Trade
Passion and Persistence Power LUXBMX
LUXBMX have built their unique business from the ground up over the past decade. Founded and owned by business partners Evan Jaques and Mitch Wood, LUXBMX is a classic, ‘bootstrapping from the ground up’ success story. Even before they joined forces to found LUXBMX in a tiny shop in an alleyway in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley,…
Rohloff Australia Upholds Obsession for Technical Perfection
Back in 1986, Bernhard and Barbara Rohloff created the company that bears their name. Their first product was a chain followed by various other drivetrain related products. It took a decade before they released their iconic 14 speed Rohloff Speedhub 500/14 which apart from refinements, has essentially remained the same product since 1996. In those…
Hopefully Third Time Lucky for Handmade Bicycle Show Australia
The popular annual Handmade Bicycle Show Australia will hopefully be held from 7th to 9th May 2021 at Seaworks, Williamstown, Victoria. The show was originally scheduled to return to its previous venue at the historic Melbourne Meat Markets in North Melbourne, but when the initial COVID-19 wave caused its postponement, a date clash required it…
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Latest Australian Ebike Sales Data Shows Almost 50% Growth
Each year most of the companies that import ebikes into Australia share their sales data on a confidential basis. The figures are collated by an independent third party and only a total number is released by Bicycle Industries Australia (BIA). The numbers only relate to the participating companies which in 2018/19 were: Advance Traders, Adventure…
BikeExchange Looks Set to Float on Stock Exchange
Melbourne based international bicycle online marketplace platform BikeExchange appears to be preparing to float on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). The Australian Financial Review (AFR) has been running a series of articles over recent months documenting the progressive stages BikeExchange’s preparation for a stock market float. We recently reported on one of those here, the…
Peter Stevens Group to Take Over ABUS Distribution in Australia
Ringo’s Direct Gets Its Teeth Stuck In To Wholesale
Trisled Becomes Australian Distributor of TerraTrike and GreenSpeed
One of the many attractive features of Australia’s bike industry is its diversity. There are many niches that are surprisingly large in business sales revenue terms. Some of these niches are on a growth trajectory. Recumbent bicycles is one such niche that after many years on the margins, is seeing rapid growth in sales. This…
“I Don’t Want Bikes to Become the Next Hand Sanitiser!”
We recently visited Pon.Bike Australia, the only major bicycle wholesaler to be headquartered in Adelaide, SA. Pon’s major bike brands include Focus, Cervélo and Kalkhoff. It is a subsidiary of Pon Holdings, one of the Netherlands largest companies with over 12,000 employees worldwide and business units across automotive, bike and various industrial and engineering services.…