Posts by Phil Latz
Otso High End Gravel and Adventure Frames Now Available in Australia
– Sponsored Content – Otso is a brand new, engineering-driven bike brand by the people who created Wolf Tooth components. Otso is offering a range of adventure focused framesets in carbon, stainless steel and titanium. Otso means ‘spirit of the bear’ in Finnish mythology, the most important, revered, and respected animal of all. Otso’s founders…
Media Personality Osher Gunsberg Joins New Look We Ride Australia Board
Osher Gunsberg is well known as the host of national TV series including Australian Idol, The Bachelor and Bachelorette. He’s also a radio host, best selling author and advocate for mental health. But less well known is that he’s an avid cyclist. He joins the We Ride Australia Board to bring his extensive media savvy,…
Peter Stevens Group to Take Over ABUS Distribution in Australia
Latest USA Data Shows Dramatic Inventory Shortage
Inside Sydney’s Newest Bike Shop
Sydney Electric Bikes has just opened its fifth Sydney location, Centennial Park. Strictly speaking, the new store is in Woollahra but it is directly opposite one of the main entrances to Centennial Park, which is by far the most popular cycling destination in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. Centennial Park covers 189 hectares and includes a wide 3.8 kilometre cycling loop. According…
Ringo’s Direct Gets Its Teeth Stuck In To Wholesale
Remarkable Turnaround for Symbolic College Street Bike Path
Five years ago, one of the most heavily used protected bicycle paths in Australia that had been built at a cost of five million dollars, was ripped out upon the orders of an anti-cycling Roads Minister. The state was New South Wales, the path was along College Street that borders Hyde Park in the CBD…
Trisled Becomes Australian Distributor of TerraTrike and GreenSpeed
One of the many attractive features of Australia’s bike industry is its diversity. There are many niches that are surprisingly large in business sales revenue terms. Some of these niches are on a growth trajectory. Recumbent bicycles is one such niche that after many years on the margins, is seeing rapid growth in sales. This…
New Australian Museum of MTB Would Love Dealer Input
Willunga is a small South Australian town 47 km south of Adelaide. From a cycling perspective, it’s most famous for being nestled at the base of Willunga Hill, which for 20 years since its inception has hosted the ‘Queen Stage’ of the Tour Down Under. But there’s now a new cycling attraction which rather than…
