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Re:A bike parts company ditched Amazon to support indie shop... by snovv_crash on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @08:20AM (#28287831)
Berlin is the wrong place for that. Even in tech salaries are often in the EUR45k range gross, and with mandatory medical insurance at EUR400/m, rent at probably EUR800/m and still taxes it doesn't leave much for expensive bicycles.

Cheap bicycles plus good mid-priced service is where it's at. Of course, that's hard, dirty, skilled work.

Re:A bike parts company ditched Amazon to support indie shop... by mikepurvis on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @09:01AM (#28288264)
Note that this is Berlin as in the pre-WWII name of Kitchener, Canada, not the Berlin in Germany.
Re:A bike parts company ditched Amazon to support indie shop... by snovv_crash on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @11:21AM (#28290023)
Ah, I saw a similar setup in Berlin, Germany at a location which has now been replaced by Rose Bikes, and the cafe seems to be gone.