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As many people around Winnipeg are dusting off their bicycles after a long winter, its anything but business as usual at Bikes & Beyond during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.<\/div>\n
“It makes selling a bike different,” admitted Philip Roadley, owner of the long-standing shop, which is located at 227 Henderson Hwy. <\/div>\n
Roadley and the staff at Bikes & Beyond have taken measures to remain open, while ensuring their customers’ safety and their own.<\/div>\n
“We’re limiting the number of people in the store,” he explained. “We have a greeter at the front door to make sure you hand sanitize, queue you whether you’re going to sales or service.” <\/div>\n
As a result, the floor plan has changed inside the store.<\/div>\n
“We’re in the process of rearranging the store to eliminate choke points,” Roadley said. <\/div>\n
As with any retail establishment still open, sanitization has become the name of the game. <\/div>\n
“Staff are washing their hands more frequently,” Roadley said. “If a person comes for a test ride or comes in, we alcohol the touch points on the bike.” <\/div>\n
Hours of operation have been reduced, with the shop open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. However, Roadley added that online sales and orders for curb-side pickup have “blossomed.”<\/div>\n
While most products remain in stock, Roadley admitted that some changes to the supply chain have occurred.<\/div>\n
“Our ability to get product in some areas has been tougher,” he said. “One of my major suppliers for bikes said there are very little in their warehouse right now.”<\/div>\n
Bikes & Beyond also remains open for bike repairs and tune-ups.<\/div>\n
“Small stuff like installing a chain or tire or tube we can do on the spot,” Roadley said. “For tune-ups, we’re backed up about two weeks.”<\/div>\n
Roadley added that the backlog on tune-ups should ease up at the end of the month, when one of their bike mechanics finishes up university for the semester.<\/div>\n
To book a repair or tune-up, Roadley said it is best to call ahead, as the Bikes & Beyond website is not set up to book appointments.<\/div>\n
“We usually can then get (the bike) back to the customer within 24 hours,” he added.<\/div>\n
While the doors remain open, Bikes & Beyond has always been more than a simple brick and mortar location. <\/div>\n
For years, the store has been a focal point for building the local bike community. Group rides were organized throughout the year, along with popular Kids of Mud and Sprockets programs that taught young riders the ropes. <\/div>\n
Those programs, like many other sports and leisure activities across the province, are now suspended indefinitely due to the corona virus.<\/div>\n
“They are all on pause right now,” Roadley confirmed.<\/div>\n
For more information, visit www.bikesandbeyond.ca<\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":292407151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"education-subject":[],"media-literacy-topic":[],"post_topic":[],"content_type":[24],"class_list":["post-569699981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-herald"],"acf":{"short_title":"","seo_title":"","deck":"Bikes & Beyond remains open during COVID-19 pandemic","story_tag":"","byline":"Sheldon Birnie","updates":null},"apple_news_notices":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/herald\/2020\/04\/16\/wheels-keep-spinning-at-local-bike-shop","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Wheels keep spinning at local bike shop","url":"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/herald\/2020\/04\/16\/wheels-keep-spinning-at-local-bike-shop","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/herald\/2020\/04\/16\/wheels-keep-spinning-at-local-bike-shop"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/04\/sb-Bikes-inside-A22.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/04\/sb-Bikes-inside-A22.jpg"},"articleSection":"The Herald","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"feedloaderapi"}],"creator":["feedloaderapi"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Our Communities","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2020-04-16T19:07:00Z","datePublished":"2020-04-16T19:07:00Z","dateModified":"2020-04-16T19:17:42Z"},"rendered":"