What's UP with C & O Bicycle Shop?
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What's UP with C & O Bicycle Shop?
They initiated an essay contest several months ago. If they received 1000 entries ($250 / entry), then the winning 400 word essay would win their turnkey bike shop business on the C & O towpath. I was very intrigued. I was preparing my entry. But just recently I checked back at their site (www.candobicycle.com) and the rules have changed. Now there's no 1000 entry requirement, no 400 word maximum, and the winner only gets to rent the building. I'm certainly not interested in an unspecified lease and some leftover inventory. Anybody know what happened? I tried their "contact" page and it goes off to some strange error link.
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They must have thought their business was worth $250,000 but found that there was not enough people willing to part with the $250 entry fee.
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I stopped in to check it out myself. What a great place. See more details on my duplicate post in the turing group for details. Cool opportunity for somebody. I'm definitely interested again.
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Originally Posted by dbg
I stopped in to check it out myself. What a great place. See more details on my duplicate post in the turing group for details. Cool opportunity for somebody. I'm definitely interested again.
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Originally Posted by wpflem
Most interesting. The failure rate of bike shops is very high; this place I presume must be another casualty. Too bad that the essay concept did not work for them.
They've got enough room to build a small hotel out of some of their building and the back is a great spot for a garden cafe or beer garden. The right person could really make something of it (my opinion).