I always wanted to go to a bike shop, like when I was young.
You don't go to college to open a bike shop.
What are we going for? What are we striving for?
To make people comfortable, because a lot of times people aren't comfortable in bike shops.
It's kind of that small hardware store kind of feel that younger people might not even really know about anymore.
But the same thing when I was a kid, going to the local hardware store with my dad,
knew the guys, it was more than just going in and buying hand paint and checking out.
I don't want to just be generic, come get your thing, get out,
so to sort of create relationships with people.
We do our weekly group rides, a lot of people become close friends by,
people have gotten married because of it.
You're also more likely to interact with people or smile and wave to people.
That's kind of what we're going for more in the bike shop, a little bit more personal,
know people's names a lot of times, know people's bikes.
There's actually a bike we sold to a girl a few years ago.
She loved it, but it got really beat up, got in some accidents.
That's a neat classic bike and her boyfriend is having us totally restore it,
so we're getting new details, getting it repainted, all new parts look brand new.
They're going to put her, I forget the name of the bike, like Wendy or something,
they're going to stencil that on.
So it's cool, you know, it's neat to take stuff that a lot of people just think was garbage,
but has a lot of practical use to it still,
and a lot of times send them a little feel for people and bring it back to life.
