Trade
Australian Wholesalers Want Faster eBikes
A survey of 55 Australian wholesalers who sell ebikes found that 73% of them would like our legislation changed to increase the maximum speed of power assistance from the current 25kph to 32kph. Bicycle Industries Australia (BIA) conducted a three question survey of wholesalers. In answer to the first question as to what their preferred…
Heavy Duty Cargo Trailers Coming to Australia
Melbourne based Dutch Cargo Bike will distribute Carla Cargo’s heavy-duty cargo trailers to commercial customers. Based in Germany, Carla Cargo was founded in 2018 and is now exporting its trailers across the UK, Europe and USA. The trailers have their own electric drive system and can handle loads of 150kg in trailer mode and 200kg…
Australian Bicycle Imports Down in April, Up in May
P&A Wholesalers Share Their Experiences and Predictions Regarding Covid-19 Disruption
We’re now rolling into the fifth month since Covid-19 began turning the bicycle industry, and the world more generally, on its head. Last month we asked leading complete bicycle wholesalers for their stories and predictions. This month it’s the specialist P&A wholesalers’ turn. Of course in reality, with a few exceptions, wholesalers don’t exclusively sell…
Preview The Latz Report Yearbook 2020!
Back by popular demand! We’re putting the finishing touches on The Latz Report Yearbook 2020 and anticipate it going live early in July. We’ll send you a special one-off email with a link to the Yearbook as soon as it’s live. This will include simple instructions about how to access and use it in its…
Major Survey of Cycling Attitudes Yields Promising Results
Bicycles Online, Australia’s largest specialist online bicycle retailer, recently conducted a survey of 2,180 people Australia-wide via a wide range of sources beyond just their customer database. 56% of respondents are cycling more now since lockdown, 46% say this behavioural change is permanent, and 23% have said less traffic has increased their confidence riding on…
How is Your Work / Life Balance?
Surveys show that self-employed business owners on average work longer hours than typical wage earners. You don’t have to scratch too far beneath the surface with many business people before you’ll hear a comment like, ‘I know I should be spending more time with my family’ or ‘I wish I could spend more time with…
ACCC Issues a Recall on Certain Avanti Bicycle Models
On 7th June 2020 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued a product recall announcement for certain Avanti road bike models. Specifically, Avanti Corsa SL Bicycles and Framesets for Model Years 2014-2018, Avanti Corsa ER Bicycles and Framesets for Model Years 2016-2018 and Avanti Giro C Bicycles for Model Years 2016-2018. In Avanti Corsa…
Bicycle Wholesalers Share Their Thoughts on Current Situation
In addition to surveying 25 retailers for this month’s newsletter, we sent emails to CEO’s of 12 of the largest bicycle wholesalers in Australia. We focused upon companies who mainly import complete bicycles, as opposed to P&A. Next month we’ll contact some P&A specialist wholesalers for their opinions. Thanks very much to all those who…
2020 Yearbook Coming Soon! Last Chance to Update Your Listing
We aim to be publishing The Latz Report Yearbook 2020 by the end of next month. If you’re a wholesaler or any other bike business that sells products or services to retailers, then today (Friday 29th May) is your last chance to update your free listing. Due to economic and logistical impacts of the coronavirus,…