Posts by Phil Latz
Here’s a Big Market Opportunity!
– Sponsored Content – Electric Cargo Bikes will transform the way people and goods move in urban areas in the decades ahead. Cargo bikes are not a new invention, but new designs and technology including electric power assistance, has seen the global cargo bike market boom. This in turn means a big opportunity for Australian…
Sea Otter Australia Officially Launched
A new cycling festival experience – Sea Otter Australia – is set to debut at Canberra’s Stromlo Forest Park on 2nd to 5th October 2020 following an official launch at the venue on Wednesday 18th December. Sea Otter Australia will offer spectators and riders a contemporary cycling adventure like no other, nestled in Stromlo Forest…
Earlier Dates Mean Closer Trips for Show Attendees
For those Australian or New Zealand bicycle trade members looking to attend both Eurobike and Taichung Bike Week next year, they’ll not have long to unpack their bags between trips. Eurobike is only a fraction later than its traditional dates at 2nd to 5th September 2020, but Taichung Bike Week has decided to move four…
Research Shows that Ebike Riders are Not ‘Cheating’
A research paper published by members of Brigham Young University in the USA has concluded that eMTB riders are working their bodies almost as hard as those on regular bikes. In the study, 33 regular MTB riders aged 18 to 65 formed the pool, with each participant tracked via Strava over a 10 kilometre loop…
Selle Royal Group is Looking for a Major Investor
Selle Royal Group includes not just Selle Royal saddles, but also fi’zi:k, Brooks, Crank Brothers and PedAL ED. It’s not yet clear what percentage of the company is up for sale. 2019 sales are projected to be 130 million Euro (A$211 million) and Ebitda (earnings before interest and depreciation) of 14.6 million Euro (A$24 million).…
Bike Society New Store Details Revealed
Back in September we ran this story about leading South Australian Retailer Bike Society who was looking to relocate their Blair Athol store. At the time, owner Mark Birkdale was not ready to reveal the full details of what he was planning. Now it has been confirmed via the Bike Society website that they’re not…
Sydney’s Newest Bike Store Opens
Specialist ebike retailer Sydney Electric Bikes has opened a brand new store at Engadine and relocated its Thornleigh store to a new site in Hornsby. The two news stores are virtually at the extreme northern and southern edges of the greater Sydney metropolitan region and both have close access to mountain biking trails. Sydney Electric…
Norm De Grandi Dies After 72 Years in the Bike Industry
One of Australia’s longest serving bicycle industry members passed away on 9th November 2019. He was 94 years old. Norm De Grandi left behind seven children, six of whom work in the iconic business that still carries his name, De Grandi Cycle & Sport in the Victorian city of Geelong. The business was started in…
New Service Lets You Recycle Your Tyres and Tubes
Most bike shop owners agree with the concept of recycling tyres and tubes, but unfortunately it has been quite difficult to do, until now. That’s because recycling tyres is an industrial scale process and the key company who does this work in Australia, Tyrecycle, will only accept large deliveries of used bicycle tyres and tubes.…
Inside An Australian Decathlon Store’s Bicycle Department
Decathlon is a massive French owned global retailer of sporting goods. They have over 1,500 stores across 55 countries and global sales were $17.7 billion dollars in 2017. Since Decathlon opened their first Australian store in Sydney two years ago, they’ve since opened another four, with another planned for 2020 along the way to their…