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I was wondering the other day if there's a possible business idea in flyering bikes that owners have obviously given up on. I get the impression that after one wheel or a saddle goes missing a huge number of people just have a massive meltdown and give up on their bike because they have no idea how to get it fixed.
Something along the lines of:
We can repair this bike for you! Give us a call on ... and we'll turn up and fix your bike while you have a coffee. You'll be able to ride it away etc. etc.
or
If you no longer want this bike we'll happily pay you for the remaining parts, otherwise it will slowly be stripped bare or kicked to pieces by passing scumbags.
The best part is you could earn money by basically transferring parts from an unwanted abandoned bike to a wanted but temporarily incapacitated one.