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Leadership Ambitions Takes Luc’s Career Down New Thread
Melbourne, Victoria A long-serving member of Giant’s Australian team is wrapping up his career in the bicycle industry, for a new challenge in the textiles sector. Sales agent Luc Gilmore ended his 18-year association with Giant Bicycles Australia at the end of last month and will soon begin as General Manager for clothing and packaging…
Final Preparations for World Cycling Titles
Wollongong, NSW Venues are taking shape for the 2022 World Road Cycling Championships, being held in Wollongong from this Sunday. While more than 1,000 of the world’s top international cyclists are making their final preparations for the championships, many of the industry’s leading brands are also getting ready for one of the world’s biggest annual…
Chain of Events Attracts New Omnium Distributor
Melbourne, Victoria Danish cargo bike specialist Omnium is about to gain a much greater prominence in Australia, with former architect Ben Kampschoer drawn to become its national distributor. A long sequence of serendipity has led Ben to establish Omnium Cargo Australia, with his first shipment of bikes soon to depart Taiwan. Based in Victoria, he…
NZ’s Earshots Sets Sights on Australia with Bikecorp Partnership
Melbourne, Victoria An NZ earphone company seeking to re-define the adventure wireless earphone market with its patented, world-class technology has partnered with distributor Bikecorp to launch its magnetic earphones in cycling retail stores across Australia. Earshots, based in the South Island town of Cromwell, produces earphones for mountain biking, road cycling, trail running and other…
Specialized Ready For Active Promotion at Micromobility Conference and Expo
Sydney, NSW Specialized’s large-scale expansion into the urban bike market will be on full display when Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse hosts the inaugural Micromobility Conference and Expo on 25th and 26th November. The company has confirmed it will be exhibiting at the expo, with a particular emphasis on its commuter bikes and e-bike models. Specialized Product…
Booming Business Tones Down Blue Bike Anniversary Celebrations
Darwin, NT Tenth anniversary celebrations at Darwin’s Blue Bikes didn’t go quite to plan but manager Kyle Boeyen didn’t mind they had to be scaled back because of a rush of business. “We were flat-chat, so we weren’t able to push the celebrations as much as we would’ve liked,” he said. “We were slammed throughout…
Hopper Stays Close to Driving Experience
Frankfurt, Germany Luring drivers out of cars and into more sustainable transport options could require alternatives as close as possible to the automobile experience, according to the developer of a new light electric vehicle (LEV) prototype. German company Hopper Mobility, launched only last year, attracted plenty of attention when it exhibited its three-wheeler prototype at…
Cargo Explosion Delivers a Wealth of Innovations
Frankfurt, Germany The exploding cargo bike market was an unmistakeable feature of Eurobike 2022, with a growing array of global players occupying much of one exhibition hall. A vast spectrum of designs whizzed around the test tracks and many industry folk and members of the public took the opportunity to try the multitude of cargo…
Four More Stores in Giant Network
Melbourne, Victoria Australia’s network of Giant Stores (GS) has expanded by four so far this year, with three NSW shops joining the ranks and another in Queensland. Brisbane’s Giant Redlands Bay is set to become only the third GS to start from scratch, when it opens its doors this month. The store will be the…
TQ Creates a Much Smaller, Lighter, Quieter E-Bike Drive System
Frankfurt, Germany It’s a sign of how attractive the bicycle industry has become to outside players when a world leading company which already has 1,700 specialists working in robotics, aerospace and rocket science decides to invest heavily into developing new bicycle components. Not only that, it then works secretly for four long years with one…