As he turned the pedals and fixed the gears, the service manager at Cyclefit Solutions Sean Goff worked on one of the many bicycles he’s tuning up for El Tour de Tucson.
“Business starts picking up as soon as the heat cools down,” Goff said.
More customers start cycling into the Foothills bike shop after the summer when more people are cycling and more people return back to Tucson.
This week Goff is seeing about seven or eight people a day for sales and service, which is about double the amount he’s used to seeing in a typical week.
That’s why the shop orders extra parts to prepare for more customers like tires, tubes, sealant, and bar tape. It’s all for services from fixing flats to putting in new tires.
“Just double checking that everything is going to be safe and reliable for the ride,” Goff said.
Sales are also going up lately after a slow summer. He said even though there are a lot of riders from Tucson in the middle of summer, business picks up when it gets colder in other parts of the country and visitors come to Tucson.