37 and working in a bike shop...

[greenstiles]

I dipped back into a bike shop briefly this year and for 3 months solid last year (i'm 43) to try and regain my salad days 2000-2006 when i had the best job in the world and free time to bike............but it REALLY depends on the shop and your work buddies..............i hpe you work in a good freindly shop.......the ones i tried recently just didn't do it for me..........i'd love just to be out back twiddling spanners again, not so keen on the customer bit, but saying that it all depends wether your allowed to strut your own stuff sales wize, and not have some grumpy owner monitoring your every word !!!

Enjoy

 

[feetabix]

enjoy it lg......sounds great......im 37 and self employed, i dont have a boss but i do work a 70 hour week for buttons sometimes, its a proper rollercoaster some weeks and there is no safety net if it goes tits up........you get one chance they say, if the job is good then lap it up, id love to work with bikes for my work!.....

 

[GT-Steve]

I was living the dream, but then I got a job...

About a year ago now, I was desperate to get a job in my LBS, and one came up, but they turned me down as I was used to a salary more than 4 times what they were offering.

That really pi55ed me off as it was something I really wanted to do, it had nothing to do with the money... :cry:

 

[jamabikes]

i'm lucky enough to have three jobs in the cycle industry and love all of em.

 

[feetabix]

i'm lucky enough to have three jobs in the cycle industry and love all of em.

nice!....doing what?.....

 

[Andy B]

I'll raise LGF's 37 by 2 (in September) and working in a bike shop

Still love it after 18 months in this shop and 2 years in another one

I'd rather be a happy employee with a wage I can live on than a boss who gets paid more but has more stress

Had a great phone call yesterday from a very happy customer, made my day when he told me how happy he was with the bike, the service and the freebie accessory pack I sent out as well

Makes up for the assholes who just whinge at the slightest problem without letting you even attempt to sort it out for them.

 

[highlandsflyer]

If I was in the business right now I would be looking at cashing in on the hipster market. Seems you can sell old iron for a lot of money right now, as long as you package it all in the right way.

There must be a market for beautifully restored, well fettled steel shopper bikes.

Can't imagine anyone more capable of providing for that market. Would have thought the job is a stop gap, whatever way you look at it.

If you are happy, that really is the most important thing until you need more.

 

[Supratada]

I was living the dream, but then I got a job...

About a year ago now, I was desperate to get a job in my LBS, and one came up, but they turned me down as I was used to a salary more than 4 times what they were offering.

That really pi55ed me off as it was something I really wanted to do, it had nothing to do with the money... :cry:

I have just failed to get a job in my LBS after an interview last week. Similar reason as above I suspect, they knew I would leave when another job in my profession came along.

 

[GT-Steve]

feel for ya... it knocked me for six, as it wasn't about the income, it was about doing something I wanted to enjoy doing for once, rather than salary-chasing.

I wouldn't have left..... unless they were a bunch of aholes.

 

[jamabikes]

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