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An interesting point for shop owners asnd managers, is that the shop takes legal liability for any bike leaving the shop for the road (into the car/van to go to the track is ok). We quickly learned that we could not allow an illegal bike out of our place or we would be liable if the rider was prosecuted or involved in a crash. This applies to any shop, even if you are only mending a puncture. The last mechanic to touch the bike owns its safety and legality.
For that reason (and cos we thought they were dicks) we refused to let our local 'brakeless' fraternity through the door with their bikes.