Shop name: GRIND BMX
Location: SWANLEY, KENT, UK
Years in business: OVER 10 YEARS
Best year yet: LOOKS LIKE 2020 IS GOING TO BE OUR BEST YEAR
Worst year yet: PROBABLY ABOUT 5-6 YEARS AGO
2020 has been, well, different. When did Covid-19 turn up and start influencing your business?
Trev Grind: THE FIRST LOCKDOWN IN MARCH WAS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT. IT WAS THE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME WHICH WAS THE MAIN CONCERN
Did you take any action from the start or were you thinking this would be over in a few weeks?
Trev Grind: WE BRACED OURSELVES FOR INCREASED MAIL ORDER ITEMS FOR SMALLER STUFF LIKE SEATS, GRIPS, TYRES ETC. WE ORDERED A LOT OF STUFF WE THOUGHT PEOPLE WOULD BUY ONLINE AND FORTUNATELY FOR US THAT WORKED OUT QUITE WELL.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.