Retail
New Service Lets You Recycle Your Tyres and Tubes
Most bike shop owners agree with the concept of recycling tyres and tubes, but unfortunately it has been quite difficult to do, until now. That’s because recycling tyres is an industrial scale process and the key company who does this work in Australia, Tyrecycle, will only accept large deliveries of used bicycle tyres and tubes.…
Inside An Australian Decathlon Store’s Bicycle Department
Decathlon is a massive French owned global retailer of sporting goods. They have over 1,500 stores across 55 countries and global sales were $17.7 billion dollars in 2017. Since Decathlon opened their first Australian store in Sydney two years ago, they’ve since opened another four, with another planned for 2020 along the way to their…
Cell Bike Brand Re-emerges in Australia
Cell Bikes are remembered in Australia as arguably the first major online retail company and discount bike brand. Cell Bikes declined as brand and business, before closing, then being acquired by Bicycles Online, the Sydney based importer and online retailer of bicycle brands including Polygon and Marin. Now the Cell Bikes brand has re-emerged in…
Major Specialized Dealer Sells to Trek
The Cyclery, a large, extremely well presented store in Fyshwick, ACT has just been acquired by Trek Bicycles Australia. For owners Trevor and Janie Rix, it’s the second time that they’ve successfully sold a bike shop. In 1991, they originally started working in what is now known as Lonsdale Street Cyclery, in Braddon, immediately to…
Founder Puts Australia’s Oldest Ebike Shop on the Market
What is possibly the first specialist ebike shop in Australia has been put on the market. Glow Worm Bicycles is celebrating it’s 10th anniversary on 15th December 2019. Owner Maurice Wells is not definitively claiming that his is the first ebike specialist shop in Australia, as others were starting around the same time, but it…
Bernie Jones Cycles to Close After 51 Years
A longstanding independent Adelaide bike shop – known for its landmark big bicycle on the roof – will close its doors at the end of the month. Tracey Loader and husband Jeff have decided to shutter Bernie Jones Cycles at Diagonal Rd, Warradale, in the south western suburbs of Adelaide, SA. The store was started…
Over The Edge For Sale
Bike Society to Open New Flagship Store in Adelaide
Last month we ran a short story and photo saying that leading Adelaide retailer Bike Society were closing their Blair Athol Store. Soon after came an announcement to all of their customers and on their website that a new flagship store is opening somewhere within the Adelaide CBD. Although the announcement does not give an…
Wiggle Responds to Retail Pricing Claim
In our How’s Business column for October, one retailer made a comment about low retail pricing of Continental Tyres through Wiggle. Gina Ricardo, WiggleCRC Site Merchandiser & Marketing Manager for Australia and New Zealand wrote to us with the following reply: “I’ve got no idea how on earth how this customer of Wayne’s from Cyclemania…
New Giant Thornleigh Store Opening Soon
Canberra based retailer Pushys is expanding into the Sydney market. They’re starting a brand new store in the outer northern western suburb of Thornleigh 27 km from the city centre. The new store which will be at 292 Pennant Hills Road Thornleigh is on the same side of the road almost next door to two…