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Is DIY Bike Repair Hurting Local Bike Shops?

Shawn

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DIY bike repair allows you to fix things yourself, which can be more cost-effective than taking it to a bike shop.

But this also hurts the business of local bike shops.

It's safe to say that bike shops receive far more repair work than they do from selling new bikes. It's often more cost-effective to repair a bike than to buy a new one.

Do you think we should take our bikes to local bike shops more to support the shop than to try and repair them ourselves?
 
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