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One thing COVID has show us is with sufficient demand the traditional bike shop model works as it should - I've not had to sell a single bike at a discount over the last year, so we made a much better margin, and as wiggle et al have ran out of stock that's meant less competition (No 50% off RRP shimano groupsets floating around online anymore) chuck in Brexit making it harder to get cheap stuff from Europe which will only continue. Our on-site cafe's been closed most of the year due to covid and reduced footfall in the area making takeways non-viable