Why Won’t Shimano Open an Account for my Bike Shop?

A screenshot of the home page of Sunup Cycles’ website

Brunswick, Vic To whom it may concern, I’m the recent new owner of a small service and repairs focused bike shop in Brunswick, Melbourne called Sunup Cycles. I wanted to reach out so that you might pass on a warning to other small shops or individuals considering investing in a new bicycle retail and/or repairs…

Letter to the Editor – Melbourne Bike Show Concerns

letter to the editor

Bentleigh, Vic To the Editor, Any news on the onslaught of people asking for refunds for the Melbourne Bike Show over the weekend? They didn’t engage directly with industry players (the ones I talked to), super short planning period, BIG talk online and advertising, but they delivered bunk. They turned off comments to their posts…

Letter to the Editor: Retailers Should Have Freedom to Choose

Letter to The Editor

To the Editor, I own Tower Systems, a local Aussie software company serving several hundred bike retailers with locally made and supported software. I was disappointed to discover that Specialized has advised retailers that the new version of their electronic invoice platform will only link with the Lightspeed and Vend software products. Lightspeed recently bought…

Letter to the Editor

Letter to The Editor

I Don’t Think These Baby Seats Are Safe. 15 years ago Amazon would not support products that didn’t meet the safety standards. Wind forward 10 years and Amazon will stock any product and remove themselves from any responsibility saying it is not their role to police the plethora of clearly unsafe seats appearing on their…