![]() ![]() “The common wisdom is: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” said Keener, who advocates for bike shops to change their tune in order stay afloat.Īrrow Bicycle, founded in 2008 by Chris Militello and Chris Davidson, has found its own innovative solutions to make a profit. Proteus Bicycles is also about to launch an online store, while College Park Bicycles has begun to sell on eBay and Arrow Bicycle in Hyattsville already has their merchandise online. A coffee shop is being built in the back of the new location, an idea that many other bike shops may adopt to bring in extra revenue. In December, Proteus Bicycles moved from its longtime location on Route 1 to Rhode Island Avenue - a few doors down from MOM’s Organic Market, which brings people wandering into Proteus Bicycles from all over town. “We can’t compete with Amazon,” said Paul Lemieux, manager at Proteus Bicycles, another College Park bike shop founded in the 70s. Customers can get gear online for less money than a retailer can purchase it for. People still need mechanics, but local shops now struggle to make a profit off equipment. “It’s not like buying a book or a CD player,” Keener said. Keener said the reason it hasn’t happened sooner is the complexity of bicycles. “The bicycle industry is changing just like any other retail-based speciality industry in the world - but slower,” said Ray Keener, executive director of Bicycle Product Suppliers Association. ![]() But recent Georger Data Service research reports that there are more than 7,000 bike shops, and they aren’t decreasing - they are on the rise. about 1,000 have been lost since 2000, according to estimates from the National Bike Dealer Association. In 2015, there were fewer than 4,000 bike shops left in the U.S. Over the course of those years, Black learned something about business - his mom and pop bike shop is still around today, while other local bike shops around the nation are shutting down. “I didn’t know anything about business, but I knew about bikes and I liked people,” Black said. Take on the campaign in 4-player co-op, and dive into the fray in 16-player Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, CTF, and more-then take things to the next level by creating and sharing custom game modes.īurst blood vessels listening to a supercharged metal soundtrack by retro FPS composer Andrew Hulshult that dynamically changes gears to accompany your actions.Larry Black founded College Park Bicycles 40 years ago, when he converted a burned-down laundromat on Route 1 into a small bike shop with no plumbing. Team up and go head-to-head in a variety of multiplayer modes. Unleash your inner map designer with Prodeus’s powerful but easy-to-use level editor, and keep the visceral combat fresh with a built-in browser filled with community-created maps. Experience the gory thrills of the elder shooters, dialed up to 11 thanks to Prodeus’s delightfully demented dismemberment system. Splatter the steel walls and alien halls with the blood of your enemies. ![]() Blast and blaze your way through hordes of chaos-spawned creatures using an arsenal of classically over-the-top weapons. Steel yourself for fast and frantic nonstop action. Experience over-the-top explosions of lo-fi pixels and hi-tech particle effects as you clash against the Prodeans and forces of Chaos. Shooters past and present collide with graphics that combine today’s high-quality 3D tech with retro visuals. This is the Boomer Shooter you’ve been waiting for. ![]() The game features a hand-crafted campaign from industry FPS veterans, co-op and competitive multiplayer play drawing on classic modes*, a fully integrated level editor, and a built-in community map browser for instantaneous action with nearly limitless levels to play. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware. Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. ![]()
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