[CaptainDecisive]

I live in Edinburgh, and I've personally counted half a dozen of these little, one or two person IBS type shops open up round town in the last couple of years. They have a small retail space at the front, an open workshop at the back, and the mechanic stops working on a bike to have a chat with you when you come in to the shop. Edinburgh's pretty bike friendly, so given the number of these shops springing up, they must have a viable business model here.

[walshemj]

Edinburgh is hilly and all those sets (cobbles) make those fat tired MTB's look a sensible choice