Posts by Phil Latz
Diverse Talent to Strengthen We Ride Australia’s Board
On 30th January, the national independent voice for cycling, We Ride Australia, held its annual general meeting in Torquay, Victoria as part of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race event. At the meeting, two new Directors were appointed. Professor Ian Buchannan, Director of the Institute for Social Transformation at the University of Wollongong NSW…
BIA Teams With 99 Bikes to Expand Bicycle Mechanics Training
Bicycle Industries Australia (BIA) has announced a significant expansion of the Cytech bicycle mechanics training program. “BIA have been working to grow the level of bicycle mechanics training in the industry since bringing Cytech to Australia in 2017,” said Peter Burke, BIA’s Executive Officer. Cytech, which originates from the UK, is now a globally recognised…
Rev-Bikes & Conversion Kits Come With 15 Years of Passion and Refinement
– Sponsored Content – Rev-Bikes Founder Rebecca ‘RevBecca’ Lee started riding ebikes 15 years ago and has been growing Rev-Bikes for more than a decade. She built her first electric bike in 2009 and is passionate about growing not just Rev-bikes but the benefits that ebikes offer to a wide variety of customers Australia wide.…
Smart Motion Grows With Dealers
– Sponsored Content – Australian brand Smart Motion Electric Bikes has seen amazing growth through building close partnerships with a growing network of independent bicycle dealers. “Smart Motion already has seven years’ experience in the Australian market,” said founder Ian LeGarth. “We’re now strongly positioned within the fastest growing segment of the bike industry.” “The…
Sleek, Minimalist… and Electric!
– Sponsored Content – Ebikes may be the hot new growth market for the bicycle industry today, but e-road bikes are such a new category that they’re making other ebikes look positively old fashioned. Bianchi’s Aria eRoad is a classic example of this new breed. The internally integrated down tube battery is so slim that…
How’s Business – February 2020
Welcome to our monthly How’s Business column where we call a varied selection of bike shops across Australia and NZ and simply ask, How’s Business? With the bushfires dominating our news throughout the summer, for our follow up question this month we asked the Australian stores, ‘Do you think that the bushfires have directly or…
Goodyear Launches Full Bicycle Tyre Range into Australia
– Sponsored Content – Goodyear is without doubt one of the world’s most famous tyre brands. It was founded in 1898, employs approximately 54,000 people worldwide and has annual sales of over A$22 billion. Most people would associate Goodyear with motor car tyres and quite possibly motor racing in particular, but a lesser known fact…
Last Chance for You to Complete Vital Survey!
If you’re the owner or manager of an Australian bicycle retail store here is a unique opportunity for you to help our entire industry get a better understanding of the current status and challenges facing our industry. Bicycle Industries Australia (BIA) is conducting a survey of Australian bike shops which will reveal a host of…
Tour Down Under Expo Visitor Numbers Down – According to Exhibitors
Every January since it began in 1999, the Santos Tour Down Under has turned Victoria Square in the heart of Adelaide into a unique Tour Village. Members of the public can watch every stage live on big screen TV’s, enjoy a range of food and drink offerings, visit the mechanic’s pit area after each stage…
