Ready-made business plan for cycling. Velodelo: How to make money repairing Soviet bicycles

Over the years, a large number of bicycles have passed through my hands, and a complete set of tools for their maintenance has also accumulated. Bikes keep coming and going, but tools will remain with me for the rest of my life. That's why it's so important to buy quality products.tools if you are going to repair and adjustwalk your bike.

Professional Veterinary Repair Toolsbikes are not cheap, but with them even complex repairs become easy task. With them you will be sure that you will not damage just boughtcomponents, the bike or yourself. Working with cheap toolsleads to sad consequences. If the bike is expensiveit is better to use the appropriate tools.

Tools for the home bike shop

By spending a modest amount on the purchase of a tool, you can performdo most of the bike maintenance work at homewiyah. Frame repair tools, professional and cutting toolstools are quite expensive, but over time you may becomeconsider their purchase as a valuable investment. But while you have no tools, it is better to entrust the installation of new components and rega bike mechanic at a local shop. Over time, ontaking technical experience, you will be able to calculate and compare how many do you spend money in a bike shop and how much money will you spend if kudrink the right tools.

Below is basic set toolcops for a home bike workshop, whichrye will be able to satisfy most of theour needs:

• hex keys for 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 mm
• floor pump
• chain cleaner
• cleaning brushes
• pliers and pliers
• cable cutters
• screwdrivers (large and small, flat and cross)
• nylon (or wooden) mallet and carpenter's (metal) hammer
• set of open end wrenches from 6 to 24 mm
• cassette remover
• whip for removing the cassette
• chain squeeze
• cable tensioner
• awl
• star puller
• wrench
• taper wrenches (17 mm, 15 mm and 13 mm)
• pedal key
• conical spanners(17.15 and 13 mm)
• professional chain extractor
• chain wear gauge
• instant keys
• connecting rod puller
• steering column keys (optional)
• carriage puller
• wheel alignment machine
• with facial keys.

IN You may also find it useful the following tools:

• disc brake bleeding kit
• hacksaw
• files (flat and semi-circular)
• socket wrench set.

More "advanced" home tools

As experience grows, it makes sense to add to my toolboxcommon names:

• steering column cup press
• steering column cup remover
• bearing ring remover from fork crown
• bearing ring press for installation on fork crown
• frame cock straightener
• set of taps for threading
• back draw alignment toolpauta ("ears" under the wheel on the frame)
• brake disc turning tool
• steering column cutting template.

Specialized and professional tools:

• tool for reaming and turning the steering wheel th glass
• threading and turning tool carriages
• fork crown turning tool
• seat tube reamer
• frame alignment tool
• chain line meter
• wheel centering tool
• spoke tension gauge

Repair on the road

Basic field tool kitwives consist of a folding set of hexagonsnicknames. screwdriver, two spatulas for removingcovers, one or two chambers and first aid kit with payments. By placing this base set in saddle bag, you will save yourself from the needmileage clog their pockets with toolsvolume. For long trips, you can add chain wrenches, spoke wrench, small timeswater wrench and small parts, as well as thorbrain blocks and chain links.

Complete kit for long tripsActivities away from home should include:

• blades for removing tires
• two spare cameras
• a bicycle first-aid kit (a set for gluing a proco fishing)
• tire patches
• spoke wrench and spare spoke (good for emergencies spokes from cables)
• good pump that also allows forpump the shock absorber (if on a bicycle air fork or rear suspension)
• high-quality squeezing of the chain, severalspare links and interchangeable axles
• hexagons: usually on 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 mm
• multitool with pliers and a sharp knife
• small bottle of chain oildropper
• screeds
• spare cables and brake pads (needus only if you go there, where there are no bike shops).

Tips for transporting tools

• The spokes can be attached to the frame or hide in the seatpost.
• Cable spokes are convenient for quick repair, because they do not require salesthrough the holes in the flanges of the bushingski rather cling to hooks that relieves no need to remove the cassette.
• Use road repair onboron only on trips. Taking a toolment from the travel set for homehim a bicycle repair, you, at the end in the end, someday leave the shoulder blades for tires on the kitchen table... and can't use them whenthey really need to horn.
• Wear a spoke key on the ring for keys - so it will be easier to find it.
• Tools can be stuffed into the oldwater bottle and place inflask holder. To the instruments didn't rattle, fix them shoe strap.
• If you're riding with friends, no nohaving to take a few wheel and shock absorber pumps. Raslimit the repair kit between each other, thu Oba not to carry the same thing.

Hydration backpacks are ideal for transporting large quantities oftools, especially such largemeth as chambers and a shock absorber pumpra. These things are best carried on the back, away from the bike and also karmanov that can sag under the weightand cause regular inconvenience when overcoming obstacles.

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Bicycles do not need to be refueled at gas stations, they are not afraid of congestion, and parts are much cheaper. Of course, bikes don't last forever. They break too. So why not create a business that will allow you to make money on bicycle repairs?

The idea itself is extremely simple. You need to open a workshop that will provide various bicycle repair services. This can be the replacement of brake cables, and the elimination of a tire puncture, and more complex operations.

The advantages of such a business include the following factors:

• Low start-up and maintenance costs
• Demand for this type of service is growing rapidly.
• A bicycle workshop can develop and grow, for example, into a store selling accessories.

Another advantage of the business idea under consideration is the absence of the need for a “special” room. No offices, just a small building. Perfect for any barn, garage or cottage.

Of course, in addition to the premises, you will also need tools. Here, you may have to fork out, as some repairs require special tools. To them you need to add the usual hammers, keys, screwdrivers, tongs, wire cutters, etc. It is also important to acquire consumables (glue, patches, etc.)

The important thing is the employees. Preference, of course, should be given to more or less experienced and qualified specialists. At the beginning of the journey, two or even one master will be enough. Business development will entail an increase in the staff of employees.

Repair parts will be needed. Perfect option- cooperation with companies that produce them. But it is not so easy, so in the first months of work, you can get by with orders in online stores. Thankfully, there are a lot of them now.

In an interview with the Moscow 24 TV channel, Vadim Khazov, the founder of the Velodelo network of bicycle workshops, a consultant on bicycle transport for the mayor's offices of Moscow and Sochi, told how the passion for bicycles grew into a profitable business.

Vadim, can Moscow be called a "bike-friendly city"?

For me, she is friendly, but given the fact that there are a lot of cars and a lot of smoke, of course, discomfort arises.

Do you ride on sidewalks?

Where on the roads, where on the sidewalks.

How did your bike workshop project start?

I somehow came to the conclusion that I have all the means and opportunities to start taking bicycles to orphanages.

That is, engaged in charity work?

Yes. At first I collected it all at home, then I threw a cry on social networks. People began to bring me bicycles, spare parts.

What were you working at that time?

He was in construction. I have been in the bike business since 2000, in fact, this is my third attempt at starting a business.

But why did you decide to collect bicycles and send them to orphanages?

I have been associated with orphanages for a relatively long time. He collected his things, things of his sister and took them to the orphanage. Once I went and forgot these things. On the way, I realized that they would not play any weather. Because I will bring the children two packages of things, they will have joy, roughly speaking, for one or two days. If I bring them bicycles, they will have joy for the whole summer. The next day I already had 30 thousand rubles and four bicycles.

Did you find money and bikes in one day?

Yes. My friends started transferring money to my card.

What year was it?

Have you always been able to design yourself?

Yes, since childhood. As soon as I had "Schoolboy". It was the craziest bike, it was constantly breaking down, it had to be fixed.

Did you take bicycles to Moscow orphanages?

No, in the suburbs. Then there were more bicycles and parts for them. I collected everything at home. The whole apartment was covered in oil. Dusty, dirty. Then I decided to find a place for this business. Later on "Yandex. Maps" I posted information about where my workshop is. Two weeks later, the people went, and everything started to work.

What kind of space did you rent? Some kind of basement?

Yes, the basement in Izmailovo. Rented it for 20 thousand a month. Two or three weeks after he rented the premises, he began to repair bicycles not only for the orphanage. I thought that my friends would come to me. But for the first year, not a single acquaintance came.

How long did your first workshop last?

Year. The following year I opened a second workshop in Sokolniki. Then companions already appeared - friends with whom I had worked before.

What was the amount of your initial investment?

Tools for 50 thousand rubles, 20 thousand rubles for rent and 10 thousand rubles for all sorts of little things - pieces of wood, workbenches and all that.

Did the project pay off quickly?

I already paid the rent for the next month from the money I earned.

How much profit is your business making right now?

Lots of profit expected. It is really difficult to predict, because the number of cyclists will increase. An annual increase of 30% of cyclists. And now in general the propaganda of cycling. Therefore, I think that we will earn enough.

What is driving the interest in cycling?

It's comfortable.

In your opinion, what is missing for a cyclist in Moscow?

Not every grandmother will let you into the metro with a bicycle. They say: "You don't have a folding bike. Our instructions say that it must be folding."

So, should bikes be allowed on the subway?

I think they should. And maybe make the last car for cyclists.

What else is rumored to be coming to the city for cyclists?

I don’t know how reliable the information is, I heard that they will make public transport for the transport of bicycles. They also plan to improve the bike rental fleet, new services will appear.

Can Moscow become a cycling city to the same extent as London, for example? There, by the way, the mayor rides a bicycle to work.

Even with a strong desire, at -20 degrees you can’t ride a bike. And so Moscow may well become a cycling city. If they block the entire center and make it completely pedestrian, then it will generally be a paradise for cyclists.

That is, you need to block the entire center?

All inside the Garden Ring.

What advice would you give to someone who is choosing a bike for the first time in their life?

Don't save.

How much money will he need to spend?

At least 15 thousand. If he buys for 8-9 thousand, then next year he will invest the same amount in this bike - to repair the chassis and wheels.

Okay, we've decided on the price. But after all bicycles with identical price come across different. Which one to buy?

The most simple, no bells and whistles, not with two shock absorbers, with a minimum number of speeds.

How to check the quality of a bike?

Don't be afraid to try riding.

What about the helmet and reflective vest?

A helmet is a useful thing for safety, there is only one head.

Do you ride in a vest?

I drive to sportswear with reflective stripes. But a vest, if you ride in the evening, is required. And still need to have flashlights.

Hand on heart, tell me, is it dangerous to ride a bicycle in Moscow?

No. There are dashing drivers who do not like cyclists, maybe out of a sense of envy, because we are driving, and they are stuck in traffic jams. But in general, it is not dangerous if everyone respects each other on the roads.

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Floor stand for bicycle repair Park Tool PCS-10. Adjustable height from 99 cm to 145 cm. Weight 9.15 kg. Dimensions 92x92x115 cm. Powder coated. Maximum load 36 kg in the center of the rack. The clamp is adjustable 24-76mm and rotates 360 degrees. Jaws for clips #1185K. Quick height adjustment. Composite top tube. Nylon coated eccentric locking system. Compact dimensions when folded. Possibility of retrofitting with additional accessories.

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It rained for three weeks, it was cold, like in September (and sometimes like in October). Something for me - I work at home. But how are other businessmen doing there? I thought. For example, representatives of the office and trading business? Most likely it doesn't matter. In such rain, not only for cartridges or rags - you don’t want to go for food.

This is how our local business suffers because of bad weather half the time of the year (and no one reduces their rent for bad weather).

It turns out a strange situation. Businessmen are waiting for customers in shops or offices. Clients sit at home, shivering from the cold, and want nothing. No, they don't mind buying a new TV or rubber boots today, but what's the point of going out to pick them up today? If today going to the store costs them too much (dirty car, wet feet, wet hair, dirty clothes; hand drawn with a heavy umbrella, spoiled mood).

And tomorrow the client's mood may change, and he will go not to the store (office) of a particular businessman, but to the store (office) of his competitor.

Therefore, most businessmen urgently need to reorganize and not wait for the client, but go to his house.

I'm not talking about shops and restaurants that are gradually starting to deliver products to the client's home (but not in all cities!), About hairdressers and office supplies sellers - who have already trodden their path to the client's house.

Today we will talk about not quite traditional services, which also began to tread paths to the houses and apartments of clients. For example, bicycle repair at home. Facebook has a page of one such Moscow service, from where, in fact, you can order this service:

The price list for the entire set of services is indicated in the same place - on Facebook:

And why not? After all, TVs are repaired at home; walls, doors (paint, insert) - the same can be done with bicycles. Especially if the client has nothing to go to the repair shop:

I once read an American site dedicated to successful businessmen. And one businesswoman sighed about a service that did not yet exist in her city - car repair at home. “It would be nice, she said, for me to call the repair shop - and not me to them, but they came to me.”

If you don't know what business to start, take on one that already exists in your city but does not provide home services. Then you will win on special days of bad weather, when your competitors will sit in warm offices.

For example, when I once worked as a regional representative of the Aksenov School of Business, I didn’t wait for clients at the office, but came to their home: to inform everyone who was interested about the School and write them down there. I brought with me all the documents, lectures, presentation materials. No one before me in our city worked so closely with clients. Usually, all courses invite students to their place (but in our time it is so difficult to tear a person away from the TV and a warm sofa!).

What else can be done at the client's home that is not traditional?

You can arrange various courses, master classes (for 4-6 people).

Repair shoes at home, tailoring, curtains.

Services of a lawyer at home, a psychologist, a speech therapist.

Photoepilation at home (I somehow went to a similar service in one beauty salon, I didn’t go for the second time - somehow far and ashamed)!

The list goes on. Because in our country services are generally not very developed; and even more so at home. Despite the fact that bad weather is very common here, especially in winter and autumn (and sometimes in summer).

If you have any ideas what else can be done at the client’s home, please let us know in the comments.