Just when we were about to throw in the towel...(long)

[Mr. SR500]

I love my LBS, they drive me crazy sometimes, but it's "MY LBS". Since they have opened I've changed my buying practices, and now order very little via mail order.

I'm a bike shop junkie and would love to visit your shop, it sounds awesome!

Hoping for the best and hang in there. Watch cash flow, and keep delivering that awesome experience people have come to know you for. Best of Luck!

[Duck on Wheels]

Last Saturday I went to an event at my LQS (local quilting shop). A tour group -- 15 quilters and their partners -- had booked a cruise together and set up their own program, independent of what the cruise ship organized. They had quilting sessions on board, a quilt design they were each adapting to include snapshots from the trip, and their on-shore excursions were to quilt shops. Our LQS had sent out emails to local quilters for a show-and-tell session and a special morning sale. So now it strikes me: what about a laid-back bike "cruise", visiting the best LBS's, doing the best local rides ...? RM isn't likely to move her shop to California, or Wales, or Norway. But maybe some TE'ers could put together a train cruise and visit the shop.

[Biciclista]

We've done a number of those tours in our neighborhood. "We've done a 3 LBS ride" "we've done a 4 LBS ride"

:-)

Running, i do hope things turn around for you guys.

[TrekTheKaty]

or Missouri! Do you have a website? I'll put you on my places to visit while traveling for work...........