Bicycle house calls

Interesting.

Brick-and-mortar retailer Bike Doctor has operated a franchise business for 24 years. Now the Maryland retailer is looking to take the franchise model to the road with mobile bike repair, called Bike Doctor Mobile.

Bike Doctor hasn't sold any franchise vans yet, but Ruck said he's talking to several interested parties and getting them set up.

Bike Doctor has a web portal through which customers can book service appointments, and Ruck said it's a turnkey operation. "Once we meet the franchisee and do the whole process, we turn them over trained and ready to operate on their own with a vehicle built out and inventory in place," he said.

Comments

[kken]

Nope. Not financially feasible to do house calls for bike repairs whatsoever. Time, effort and money spent for a single house call is too much given cost for a franchise. Flawed business model.

[Crickey7]

I can see it being feasible for certain situations--like setting up shop outside St. Michael's on a nice weekend day.

[SJE]

kken: Depends on the price. Busy people, or those with a bike but no car, will pay more to get home or work service.