They were also mainly a rental outfit, until they had to sell their whole fleet to stay alive, of course. Add to this the fact that just about all these tourists are not Spanish and you start wondering how Bike Breaks actually lasted this long (non-EU travellers are still exceedingly rare in Europe). The ‘problem’ with Girona, of course, is that it’s a tourist town and nearly entirely given over to cycling tourists. Then you just take a step to the left and you have a similar shop in Girona, Spain, that just went out of business after 10 years. The cycling industry is booming…or at least part of it. John was down at the bike shop yesterday trying to get his Mavics fixed and he said that it was mayhem there – everyone needs a bike these days and half of them need them fixed, I guess. I know this all ‘makes sense’ when you think about it, but I still find it a strange paradox.Ĭovid has boosted some industries so much that bike shop owners are scrambling to find trained mechanics and real estate agents outside Paris are constantly changing ads in their windows because little houses in little towns are being snapped up by city people suddenly working from home all the time.
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