What Is It Like To Run A Bike Shop? | The GMBN Podcast Ep. 20

[@gmbn]

Would you like to run a bike shop? What would you call it?

[@Dan-km1dz]

I would call it ’Presta’

[@slippy9916]

I wood 💘 to work it, other half run it. I'm lucky enough to know peeps to get killer deals on bike's I like. So I do what I can on the neighborhood kid's bike's to keep'em rolling. Slippy's for kidz

[@willbennett7107]

Would love to own a bike shop but i would definitely want to try every product I got in 😂😂

[@BikeandSkiGeoff]

Totally... would definitely need espresso and craft beers (and boutique wines for the GCN crowd). And Peddlin' Bikes & Brews.

[@glennpettersson9002]

Phalanges, as in pedal phalanges, the small bones in your feet.

[@NLiner11]

Watching a handful of GMBN videos inspired me to buy a Trek Roscoe 7 (most expensive bike I've owned) after being off a bike for 10 years! I love your guys videos and energy in this sport! Thank you all at GMBN from across the pond in the states!

[@NLiner11]

@dee bag it's been great! You bought a roscoe 7 as well?

[@NLiner11]

@dee bag you are gonna love it on the trail. It's great bike for the price! I put some composite oneup pedals on and went tubless and I'm genuinely pleased with it being a hard tail. Even the Judy Rockshock is very capable

[@NLiner11]

@dee bag you wont regret especially the pedals. You too man

[@perrymeister898]

Like his approach. 👍🏻 laidback, down to earth and big focus on relations.

[@canisdocga284]

Having purchased my Whyte 909 from the trail head recently I can not recommend them enough. Such great people and even better service 👍

[@daviddoherty2842]

Another banger! 45 mins to an hour would be good

[@benasquith26]

It's weird hearing them talking about my local town and tails even though it's a global channel.

[@wernerhannefeld2636]

Absolute like before watching, and after watching a triple like!!! Keep goin and all of the best to you!

[@markedwards7601]

Great pod cast. Love our local bike shop.

[@Jayneflakes]

I'm sad to hear that John's Bikes in Bath have gone. I worked in AVC, under the railway station while at Uni and when visiting Bath again, found that they had gone a long time ago. If I could, I would work in a bike shop to this day, it was never about the pay, it was about the fun, the tech and use of the workshop during my lunch break! Good bike shops have a community with them, customers who come back as friends just to chat and sometimes with a bag of doughnuts for the mechanics. This is something that I don't feel with the chain stores such as Halfords Bike Huts that have high staff turn over.

[@slippy9916]

JayneFlakes : simular situation. Bought a Balance mtb. & 2yrs later liked so much tried to get a aluminum one & just like that, Gondy. That really suckes.

[@alexiswrona8370]

Now I want to work in a bikeshop! Wouldn't mind a career change.. Great interview guys.

[@raifolson7033]

Alexis Wrona working in a bike shop is awesome... just the pay isn’t that amazing.

[@alexiswrona8370]

@@raifolson7033 Ah yeah, I can imagine it's a smaller scene then other more mainstream sports. Plus side is you won't mess up your life by sitting behind a desk and stare at a screen 8 hours a day minimum..

[@BTBSteve]

class, could listen to this forever

[@MartinWright314]

My local! Couldn't recommend them enough

[@willbennett7107]

Is that josh brycelands v10 in the background

[@stevesebaste]

Hello random person going through the comments. Have a NICE DAY....😍

[@daz_the_cyclist8961]

Great bloke Sandy 🤘

[@mybullit]

PDI for ebikes confused me. As a mechanic I find the ebikes usually are better built from the factory and takes less time, certainly no more than standard bike. Also swapping brakes over means pulling hose from lever and swapping them over, takes less than 2 minutes.

[@LongPeter]

This was a surprisingly fun chat :)

[@thelongestnameinthecomment9677]

If there's a gap in the shop... You send it!!!!!!!!

[@2wheelsrbest327]

Interesting video. Still think if you want a bike shop worth £1m you start with £2m. Got to be a tough business to make a living given big retailers offer big discounts. Some bicycles are now the price of motorcycles . Having written that still hope that Sandy and other equivalent shop owners can survive as you cannot get the same buying experience buying off the internet.

[@benasquith26]

That forbidden is really nice

[@Praxcycles]

Oh my God, just what I needed!

[@ausomekai]

If I were to name a bike shop I'll call it cranx or hubs!

[@litkid8484]

I wish we had all of this for bmx

[@TimFromWales]

Noticed Doddy's Trailhead socks in the bike lock video... Got some gifts for the boys did you Neil?

[@neildonoghueMTB]

TimFromWales I did!

[@johnbouttell5827]

To run a bike shop you need a lot of patience. People come in all day asking for things ...

[@dennisvessey3543]

Can anyone else smell the XCN channel coming?

[@hobmarg]

LOL at a rep complaining about selling a direct brand. Brand reps provide so little value in the distribution chain in 2019, just add useless costs which inflates MSRP on Santa Cruz etc. 30-40%. Those brands need to get on board like Giant, Trek etc. have to cut that margin down to 20ish %.

[@lukeatherton4657]

Can someone give me a good suggestion for a good bike that’s not to expensive

[@newttella1043]

What's "too expensive" for you?

[@slippy9916]

Luke Atherton May local police auction

[@Happy_Shopper]

Commencal clash

[@Happy_Shopper]

It's £2k on wiggle

[@slippy9916]

@@Happy_Shopper Yea,Yea Down with the Klowns Sorry guys wrong video I commented on. Sorry

[@owenhaswell2728]

Will GMB reply

[@gmbn]

Hey Owen! ✌️

[@RemedyTalon]

I own a YT. While I am all for supporting my LBS, I also need to look out for myself and cannot afford to spend an extra $1,000+ for a similarly equipped bike just to support them.

[@reallywhat5592]

I dont want to be bike shop creator I want to be rider

[@wesleyrayner2796]

What happens to races old bikes when they get given new ones? @askgmbn

[@averagekeyboardenjoyers.3327]

Sup gmbn

[@gmbn]

Sup!

[@averagekeyboardenjoyers.3327]

Is it really you

[@Tuber360904]

My LBS is terrible :(

[@omgronny-_]

Nani?!

[@glennpettersson9002]

Why is he calling Neil Dom?

[@Whambadambadamdoo]

"Don" because of Neil's last name

[@glennpettersson9002]

Whambadambadamdoo Cheers👍

[@wesleyrayner2796]

Can you guys do a video of your wives riding bikes? @askgmbn

[@edwardjamison3527]

first

[@vxrjimbob1016]

Need a new bike plz can I have a bike

[@carlstanton2550]

Why don't you work hard for it like the rest of us? Spending your own hard earned cash will make you appreciate it more aswell. If you want free bikes, you're going to have to ride alot and get good to earn yourself a sponsorship.

[@slippy9916]

J.P. Scoots : just happend to come across a 1100 $ bike couple daze ago for 350. They are out there. Gotta hunt for them

[@joshsmtb2025]

First person here pls pin

[@gerasimger15]

First

[@IGrip300]

Fifth... 😎

[@vxrjimbob1016]

I was 4th

[@IGrip300]

I was next of you 5th