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Mitas Families Offer Dealers Great Range and Value
– Sponsored Content – Although Mitas tyres have only recently infiltrated the Australian market, their history is anything but recent. Producing specialty rubber products in the Czech Republic since 1929, Mitas has grown to become Europe’s largest cycling tyre and tube manufacturer. The Mitas range features over 90 tyre variants, so you know they have…
Letter from America: November 2020
By Marc Sani As I write this, America is but 10 days away from what many argue is the most consequential presidential election since Abraham Lincoln’s victory in 1860. Let the historians debate that point. But what offers no debate is the COVID-19 pandemic––current U.S. case levels are at record highs––with no end in sight;…
Is It Fair We’ve Virtually Legislated the Necessity to Own a Car?
By Christian Haag* Decades of transport planning policy that has given the car unchallenged primacy of place has proved and continues to prove destructive to our social, economic, physical and environmental wellbeing. Decades of ever-expanding suburbia, with little or no thought put into affordable, sustainable transport solutions other than to drive, locks us all into…
Drive More Customers To Your Shop With Podium
– Sponsored Content – In today’s hyper-digital world, having an online presence is key to a business’s success. In addition to websites, blogs, and social media profiles, having positive online reviews can play a defining role in the success of your shop. In fact, over 90% of consumers seek out and read customer reviews prior…
Identification is a Key Component to Reducing Bike Theft
– Sponsored Content – Bike theft doesn’t just leave the bike owner feeling devastated. Customer concern about potential theft is a major impediment to bike shops selling more bikes and bikes of greater value. A bike lock is a necessary deterrent to opportunistic theft but on its own offers little protection against determined recidivist bike…
Mountain Bikes – Will the MTB Sales Boom Continue?
There’s no doubt that mountain bike sales have been going through a boom over recent years. To our industry’s collective disadvantage, unlike the USA and Europe, in Australia we don’t collaborate to produce sales statistics broken down to type of bike. Therefore this article can only be based upon anecdotal evidence from within Australia and…
Three Retailers Share Why They Offer Consumer Finance
– Sponsored Content – Should you be offering consumer credit in your store, and if so, through which provider? We recently spoke to three Australian bicycle retailers who could hardly have been more diverse in terms of their geographical spread and business formats. One business has been built around bike hire and hosting rides on…
World Class Wheels With Superior Service and Margins
– Sponsored Content – For more than eight years, Brisbane based Craftworx has been steadily building its reputation not only as a top quality wheel builder but as an Australian wheel manufacturer. But many dealers across Australia may not be aware that Craftworx also design their own wheels from the ground up, all of which…
MicroSHIFT – Offers High Quality and Value for Money
– Sponsored Content – Queensland-based KWT Imports has recently been appointed as the Australian distributor for MicroSHIFT and will be offering this great quality drive-train product through its extensive dealer network. MicroSHIFT, a Taiwanese drivetrain brand, has been flying under the radar for some time, building OEM spec components since 1999. Recently, MicroSHIFT came out…
How Sustainable are the Products You Sell?
Most of us in the bicycle industry already well understand that cycling is a sustainable mode of transport and provides positive environmental outcomes through its contribution to urban mobility and transport solutions. It is also reasonably well accepted that the bicycle brings about community cohesion and social sustainability in areas where bikes are ridden frequently…