Posts by Phil Latz
Trade News Briefs – October 2024
NICA Launches Youth Mountain Bike Program in Australia The National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) is a USA founded and based youth development organisation dedicated to building strong mind, body, character and communities through mountain biking. Founded in 2009 as a non-profit organisation, NICA currently has 32 state and regional leagues and 14,000+ registered volunteer coaches…
Australian Designed Rickshaw Debuts
Morisset, NSW Rickshaws date back 150 years and evoke images of hand-drawn or cycle-powered small vehicles in traditional Asian settings. According to Wikipedia there were four million rickshaws in operation during the late 1980’s. But in Australia, rickshaw style bicycles have been virtually non-existent until more recently when they’ve found demand for two main uses…
Bosch Launches New Motor and ABS Braking Options
Stuttgart, Germany As we recently reported here, Bosch did not launch any new hardware at their annual media event at Eurobike on Tuesday 2nd July instead focusing upon software. But on 1st October they launched several new products. According to their latest media release, Bosch employs a staggering 428,000 people worldwide (as at 31st December…
How’s Business? – September 2024
Global Active Transport Pioneer Enlightens Audiences Australia-Wide
Canberra, ACT Wales is a small country, whether you measure it by land area or population. It’s part of the United Kingdom, but usually overshadowed by its much larger neighbour, England. But over recent years one politician in Wales has been making global news in relation to two “radical” policies in particular. Lee Waters has…
Unique Indian Australian Partnership Delivering New E-Bike Opportunities
~ Sponsored Content ~ TAV Systems is a unique company in the Australian bicycle industry landscape. Unlike the vast majority of industry members who either retail or wholesale fully imported bicycle products, TAV Systems’ core activities include R&D (research and development) and manufacturing. The company was born through the connection of three young Indian engineering…
BikeExchange’s New Website Unlocks Innovative Features for Dealers
~ Sponsored Content ~ BikeExchange is an international company, founded in 2007 in Australia with a simple purpose: to fuel the passion for riding by making it easy to buy and sell. BikeExchange enables cycling retailers and brands through its technology product suite, functionality, and platform, providing an online channel that supports both the retailers’…
Trade News Briefs – September 2024
Industry Veteran Ed Lancaster Picks Up Three New Roles Those of you with long industry backgrounds might remember the Lancaster brothers, Wally and Edward, from bicycle racing days in the 1980’s and 90’s. After partnering in a bicycle apparel distribution business, Wally left the industry and now runs gyms in Stanthorpe and Tenterfield through his…
World News Briefs – September 2024
Mixed Financial Results for Global Bike Companies Everyone in the Australian bicycle industry knows that times have been tough for over two years now since the end of the covid boom. But exactly how tough has it been on a global scale? We don’t often report upon the financial results of global bicycle companies, but…
How’s Business? – August 2024
Welcome to How’s Business, brought to you by our sponsor Dirt Works Australia. Australia just had its most successful Olympic games ever both overall and across the cycling events. Specifically in cycling, we won gold in the Women’s Road Time Trial, one gold, two silver and two bronze in track cycling, One gold in BMX…