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Pinion First for Integrated Drive and Gearbox Systems
Frankfurt, Germany The world’s first integrated e-bike drive and gearbox shift system to go into production has been unveiled by German company Pinion, 13 years after it revolutionised the market with the release of its 18-speed e-bike gearbox. The Pinion Motor Gearbox Unit (MGU) incorporate a brushless full-power electric motor and the company’s gearbox, with…
Schwalbe Releases First 100% Recycled Rubber Tyre
Frankfurt, Germany The first tyre with its own circular production-recycling process, the Schwalbe Green Marathon, has been released at Eurobike 2023 and picked up the event’s sustainability Green Award. Green Marathon tyres are manufactured from 100% recycled black rubber, sourced from used bike, car and truck tyres accumulated and stored by Schwalbe over the past…
Four New Board Members for Bicycle Industries Australia
Melbourne, Victoria Bicycle Industries Australia’s board has been bolstered by a number of newcomers, including representatives of the nation’s three largest bike brands. Delegates from Specialized Bicycle Components (planning and operations manager Wade Budden), Trek Bicycle Asia Pacific (advocacy and engagement manager Mark Eedle) and Giant Group (marketing manager Alistair Wilson) were confirmed as new…
Applications Open for Taipei Cycle Exhibitors
Taipei, Taiwan Booth applications opened this week for 2024 Taipei Cycle, which will focus on four themes: Green Action, Micromobility, Innovation & Startups and Culture & Lifestyle. Next year’s event will be held from 6th to 9th March and will introduce digital advancements such as a Cycling e-Sports Pavilion and an immersive E-bike Demo Test…
Publisher Phil Latz Adds Media Sales Role
Wollongong, NSW The Latz Report publisher Phil Latz has decided to also take over the role of media sales manager. “We’ve had some challenges in successfully filling this role over the past six months,” Phil said. “As all business owners know, it’s been a very tough recruitment environment in the current era of full employment.…
How’s Business – June 2023
Welcome to our monthly chat with bicycle dealers across Australia and New Zealand. With winter officially started after a very cold May in most parts of Australia and NZ, our follow-up question this month was, “How are your sales of lights, winter apparel and any other winter seasonal product going?” We made our calls on…
Yarra Valley Cycles Aiming for Big Impact with New Store
Lilydale, Victoria One of Australia’s largest independent bicycle dealers, Yarra Valley Cycles, is set to triple its floorspace with a shift to a new premises in Lilydale it says will be unique in this country. Work is well underway to convert its new Main Street building and the team is preparing to start the move…
Huge Interest in the Stratospheric Top End of Handmade Market
Williamstown, Victoria If you added up the production of every hand maker of bicycles in Australia it would probably still only amount to a fraction of 1% of the total Australian bicycle market, by volume. But that doesn’t stop people coming in their thousands to see the annual Handmade Bicycle Show Australia (HBSA). They come…
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Trek Shifts Shellharbour Store to Former Bunnings Site
Shellharbour, NSW Trek has confirmed its moving its Shellharbour store to a larger premises in nearby Warrawong. Trek Bicycle Australia’s head of retail, Richard Runde, said the NSW south coast store will move approximately 12km north to a former Bunnings site. “This store will be a brand new, state-of-the-art fit-out including a new multi-tech workshop…