Taking over the bike shop...

[Andy in Germany]

Another big step today: (hopefully) the last big pile of scrap bikes to go out of the store:

These are all the worst examples of the different types of bikes in the workshop; most will be cannibalised to keep others going, but they won't be taking up any more space. The entire bike workshop looked like this when I arrived, but after tidying up for months it looks like this...

I suspect it'll look like that right up until the next truckload of bikes turns up, but still...

On the other hand, I found a possible new bike for Tinybug:

Meantime, I found that when I was taking the bikes to the loading bay someone had found some donated flags and put them over the door:

I'll keep the one on the right, I'll store the one on the left for when @HobbesOnTour rolls by...

 

[Jameshow]

Another big step today: (hopefully) the last big pile of scrap bikes to go out of the store:

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These are all the worst examples of the different types of bikes in the workshop; most will be cannibalised to keep others going, but they won't be taking up any more space. The entire bike workshop looked like this when I arrived, but after tidying up for months it looks like this...


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I suspect it'll look like that right up until the next truckload of bikes turns up, but still...

On the other hand, I found a possible new bike for Tinybug:

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Meantime, I found that when I was taking the bikes to the loading bay someone had found some donated flags and put them over the door:

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I'll keep the one on the right, I'll store the one on the left for when @HobbesOnTour rolls by...

Can I have the scott foil that's hiding amoungst that lot!!

 

[classic33]

Another big step today: (hopefully) the last big pile of scrap bikes to go out of the store:

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These are all the worst examples of the different types of bikes in the workshop; most will be cannibalised to keep others going, but they won't be taking up any more space. The entire bike workshop looked like this when I arrived, but after tidying up for months it looks like this...


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I suspect it'll look like that right up until the next truckload of bikes turns up, but still...

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Meantime, I found that when I was taking the bikes to the loading bay someone had found some donated flags and put them over the door:

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I'll keep the one on the right, I'll store the one on the left for when @HobbesOnTour rolls by...

Is that a Woods valve on the rear wheel?
And a presta, tube slightly out of position, on the front!

 

[classic33]

What about something like this?

When our friend came round this morning I left the ladies to have a gossip and drove over to Hoar Park, I spotted this floor lamp in their Antique shop.

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[Andy in Germany]

Is that a Woods valve on the rear wheel?
And a presta, tube slightly out of position, on the front!

Probably; the German cycle industry has a strange attachment to the Woods valve.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I seem to recall I said I'd put up pictures of the shop, to show the style of the showroom:

I'm aiming to make sure the bike showroom looks at least as good as this...

 

[Oldhippy]

That is a big shop!

 

[tribanjules]

Are we able to get @Andy in Germany displaying a “CC approved supplier” flag ? 😄

 

[Andy in Germany]

That is a big shop!

That's about 2/3 of the upper floor showroom. The showroom is about 1/3 of the total floor space, most of the rest is the workshops and warehouse.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Are we able to get @Andy in Germany displaying a “CC approved supplier” flag ? 😄

If @HobbesOnTour passes through town and buys those wheels from me, then that's possible...

I'm not sure the boss would fund a team kit though...

 

[Oldhippy]

If @HobbesOnTour passes through town and buys those wheels from me, then that's possible...

I'm not sure the boss would fund a team kit though...

Would he sanction camping out the back if anyone passed through perhaps? In exchange for a bit of voluntary work.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Would he sanction camping out the back if anyone passed through perhaps? In exchange for a bit of voluntary work.

Ironically there's no space where I work: we back onto a railway line.

 

[annedonnelly]

The shop looks amazing. Someone obviously works hard at those displays!

 

[Reynard]

I love that big red corner sofa! Enough space for me and the cats, but it would never fit into my sitting room...

 

[classic33]

I love that big red corner sofa! Enough space for me and the cats, but it would never fit into my sitting room...

Imagine the delivery costs!