Business Idea Mobile Bike Repair & Maintenance Service
Continuing with more of our free business ideas, if you are bike repair savvy how about offering a mobile service to fix and maintain people's bikes by going to their home or office to fix them?
Many people would rather have the service delivered to them than doing it themselves, or bringing it somewhere to have it fixed.
Most people love their bikes and want to take good care of them. It can be such a hassle to get the bike to a bike shop though.
If you offer a service that comes to their bike, you will make many people happy.
These days the bikes on the market are much like cars; they need tuning and servicing on a regular basis. If people maintain their bikes properly, they ride better, are more reliable, and last much longer.
Offer a mobile service to fix and adjust peoples bikes by going to their home or office to fix them.
This will require either a truck, or van, so that you can carry all of the needed equipment required for accomplishing your service.
Be sure to carry everything you may possibly need for each job; the same essentials that you would see in a bike repair shop.
If you have the skills in bike repair this very well could be the business idea you have been looking for.
If you don't already have these skills go to your neighborhood library and check out a few books on this subject.
You might even see if you can get a temporary job in a local bike repair shop. If there are no openings for jobs, see if you can shadow technicians in the shop, offering some free labor to learn their skills.
Most people would prefer having a service delivered to them, rather than doing it themselves.
Others don't have the knowledge of maintaining their own bikes and bringing it somewhere to have it fixed is a real inconvenience for them.
Getting it into and out of a vehicle, making an appointment with the bike shop, taking the time to get the bike to the shop are all inconvenient.
They will be happy to pay a little more to have you come to them and repair their bike.
Especially if they use their bike on a regular basis to get to work, it would be so convenient for them to call you and have their bike serviced while they are working.
You could charge $20 per visit and adjust the fee for whatever service you may perform on their bike for them.
A good way to find out what to charge for the various services you can offer is by checking with your local bike shops. Find out what the local bike shops are asking for the same repairs.
Many bike shops also offer programs to people that buy bikes from them. A local bike shop might offer free tune-ups on the bikes they sell.
And of course they don’t make money on the labor, but inevitably you may need a new part for a repair and the shop will make money that way.
You could certainly incorporate a service like this and build regular customers this way.
A bike shop would also make money on add-ons, so it might be a good idea to carry a supply of other items that a bike owner might want to replace, add, or upgrade such as seats, mirrors, water bottle holder, etc.
You would want to get the word out by printing up flyers and business cards.
Post the flyers wherever you think bike owners would see them, and you could actually station yourself on a busy corner and just hand out your business cards or brochures to bikers passing by.
Another way to make money with this business idea would be to position yourself near a biking path or other area that is busy with bicyclists, and offer to check their tires for free.
Add air as needed and also make the owner aware of any repairs that might be needed.
If it’s a quick repair you will have instant business.
And of course make sure to give them your business card or flyer with your services and prices so they can call you in the future when they need their bike serviced.
Start up costs for this business would include investing in needed tools, repair parts and inventory for upgrade selling.
You also of course need a good vehicle, and you will have some printing costs for flyers and business cards, but these you can create at home and print with your own computer and printer.
