We’ve lot a few good bike shops in Roanoke over the past few years. It’s a tough business and the pandemic didn’t help. One of them (Starlight) stopped selling bikes for a very good reason: the owner found a better business. Two of them found new homes with bigger stores in the area.
I’d bought bikes or various services from each of them and it was nice to have the variety of stores each with their own feel and focus. The main remaining stores are very solid but I feel like we’ll be missing out.