LBS vs Online stores

I think some LBS's need to man up and open earlier and close later - as much as i hate evans and cyclesurgery they are quite good at this. People are busy, need to drop a bike off for repair before work, collect it after, or pick up some emergency supplies on the way home so 9-5/6 opening hours don't cut it.

While I agree that it's quite useful for shop to open really early and late, the main problem is that it's not exactly feasible in term of economic, in some morning we don't even get a single customer until 10am (opened 8am), and the same goes to the evening where the only people that come late are those who's picking up their bicycle that were brought in for repair.

The majority of customer who come in very early in the morning are those who need to drop off their bicycle for repairs, I would says around 2 to 4 people a day who come in for emergency.