The Bicycle Standard
An open-source system for building a more equitable, sustainable, and profitable bicycle industry.
You started with a love for bikes - not spreadsheets, supplier negotiations, or inventory turns. But running a great shop takes more than passion.
The Bicycle Standard is an open-source collection of tools, templates, and insights to help independent bicycle retailers become confident, data-savvy, and sustainably profitable - without losing what makes them who they are.
Here you'll find practical tools, plain-language guides, and industry standards for bike shops that want to make better decisions, have cleaner data, and achieve healthier margins.
Let's get to work
We aren't going to pretend to know all of the answers, but given that bike shops have been around for over 150 years, it's fair to start leaning on what works and what doesn't.
Things to look forward to
Downloadable docs and SOPs that you can use today - hiring checklists, inventory workflows, and more.
Understand the numbers behind your shop: inventory turns, margins, staffing costs, KPIs, and how to actually use them.
Commentary and analysis from inside the industry. Reader-friendly, no fluff, written by people who've been there.
Departments
What if your shop ran like a well-tuned bike?
