Not free, but may fit what you're looking for:
http://www.merchantos.com/sign-up/

More generic options:
http://sourceforge.net/search/?words=point+of
+sale&type_of_search=soft&pmode=0&words=%22point+of+sale%
22&Search=Search

There are a number of pieces to keep in mind when deploying a point of
sale solution:
Inventory
Sales
Registers/ cash drawers
Back office functionality
Services:  How to charge for Tune-ups/ overhauls, etc.  Also how to do
things that have 'recipes', like changing a flat: Labor rate Plus
part(s).

My very first network (back in 1995) was a Bicycle shop POS system, back
in the bad old days of WFW3.11 and LANTastic (oh, the horror!).  I used
Checkpoint (a fairly ugly but functional POS system based on FoxPro, and
we also used Bike-a-log for cataloging parts and ordering.  I was the
service manager of the shop and my boss and his wife needed a new
network set up in the new, 15,000 square foot store we were building.

We had wands for scanning barcodes, barcode printers, 4 registers, a
receiving workstation, a server, and 4 backoffice workstations.  I had
no freakin' idea what I was doing back then, but I got it working.

If you need help I may be able to offer some guidance; I do love my
bicycles (just bought my first bike in 14 years... a Cannondale Rush 5L!
Now I just need to get out and ride the damn thing  :)  

Rubin


On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 10:55 -0400, Paul Flint wrote:
> Greetings List Lurkers,
> 
> Does anyone out there have any recommendations for software to operate a 
> Bicycle Rental and Repair store?  Some of the requirements include:
> 
> 1. Standard Point of Sale
> 2. Rental Form
> 3. Reservation via web
> 
> These are notional and I am currently thinking flexibility.
> 
> Maybe Sugar CRM?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Flint
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