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How is buying a bike like trimming your beard?

How is buying a bike like trimming your beard?

Posted by HasWords on 26th Jul 2021

I know, I know… Sounds like the kind of pseudo-intellectual conversation starter you’d see at a roundtable for disaffected hipsters. But this can also be a serious question.Deadly serious.As you can see in Figure A, something seemingly simple like trimming a beard has every possibility of going wrong if poorly handled. Or in my case, sacrificed for the good of the point I’m making (would you j …
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We're Hiring: Customer Service Agents

We're Hiring: Customer Service Agents

28th Jun 2021

Can you find interesting and creative ways to tell people what they want to hear?Of course you can, that bit is easy. What’s more important is how you tell people what they don’t want to hear. That’s the spicy stuff that keeps you turning up to customer service jobs, right? Right.Here at Mango Bikes, we’re as obsessed with our customers as we are with our bikes. Not peering through the net curtain …
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We're Hiring: Company Accountant (Part Time)

We're Hiring: Company Accountant (Part Time)

Posted by HasWords on 27th Jun 2021

Company Accountant – Mango Bikes Do you love accounting because it makes people cry? Then come and work for us, we could do with being taken down a peg or two. Mango Bikes are growing, but to do it sustainably, we need you. A commercially-minded, process-loving, supreme-structure developing Accountant to join our team. This will initially be part time, but there’s huge potential for th …
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Bicycle Science Vol.5: Customisation

Bicycle Science Vol.5: Customisation

Posted by HasWords on 7th May 2021

Finally, you’re buying your dream bike. It’s all yours, honest. You can adjust the seat height and everything. Did you think we’d just assemble it according to your wants and needs? How cute. This is a bike shop, Barry, not a charity. Despite the marketing suggesting something very different, your expensive bike actually arrives pre-built, so you’ll get whatever specif …
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