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Scooter Hut and Freestyle Distribution are two names that might have flown under the radar of many bicycle industry members - until now. Both are owned by founder Scott Mackintosh who spoke candidly with The Latz Report about his hugely successful current business and plans for rapid expansion. As both Scott’s name and accent suggest, he was born far from the sunny Gold Coast where he now resides.
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Aldo Contarino would be best described as an inventor and manufacturing expert who’s been in the Australian bike industry for over three decades. Through his Quantum Bicycles workshop in Perth, he and his team have manufactured and repaired frames and...
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Annual Dealer Guide: Kids Products
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44 years have passed since the sport of BMX first reached Aussie shores. This is exactly the same timeframe BMX International (BMXI) has been in business, still 100% Australian owned and run by the same family. Their passion has not waned over that time. This company feature will help you understand why BMXI has been such a success story over that long duration...
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If you’ve been a bicycle dealer for any length of time, you’ll be aware of Apollo, one of Australia’s longest-running and most successful bicycle brands. Apollo was founded way back in 1978. Apollo has not only been sold throughout Australia for decades, but has carved out significant markets overseas. But how much do you know about Apollo's much newer brand, Neo?
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Warren Key has been surrounded by bikes all his life. His father, Geoff Key, ran Cycles Peugeot back in the 1970’s when they still made bikes in Australia and in 1978 started the large inner city shop Melbourne Bicycles at Clifton Hill, which Warren still oversees to this day. Warren credits his father with teaching him a lot about the bicycle industry and giving him his start…
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Balance bikes are known to provide a great starting point for kids who are learning to ride. They teach balance, enabling an easier transition to a pedal bike without the need for training wheels. However, for some children – especially when they're starting very young – a balance bike can present quite a challenge. To ease younger kids into riding, Trybike has come up with a unique design that makes learning to ride less intimidating while still…
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Spanish brand Orbea is well known to keen cyclists and it holds a solid reputation both on the road and off. What you mightn’t know is they also have an impressive selection of high-performance kids’ bikes—the sort that enthusiasts would be stoked to see their kids on. Incorporating features such as disc brakes, dropper posts, quality suspension and progressive geometry…
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Nutcase are known as one of the first brands to bring cool casual styling and fun themes to cycling helmets. Well, after a two-year absence from the Australian market, JetBlack Products is bringing the Nutcase brand back Down Under, complete with full AS/NZS certification! Fun, bright and appealing is where it’s at with their distinctive range of junior helmets, but but that doesn’t come at the expense of safety.…
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Covid lockdowns are affecting several of the major cities across Australia, this time we focused upon shops in the capital cities.
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The lockdowns also made us feel compelled to make covid the subject of this month’s follow up question, which was, ‘What impact is covid having on your store right now and how do you think the next few months will pan out?’
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A new study of electric bike use in New Zealand has found that pedal assistance has acted as an enabler to empower women to ride. Ebikes could be the catalyst for bike retail environments becoming more female friendly. Part of the reasoning for the shift put forward by the bike shop managers interviewed for the study is a ‘degendering’ of bike technology…
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Sam Salter has returned to work in the company that he co-founded with Jason Wyatt 15 years ago. He will take up the newly created role of Chief Sales and Partnerships Officer. Sam is currently a non-executive director of BikeExchange Limited, a role he’ll retain. Sam is also the co‑founder of Marketplacer, which operates a global technology SAAS…
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Pre-covid, many Australian bicycle industry members made an annual pilgrimage to Eurobike, hosted by the scenic, small city of Friedrichshafen, Germany.
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Recently major changes been announced regarding the dates, ownership and host city for Eurobike, which will be hosted in July in Frankfurt from 2022.
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On Sunday 1st August we’re launching a brand new YouTube Channel and interview series called influencers! Through influencers! we’ll be interviewing a wide range of people throughout Australia and around the world. Everyone that we speak to in influencers! is making a difference in some aspect of cycling or micromobility.
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