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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…
Bicycle Imports Still Near Record Levels
Canberra, ACT Australia’s bike import figures for 2021/22 appear set to remain near the lofty numbers set during last year’s record-breaking period. While import data for June 2022 is yet to confirmed, figures for the previous 11 months are enough to confirm the 2021/22 financial year will finish second only to the previous financial year’s…
Ready to Tread Into Australian Market
Frankfurt, Germany A unique zip-on adaptable tyre tread solution is set to become more prominent in Australia, with Norwegian company reTyre signing up a distributor to explore market opportunities in this country. reTyre was attracting plenty of attention when it displayed its latest generation of modular zip-on treads at Eurobike 2022 last month. The modular…
How’s Business – A Berlin Special
Berlin, Germany Germany continues to be the biggest market for bicycles in the European Union and e-bikes are steadily growing towards claiming 50% of its total unit sales. However, it doesn’t take much searching in the nation’s capital, Berlin, to find examples that buck the trend completely. While major city commuting and e-bikes appear to…