The Polkadot Jersey Bike Shop Blog You Only Do Repairs?

"So, you guys only do repairs?"We get asked this question a fair bit. I don't blame them for asking the question. Everyone has their idea of what a bike shop looks like, and I will readily admit that we don't fit that mold. Our sales floor isn't well lit. There are no racks filled with shiny new bikes. Instead, the shop has the lighting of a cave and all but one of the bikes on the floor belongs to a customer.Fact is, we do sell bikes. They come from Co-Motion in Eugene, Oregon, or from Niner, or Linus, or Redline. We just don't floor them like a traditional American shop ("Wow, this is just like in Europe!" a three time Tour winner said when he visited). Flooring a show room worth of bikes is expensive. And at thousand square feet, ... Read More »