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Exclusive Interview with an Aussie Bike Expert Stranded in Taiwan
Aldo Contarino would be best described as an inventor and manufacturing expert who’s been in the Australian bike industry for over three decades. Through his Quantum Bicycles workshop in Perth, he and his team have manufactured and repaired frames and taken on all sorts of tricky jobs that most bike workshops would pass on. He’s…
Influencers! Launching 1st August with Osher Günsberg
On Sunday 1st August we’re launching a brand new YouTube Channel and interview series called influencers! Through influencers! we’ll be interviewing a wide range of people, both face-to face and via video link, throughout Australia and around the world. Everyone that we speak to in influencers! is making a difference in some aspect of cycling…
Grandfather, Grandson to Ride Across Australia for Compassion
Mike Jeffs, a keen amateur cyclist and businessman from Queensland, is set to take on the adventure of his life, cycling all the way across Australia to see children released from poverty. The journey will be even more special because his grandson, Elijah, will be riding beside him. “This is an amazing adventure opportunity for…
Why Now is the Right Time for an Ebike Subsidy
By Dr Elliot Fishman* In May 2021 the Victorian government, in response to heavy criticism of their electric vehicle road user charge, announced a $3,000 subsidy for the purchase of an electric vehicle priced under $68,740. This week, NSW has followed up with its own $3,000 rebate and a stamp duty exemption. The ACT government…
‘Voluptuous Pleasures of Cycling’ Explained Inside Federal Parliament
It’s hard to get a laugh at a 7:30 am breakfast function, but federal MP Andrew Leigh, Shadow Assistant Minister for Treasury, achieved this at the most recent Parliamentary Friends of Cycling breakfast, hosted by Stephen Hodge on behalf of We Ride Australia and held inside the federal parliament in Canberra on Tuesday 15th June.…
Cycling Trade Media Veteran Passes Away
Although he had been retired for many years, there are still a large number of bicycle industry members who would remember David Priestley who passed away recently. David published, what is to our knowledge, the first ever Australian bicycle trade publication, Bicycle Industry News. Prior to that he was also the editor of the consumer…
Letter to the Editor
I Don’t Think These Baby Seats Are Safe. 15 years ago Amazon would not support products that didn’t meet the safety standards. Wind forward 10 years and Amazon will stock any product and remove themselves from any responsibility saying it is not their role to police the plethora of clearly unsafe seats appearing on their…
Bike Industry Links at Disability Expo
We recently attended the ATSA Expo in Melbourne where we met several exhibitors with direct bicycle industry links and others with strong overlaps. ATSA stands for Assistive Technologies Suppliers Australia – it’s the trade association for an industry whose mobility equipment stores segment alone is estimated to have a turnover in excess of $669 million…
Bike Counter Data Shows Clear Covid Spike
We’ve all seen increased cycling activity during Covid lockdowns and heard about the surge in demand for bicycles and related equipment. But it’s interesting to see some hard data that precisely measures cycling activity, even if it’s only a snapshot from six locations around Australia. The two charts accompanying this story relate to the same six bike…
Ebike Fire a Reminder of Potential Risks
With ebikes becoming so commonplace, it’s easy to become complacent about the fact that ebike batteries are high density stores of chemical energy in a potentially highly flammable form.
A fire that engulfed a three-level house in Sydney on Friday 19th March was started by an e-bike that was ‘left on to charge overnight, according to firefighters.