TPC’s inventory includes road bikes, mountain bikes, gravel bikes, triathlon bikes and e-bikes. “About 80% of our total revenue comes through bikes that we purchase, mostly from individual consumers who submit two photos and a little bit of detail, who receive a cash or trade offer from us, and ship their bike in.” “We think there’s nowhere else on the planet where you can shop hundreds of brands and thousands of unique SKUs, serving a rider from extra small to double XL, at a myriad of price points,” said general manager Paul Calandrella. TPC buys used bicycles shipped to them from around the country and refurbishes bikes for online sale. Myles Gaines tests a refurbished bicycle at The Pro’s Closet in Louisville, Colorado on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Massive five-tier steel racks stack bikes in boxes waiting for purchase because, depending on the time of year, TPC refurbishes 50 to 150 high-end bikes per day, assembly-line style. The physical plant is the size of two and a half football fields, so immense that employees use scooters to get from one end of the factory floor to the other. Yet the sheer scale of the operation, which buys and sells bikes to consumers throughout North America, is hard to grasp from the outside. The folks who run The Pro’s Closet bike refurbishment factory in Louisville simply call their online operation the world’s largest retailer of pre-owned bikes, and they say their new walk-in retail store is the Denver area’s largest bike shop. ![]() ![]() Wednesday, May 17th 2023 Home Page Close Menu
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