Features
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…
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…
Letter From America – February 2020
It’s fair to say that most of North America is deep into winter, but winter across this vast continental mass is an iffy calculation. Temperatures in Southern California and across that broad sweep of territory that includes southern Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and into Texas have been generally mild. Good for business. A friend of…
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…
Current Tariff Legislation is Hurting our Industry
Several major product categories that are sold within the Australian bicycle industry are subject to import tariffs. These are federally imposed taxes paid for by the importer. But because importers need to make a sustainable profit, they must pass these higher prices on to the retailers and that ultimately makes these goods more expensive for…
Three Simple Ways to Attract More Bicycle Tourists to Your Business
Those elusive bicycle tourists – Who are they? Where are they coming from? How do they hear about you and support your local business? Attracting local cyclists to your business can be hard enough, let alone those visiting from who-knows-where. How do you possibly position your business and market to those visiting from all corners…
TEBCO Gives Dealers Full Technical Backup
– Sponsored Content – The Electric Bicycle Co (TEBCO) celebrating it’s 20th anniversary, meaning it’s the first ebike specialist company in Australia. Ask founder Tony Morgan for the secret to two decades of success and he has no hesitation in answering, “Our in house workshop capability is absolutely paramount,” he said. “We get people calling…
Two Australian Designed Products with World Class Features
– Sponsored Content – Australian bicycle industry veteran Trent Fitzgibbins is passionate about designing state of the art products at great value prices that help dealers to sell through, 52 weeks of the year. Trent has designed products for many brands and companies over the years, but this article will focus upon two of the…
Great Value & Margins from Europe’s Largest Tyre Manufacturer
– Sponsored Content – You may be interested to learn that the largest manufacturer of tyres within Europe is not one of the best known brands (who primarily manufacture in Asia) but Mitas, who have been making tyres, solely in Europe since 1908. Mitas are based in the Czech Republic, where they manufacture all of…
Why We Deserve Government Support
I’ve always been an analytical type of person. Show me the numbers! Then I’ll make decisions based upon the data There’s nothing exceptional in that. It’s what every good bike businessperson does day in and day out when they’re deciding what to order, what prices to charge and a host of other decisions. Theoretically our…