Originally Posted by
baribari
Unfortunately, that shop will also probably be out of business in a few years unless it's in a metropolitan area with a large amount of wealthy people living there... If you're not selling one or two high-end bikes a month, you're probably going to go out of business. There's only so much that sporadic accessory/helmet/clothing sales can do.
Completely Disagree. Aside from the possibility of losing your vendor if you don't sell any of their bikes, Bikes are pretty much the LEAST profitable product in a bike shop. LBS make the majority of their money on accessories and repairs, or at least they should unless their bike wrenches are no good. If a shop is good enough to continuously sell High end bikes, they probably do a Fair bit of business on the accessory and repairs module of the business as well.