One bike service - $95
One chain - $60
Some brake pads - $40
One routine ct scan - $250
No cracks! See you in 6 months.
I can only imagine the market reaction to this level of caution.
- Joel
Fit cartridge, only two things ever fail - bladder splits, or the lower seal head wears out, leaking oil into lowers.
The cartridge will accept oil from the lowers into the bladder over time, increasing the pressure in that bladder. It is important to drain and bleed the damper every 12...
Often grab those exact pieces of swarf out of pikes. Usually they're from the tapered recess where the air shaft sits. If they're not in a thousand pieces they probably haven't damaged anything.
-Joel
Tidy kit, those guys do some cool stuff.
Don't forget the SAE hex keys for fox forks. Ultimately, you'll need about six circlip pliers as well.
As for the op, learning stuff with friends is easier and more efficient. Share skills and tools with riding buddies.
- Joel
A lot of distributors now realise that these small accounts add up to a lot, and will grow with time. Regional areas can have trouble attracting sales rep visits but there's no reason not to sell to them. Some brands require a line of products to be stocked but this is a minority and usually for...
Starting in a garage is a good way to test things out and build a client base at low cost. Quite a few successful bike shops and importers started as home businesses. There's a gap for a shop in Wright or nearby.
- Joel
Is your market (Canberra) big enough to specialise in a discipline? How will your money come in, for the first 12 months? Are you prepared to work on crappy bikes and pretend to be interested? high end mtb could, with time, make up perhaps 30% of your revenue. It will take time and hard work to...
There are still bike mechanics in Canberra?
Summit cycles is a good example of a shop taking a risk and doing well, on the face of it. Time will tell. Other specialists like Ride in workshop, cheeky transport etc are not solely aimed at mtb but have a diverse enough clientele and staff to be...
The freehub body bolt does indeed use an Allen key. It has the 12 point shape so that the ID is larger than with a 6 sided hex, therefore allowing the axle through. I'm guessing that a pivot axle passes through your 12 sided fitting with minimal clearance? The amount of torque required to remove...
First of all - there's no tuning you can do with the CTD Evolution forks. If you want improved performance - get a FIT cartridge installed. Depending on whether than $300 is just for the cartridge or includes fitting labour you will get some discount from combining a normal service with the new...
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