That was very nice. It balances the boorish Rapha store I did go into in 
Amsterdam last April. 

Frans reminds me of a bike repair icon here. He fills a similar function 
and place in the cycling community, albeit much less dependent on bikes as 
their legs: https://youtu.be/LLR7P5_mvwc

His shop has eleven work stand stations, each supplied with tools for folks 
to do their own work or learn how from him or another person who's next to 
them working on their bike. I've been there when he's told a post-doc 
student he's not changing another tube for him, he's going to lean how to 
do it himself. He sponsors the Christmas bike give away through volunteer 
repair work, donated bikes and never-claimed impound bikes. 

Andy Cheatham
Pittsburgh

On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 11:09:14 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote:
>
> https://vimeo.com/133432406
>
> It's more like a *barrio* car repair shop than any American bicycle shop 
> I've seen, though Stevie's in Corrales, NM where I do occasional work is 
> close -- a neighborhood bike shop that repairs and sells what the 
> neighborhood wants and rides, a lot of lowish end runabouts.
>
> I suppose that such a business can survive without grief only in a society 
> with a more aggressive redistributive taxation system.
>
> That said, I'm not giving up my multi-thousand, self indulgent, Rivendells 
> any day soon. 
>
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