The Best Kinds of Bicycle Shops
I love bikes. of every shape, color, type and size will draw me to them like a fly is drawn to honey. It took me a few years to discover that I do have a preference for particular kinds of bicycle shops too.

You have your trendy, high volume bike shop, where you can find all the latest models from the cutting edge of bike technology and design and they do have everything. These types of bicycle shop may also offer some type of repair service.

Then you have your smaller family operated bicycle shop. In my experience this type of bicycle shop is even more likely to offer you more reasonably priced repair services for your bike.

You may have guessed that one thing I tend to notice about a given bike shop, more than any other thing, is the types and the cost of their repair services that they offer. After riding for so many years now, there’s one thing that always eventually happens over and over: your bike will need to be repaired.

Most people pick up repair skills over months or years of riding, but if you need a repair done by someone else and you don't really feel like doing it yourself, it’s nice to have a local bike shop there that is prepared to help you.

By far, I consider the best bicycle shops out there,



the ones that offer repair services at reasonable prices and deal in second hand bikes also. Bike shops that are really good at one of these things are usually very good at providing the other type of service.

Call around and find out which bicycle shops will refurbish old used bicycles. You may be surprised at just how nice a used bike can be, in fact you might even think that it's brand new at first. Think about the outcome, instead of adding to a landfill somewhere that is growing larger by the day. An old bike can be made new and work like new again too.

Of course used are also a great way to get a good bike while saving a lot of money, compared to buying a brand new bicycle. The more bicycle shops that deal with recycled bikes and resell them to other, the more people that are not exactly rich will be able to afford their own bicycle. This will lead to less car exhaust, more exercise and better human interaction.

When I visit shops that don’t like to work with recycling bicycles, I will voice my opinion to them about how great a service it is; and how attractive it is to the customer. It’s the little meetings like this in our daily lives that will eventually change the world. Take part in bicycle recycling in your town or city and help your little corner of the world!


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