag--all purchased on-line by him.
I used to work in a shop and have some understanding of the market forces at work, and I sympathize with the owners and employees. However, other than being able to get bike boxes for free for kids' projects, the local shop offers nothing to me, I'm sorry to say.
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