Originally Posted by
Bad Lag
This is off topic but I am curious. If you spend your days rebuilding cheap bikes, how do you pay to feed yourself? How do you pay your rent, buy clothes, pay for medical bills, vision care, dentistry, etc? How do you fund some sort retirement savings plan? How do you make it all work?
For me this is just a volunteer thing I do in my spare time. Some of our other members are retired. We are only open two days a week, and our main expenses are rent and liability insurance. Selling the cheap bikes pays for that.