Re: Dear LBS

Thinking back a few decades, it seems to me that the variety of parts was
much smaller, so your LBS did not have to keep as many different parts in
inventory to have what you wanted -- because there were fewer different
things you might want.

Mary Shaw

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Bill Laine <bill-2ccdMLZqwXVWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:

> Think back a few decades. Every town had a bike shop. They carried a line
> of product and the consumer would go there to have a conversation about what
> they wanted to do and then (ideally) trust the shop to provide a functional
> product. The consumer got their information from the bicycle store that they
> trusted. The dealer could carry the parts they needed to support the bikes
> they sold. Now, if a rider wants more braking they have already discussed it
> on forums, surveyed the market, and come to a decision before they even go
> into the shop. It's a different world then when the model of the LBS was
> developed.
>
> Bill Laine
> Wallingford Bicycle Parts
> New Orleans



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