Trade
PSI Cycling Becomes Exclusive Distributor for Goodyear Bicycle Tyres
On 23rd January PSI Cycling announced that it had reached an exclusive agreement to distribute Goodyear Bicycle Tyres in Australia, with product becoming available prior to the end of January 2020. The Goodyear name first appeared on a bicycle tyre in 1898 — Goodyear’s very first tyre. 120 years later, Goodyear is now introducing a…
Bikecorp Becomes Exclusive Distributor of Profile Design and Bellwether
From January 2020, Bike Corp will taking over Profile Design and Bellwether Clothing as the new exclusive Australian distributor. As of 27th January, Bikecorp will partially be able to fulfil orders from both Profile Design and Bellwether and is hoping that the transfer of previous distributor TMO’s stock will be complete soon after that. Profile…
Brompton Australia’s Peter Keast to Retire as Sales Boom
Canberra based Peter Keast is about to leave the bike industry on a high after a bicycle retail and wholesale career spanning 42 years. For many of these he founded and grew the Onya Bike retail chain in the ACT but after selling this, he more recently set up Brompton Bicycles Australia. Peter’s first Onya…
Tariff Case Loss A Multi-Million Dollar Blow to Our Industry
There has been a story, bubbling away in the background that we’ve chosen not to report upon until now, because it has been the subject of a legal case. It’s also a somewhat complex issue, so we’ll start with some background explanation. Australia’s federal government has the power to impose import tariffs on any imported…
Sea Otter Australia Officially Launched
A new cycling festival experience – Sea Otter Australia – is set to debut at Canberra’s Stromlo Forest Park on 2nd to 5th October 2020 following an official launch at the venue on Wednesday 18th December. Sea Otter Australia will offer spectators and riders a contemporary cycling adventure like no other, nestled in Stromlo Forest…
TMO Sports Trials Innovative Social Media Based Marketing Strategy
After many years with a previous distributor, Continental Tyres moved their Australian bicycle tyre distribution to TMO Sports in November 2017. Continental also updated their mountain bike tyre range about 12 months ago. Continental has been a very strong road tyre brand here for many years, but TMO Sports was finding it tough to gain…
Adventure Brands Goes Global
On 1st October Jamie Walsh, founder and owner of Adventure Brands announced the sale of his business to Global Fitness and Leisure. “We have experienced a significant increase in demand for our products,especially the iconic Rocky Mountain brand,” Jamie said in his official announcement. “To best enable the business to flourish, it was agreed that…
Australian Handlebar Dispute Makes US Trade News
You may not be aware that there is an Australian low volume, high technology carbon fibre handlebar brand named Eyropro. Based in Adelaide, South Australia Eyropro makes road racing bars that weigh just 200 grams. They have a unique upswept design that is now the subject of a patent dispute with USA brand Coefficient Cycling…
Bikesportz Takes Over as Bosch Service Centre
From 1st October Bikesportz has officially become the Australian Service and Warranty Centre for Bosch Ebike Systems. “It’s going very well so far,” Shannon Cramer told The Latz Report. “We’re working very closely with Bosch who are located nearby. Customer feedback so far has been very positive.’ In another new initiative, Bikesportz has taken over…
What’s in the Future for Australian Ebike Sales?
Now that we have our first ever reasonably accurate number of ebike sales in Australia, how does this compare with other countries where they have been collecting sales data every year? Firstly, to be fair to Australia, we need to take the combined figure of the 22 companies who participated in the survey, 27,500, and…