One really cool setup is Ultimate Bike Shop, in Salida Colorado. Coffee s
hop a walk through door away next door, with beer and wine and such, an
d a really nice deck outback looking over the Arkansas river. Don't know wh
y the Arkansas river is in Co., but a neat setup.
Tom Forbes.
Houston, quite warm for Nov Texas.> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:02:33 -05
00> From: hmsachs@verizon.net> Subject: re: [CR]Coffee shop bicycle stores>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org; jill@proteusbicycles.com> > Garth ->
Jill DiMauro started doing the coffee gig in College Park, MD, a numbe
r > of years ago, when she revived PROTEUS Bike shop. Hope it's doing wel
l, > I haven't gotten over to College Park in a long time.> > harvey sach
s> mcLean VA> +++++++++++++++++++++> > This month's Bicycle Retailer Mag fe
atures the increasingly popular> combo bike shop and coffee shop concept. T
he idea is that people will> stop by on a regular basis for their coffee bu
t gradually cozy up to a> new bike or part on another day. One shop insists
that a vintage bike> shop that appeals to older men ( I can't believe I no
w fit into that> category) can co-exist with a conventional shop. Coffee ma
y be one of> the things that most demographic groups share. If I could drop
by for> tea and actually make a non bike purchase I personally would be li
kely> to make more frequent shop visits. Right now I sometimes feel like mo
re> of a bother to the shop owner who's trying to make a living selling new
> bikes while at the same time chewing the fat about old Campy with me.> Fo
r that reason I try to save up and distribute my visits for the few> things
I know I'll need like Pyramid Inner tubes, chains and bike tape.> Except
for the two grand I dropped on a nearly new Catrike, I'm afraid> I'm not
much of support system for my LBS's. One shop regularly orders> a box of s
pokes for me or some new rims but he only adds 20% to his> cost from JB dis
tributors (hardly worth his effort unless you count> the enjoyment he gets
from talking about old stuff with me). If I could> buy a cup of tea once a
week I would just to pay for the privilege> having a place to hang out. In
any event - Thanks to all the shops> across the world I have and have not y
et visited.> > Garth Libre in Miami Florida USA> __________________________
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