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Trade News

Trade

Bike Supply Won’t Fully Recover Before Mid-2021 – At Best!

Phil Latz - 0
A lengthy article recently published in the USA trade magazine Bicycle Retailer and Industry News (BRAIN) is a sobering reality check for...
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Trade

Tour de France 2020 Was Remarkable, Both On and Off the Bike

Phil Latz - 0
Against all odds and a backdrop of an exponentially growing second wave of Coronavirus in France, the 2020 Tour de France proved...
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National Battery Stewardship Scheme Will Lead to Levy on Batteries

Trade Phil Latz - 0
On 4th September 2020 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) granted to the Battery Stewardship Council (BSC) the two authorisations necessary...

First Data of Covid Bike Boom in June and July Import Figures

Trade Phil Latz - 0
Bicycle import figures are now in for June and July and the expected surge is starting to appear in the data.

How Sustainable are Bicycle Tyres and Tubes?

Trade Anna Gurnhill - 0
Anna’s most recent blog provided some initial discussion around the sustainability and ethics of cycling products, primarily focusing on cycling kit and...

BIA to Lobby for Faster Ebikes in Australia

Trade Phil Latz - 0
In April this year, Bicycle Industries Australia (BIA) requested feedback from importers on the preferred maximum speed for power-assisted pedal bicycles in...

Retail News

World News

World

Will This Brand Become the Tesla of Bicycles?

Phil Latz - 0
Dutch bicycle company VanMoof has just raised a further US$40 million (A$54.4 million) to bring its total capital raising so far to...
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World

Sub 7kg Ebike Sets New Guinness World Record

Phil Latz - 0
Mechanical engineer Dennis Freiburg from Germany has set the Guinness World Record for the lightest ever e-bike prototype with a design that...
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World

Further Data Confirms Scale of Bike Sales Surge

Phil Latz - 0
As every bicycle industry member knows, demand for bicycles has surged since March. But with the vast majority of bike businesses being...
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Other News

Other

How Well Do You Manage Your Time?

Phil Latz - 0
No matter how wealthy or successful we become, we cannot buy any more hours in the day. We all have exactly the...
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Cycling Advocacy

All Bike Industry Members Urged to Share New Cycling Campaign Ads

Phil Latz - 0
Australia’s peak cycling advocacy group, We Ride Australia has just launched a new animated cartoon campaign to urge local councils to improve...
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Cycling Advocacy

Ireland’s ‘Astonishing’ Boost for Cycling and Walking

Phil Latz - 0
A former bike shop owner has secured a substantial financial settlement for active travel in the Republic of Ireland. For the next...
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How's Business

How’s Business? – October 2020

How’s Business Phil Latz - 0
Welcome to our monthly chat with bike shop owners across Australia and New Zealand. Unfortunately, stock shortages continued to...
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Drive More Customers To Your Shop With Podium

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Three Retailers Share Why They Offer Consumer Finance

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- Sponsored Content - Should you be offering consumer credit in your store, and if so, through which...

World Class Wheels With Superior Service and Margins

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- Sponsored Content - For more than eight years, Brisbane based Craftworx has been steadily building its reputation...

How BikeExchange Will Partner With You in a Post Covid-19 Future

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Opinion

Opinion

Let’s Seize This Golden Opportunity!

Phil Latz - 0
Clearly we’ve seen a global tragedy unfold over the first half of 2020. At the time of writing this (23rd July 2020)...
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Increased Global Bicycle Demand Could Mean Re-Stocking Delays for Australia

Opinion Phil Latz - 0
It’s becoming apparent to me that the Covid-19 related bike boom will have two distinct phases and that the second phase will...

Here Are Five Reasons Why Covid-19 Represents an Opportunity for Our Industry

Opinion Phil Latz - 0
We’re still only a few months into the Covid-19 Pandemic and things continue to change at a rapid...

How to Improve Your Bike Store’s Appeal for Women

Opinion Anna Gurnhill - 0
Whist females sadly comprise only a small percentage of overall cyclists in Australia they are, nonetheless, an important audience for all bike...

Cycle Tourism

Cycle Tourism

Equipping Your Customers for Their Next Adventure

Anna Gurnhill - 0
In last month’s blog, we heard from two local retailers about their identification of the need to equip local cyclists for new...
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Two Dealers See Opportunities Ahead for Bicycle Tourism

Cycle Tourism Anna Gurnhill - 0
By Anna Gurnhill This month I spoke with two local bike retailers about their perspectives on bicycle tourism, and...

Customers Who Stay Longer in Your Shop Spend More!

Cycle Tourism Phil Latz - 0
How do you create a welcoming space where cyclists, including bicycle tourists, will visit more frequently, stay longer and spend more?

Three Simple Ways to Attract More Bicycle Tourists to Your Business

Cycle Tourism Anna Gurnhill - 0
Those elusive bicycle tourists – Who are they? Where are they coming from? How do they hear about you and support your...

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How’s Business? – October 2020

Phil Latz - 0
Welcome to our monthly chat with bike shop owners across Australia and New Zealand. Unfortunately, stock shortages continued to...
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Trade

Bike Supply Won’t Fully Recover Before Mid-2021 – At Best!

Phil Latz - 0
A lengthy article recently published in the USA trade magazine Bicycle Retailer and Industry News (BRAIN) is a sobering reality check for...
Read more
World

Will This Brand Become the Tesla of Bicycles?

Phil Latz - 0
Dutch bicycle company VanMoof has just raised a further US$40 million (A$54.4 million) to bring its total capital raising so far to...
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Tour de France 2020 Was Remarkable, Both On and Off the Bike

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Against all odds and a backdrop of an exponentially growing second wave of Coronavirus in France, the 2020 Tour de France proved...
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Identification is a Key Component to Reducing Bike Theft

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- Sponsored Content - Bike theft doesn’t just leave the bike owner feeling devastated. Customer concern about...
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Bicycle Shop Owners Should Charge for New Bike Assembly

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Erik Tonkin, the owner of Sellwood Cycle Repair in Portland Oregon recently published an opinion article in Bicycle Retailer and Industry News...
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Sub 7kg Ebike Sets New Guinness World Record

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Mechanical engineer Dennis Freiburg from Germany has set the Guinness World Record for the lightest ever e-bike prototype with a design that...
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Mountain Bikes – Will the MTB Sales Boom Continue?

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There’s no doubt that mountain bike sales have been going through a boom over recent years. To our industry’s...
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