Those are all heart-warming responses, but they don't shed much light on whether owning a bike shop is financially viable. I'm sure plenty of bookstore owners in 2007 would have gone on about how fulfilling their job was. Ditto neighborhood video store owners in 2003\. Fulfilling doesn't keep the lights on when the market craters.
I have no idea whether buying a bike shop makes financial sense today. If all you've got is this column, neither do you.
Oct. 24, 2017, 1:30 p.m. - OldManBike
Those are all heart-warming responses, but they don't shed much light on whether owning a bike shop is financially viable. I'm sure plenty of bookstore owners in 2007 would have gone on about how fulfilling their job was. Ditto neighborhood video store owners in 2003\. Fulfilling doesn't keep the lights on when the market craters. I have no idea whether buying a bike shop makes financial sense today. If all you've got is this column, neither do you.