Australia
The Bike Collective Bringing Well-Priced Style and Quality to Urban Scene
– Sponsored Content – Adelaide-based distributor The Bike Collective is aiming to bring more well-priced individuality and style to Australia’s urban bike market. The business was formed last year with a clear focus on simple but high-quality bikes and accessories for urban cycling and lifestyle, particularly with brands that are relatively new to the Australian…
How’s Business – March 2022
Wollongong, NSW Welcome to our monthly chat with bicycle shop owners and managers from across Australia and New Zealand. One universal theme in their comments is that stock shortages are still impacting their businesses and most feel that the light at the end of the tunnel, whilst visible now, is a long way down the…
New School Year Brings Big Shift to e-Cargo Bikes
Melbourne, Victoria Victoria’s cargo bike community is making a mass migration to motor assistance, if the experience of Melbourne store Cargocycles is any indication. In recent weeks, the Brunswick East store has averaged three enquiries a week from conventional cargo bike owners looking to make the switch to e-cargo bikes. One in three of those…
Tenders Raising the Challenge to Delivery Vans in Australian Cities
Melbourne, Victoria Australia’s commercial cargo bike market is stepping up to join the heavyweights. Melbourne-based distributor Dutch Cargo this month brought in Australia’s first Urban Arrow Tenders, flatbed delivery trikes with car-like front wheels and the load capacity and configurations to raise the challenge to delivery vans. Dutch Cargo has initially brought in two Tenders,…
Special-Edition Mundo Marks 10-Year Milestone
Melbourne, Victoria Australian cargo bike pioneer Cargocycles is celebrating a major milestone in longevity by bringing out a special-edition long-tail e-bike. The Melbourne-based Cargocycles teamed with California cargo bike manufacturer Yuba to create a limited-edition Yuba Mundo, marking 10 years of bringing Mundos to Australia. “When we first started selling cargo bikes out of a…
Specialized Buys its First Store in Australia
Brisbane, Queensland Specialized has purchased its first store in Australia, with Specialized Bicycle Components Australia this month confirming it has bought Studio de Velo in Brisbane. In an email to its retailers, Specialized announced it had purchased the Sumner store and recruited its owner, Simon Sirotti, as Specialized Australia’s retail operations manager. While key rival…
FE Sports Distributing Lightweight Wheels
Brisbane, Queensland Brisbane’s FE Sports is partnering with German wheel manufacturer Lightweight to begin distributing its high-performance wheels in Australia and New Zealand from the start of next month. Lightweight has been developing wheels for race bikes for more than 20 years, in the pursuit of “creating the perfect wheel”. Its hand-made wheels are produced…
How the Stars Aligned for e-Bikes in 2021
Wollongong, NSW 2021 might well have been the most important year in the emergence of e-bikes. Continued sales growth, escalating technological advancements, corporate investment, infrastructure progress and global recognition of their importance to improve our quality of life all combined in an almost perfect storm for the e-bike industry. The validity of this assessment will…
Homegrown Cargo Solution Ready for Retail Partners
Pre-Order Your 2022 YearBook
Wollongong, NSW We have begun updating the YearBook for the latest companies, products and brands in the industry and expect to release the 2022 Latz Report Yearbook in late April. The YearBook is a four-way, cross-referenced system that allows a reader to find the details of the companies who stock a particular product line, or…