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Yeah the shop is cool and so are the staff, the main brands are specialized and giant with GT, surly, schwinn aswel as a bunch of bmx brands and some electric bikes.
Accessories wise its pretty much everything although I have noticed some issues with availability, mostly with shimano, the nz importer doesn't bring in as many options as the UK equivalent, for example I wanted to check whether it was cheaper for a customer to buy all 3 rings for his deore touring chain set, the 26/36/48 version, or simply buy the whole chain set, it was specced on his bike with this chain set, turns out I can get the rings but not the chain set, so the customer didn't really have a choice. Hope parts for example, hugely expensive here, formula brakes have no importer or service agent either, these sort of things can cause quite a few issues.
Sales wise its mostly mountain bikes, commuter, electric and kids bikes although the road side is growing, the nature of the cycling here suggests that mountain biking is more popular than road but then I can understand that as Wellington drivers are a nightmare so being away from them by being off road is a sensible option especially considering the trails available.
Overall though it's a well run store in both sales and workshop with a seriously high stock content with a website that is also growing, the shop is also very social, not just the staff but with customers aswel with demo days, social evening events and Pete the owner also sponsors quite a few local events and teams.
The photos are reasonably easy to take, frankly the iPhone us pretty good and its just a case of pointing it at something that looks good!
While I've been here though I have also been looking for work for my return, so my CV has gone out to a few UK companies but I'm still thinking about doing my own thing shop wise. We'll see what happens.
And Fagin, didn't know you were a kiwi!