Having worked in shops a decently long time I can see two sides to it.
On the hand, it’s easy to sell a Maxxis* tire for a higher net profit with less work. Often zero effort.
On the other hand, if staff is passionate about riding a product and going to be chatting to customers about it anyways (especially this time of year when it’s all about chatting) then why not commit a few dollars to stocking products that are different from what everyone else in town carries?!
You can’t not carry the top rubber from Maxxis but I’d commit a couple if hooks to different sidewalls of WTB Vigis for sure. Especially since I’d be talking 27+/29+ and there aren’t better options.
*Continental if we’re talking road. Schwalbe for mountain & road in some markets.
Oct. 21, 2019, 12:47 p.m. - Andrew Major
Having worked in shops a decently long time I can see two sides to it. On the hand, it’s easy to sell a Maxxis* tire for a higher net profit with less work. Often zero effort. On the other hand, if staff is passionate about riding a product and going to be chatting to customers about it anyways (especially this time of year when it’s all about chatting) then why not commit a few dollars to stocking products that are different from what everyone else in town carries?! You can’t not carry the top rubber from Maxxis but I’d commit a couple if hooks to different sidewalls of WTB Vigis for sure. Especially since I’d be talking 27+/29+ and there aren’t better options. *Continental if we’re talking road. Schwalbe for mountain & road in some markets.