last month the calendar month of May 2014 this little non-profit bike shop in Columbia City brought in $64,000. If you work in a big bike shop that sells new bikes you're thinking big fucking deal (bfd) but let me assure you that this is a big fucking deal in the context of Bike Works history and in programs of its kind it's kind of a big deal. May 2014 was the all time biggest month ever at Bike Works and if you told Adam Smith or Suzanne Carlson in 1998 that this same little janky cockeyed yellow house bike shop on Ferdinand Street would some day bring in over half a million dollars in a $1 million dollar annual budget I think they'd smile and say have another beer because I was there in 1998 as a volunteer wrenching on shitty kids bikes. This is a Big Fucking Deal. $64,000 is a lot of flat fixes and tune-ups and a whole lot of refurbished bikes.
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