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We're going to be sharing a conversation we had with one of our friends, Chris Tevel,

local bike shop owner about the challenges of running a local bike shop.

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Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast.

Today we're going to be talking about local bike shops and some of the economics behind running your local shop.

Today we have our friend Chris DeVelle here with us, and Chris runs a bike shop here in Atlanta called Loose Nuts Cycles.

And you can find Loose Nuts on Instagram and the World Wide Web, Loose Nuts Cycles.

Thanks for joining us, Chris.

Absolutely.

Thanks for having me in.

So I want to start off talking to you a little bit about your shop and finding out what it is you do.

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