A good example of the Boots Theory by Terry Pratchett.
“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. … A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. … But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.”
We have a few community based bike shops that have subsidized repair services, pay scale classes for bicycle maintenance, and other services.
abercrombezie on
Ok, I’ll take a stab:
Because they’re tired of bike service being wheely wheely expensive! (Ba dum tss!)
BadLabRat on
Yeah, broke people do not spend money on nice bikes.
I volunteer at a bike charity. We do a community repair night once a week so locals can bring their bikes in for repairs and maintenance. None of the bikes are nice. Mix of old Walmart bikes, ancient Walmart bikes, and the occasional antique road bike. The volunteers all ride nice bikes because we’re lucky enough to be able to afford them. And we’re all super bike nerds.
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A good example of the Boots Theory by Terry Pratchett.
“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. … A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. … But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory
They closed in 2019.
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We have a few community based bike shops that have subsidized repair services, pay scale classes for bicycle maintenance, and other services.
Ok, I’ll take a stab:
Because they’re tired of bike service being wheely wheely expensive! (Ba dum tss!)
Yeah, broke people do not spend money on nice bikes.
I volunteer at a bike charity. We do a community repair night once a week so locals can bring their bikes in for repairs and maintenance. None of the bikes are nice. Mix of old Walmart bikes, ancient Walmart bikes, and the occasional antique road bike. The volunteers all ride nice bikes because we’re lucky enough to be able to afford them. And we’re all super bike nerds.