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ANNUAL DEALER GUIDE:
Adult Bikes

Our December Annual Dealer Guide on Adult Bikes includes stories about the latest
Road, Gravel, Touring, and Hybrid, City and Retro products in the Australian market

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Features

Trade News

Trade

Latest Australian Ebike Sales Data Shows Almost 50% Growth

Phil Latz - 0
Each year most of the companies that import ebikes into Australia share their sales data on a confidential basis. The figures are...
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Trade

BikeExchange Looks Set to Float on Stock Exchange

Phil Latz - 0
Melbourne based international bicycle online marketplace platform BikeExchange appears to be preparing to float on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).
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Peter Stevens Group to Take Over ABUS Distribution in Australia

Trade Phil Latz - 0
On 1st November 2020 Peter Stevens Group which includes PSI Cycling has announced an exclusive distribution deal with ABUS, the German manufacturer of motorcycle locks, bicycle locks and helmets, commencing 1st January 2021.

Ringo’s Direct Gets Its Teeth Stuck In To Wholesale

Trade Phil Latz - 0
Australia’s bike trade has a brand new wholesale distributor, Ringo’s Direct.

Trisled Becomes Australian Distributor of TerraTrike and GreenSpeed

Trade Phil Latz - 0
One of the many attractive features of Australia’s bike industry is its diversity. There are many niches that are surprisingly large in...

“I Don’t Want Bikes to Become the Next Hand Sanitiser!”

Trade Phil Latz - 1
We recently visited Pon.Bike Australia, the only major bicycle wholesaler to be headquartered in Adelaide, SA. Pon’s major bike brands include Focus,...

Retail News

How's Business

How’s Business? Christmas 2020

How’s Business Phil Latz - 0
Welcome to our monthly survey of bike shops where we start by simply asking, ‘How’s Business?’ As we anticipated,...
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World News

World

Latest UK Data Shows Huge Scale of Bicycle Market Growth

Phil Latz - 0
If Australian dealers are wondering why it’s so hard to get bikes, a new report from the UK gives an indication of...
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World

European Bike Sales Forecast to Grow Dramatically

Phil Latz - 0
A new detailed forecast developed by three major European cycling bodies is predicting the European bicycle market to grow by 47% in...
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World

Weldtite partners with Team DSM (Formerly Sunweb) in 2021

Phil Latz - 0
Eighty year old British manufacturer Weldtite will be supplying all lubricants and bicycle maintenance products for Team DSM from the 2021 season.
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World

Harley-Davidson Ebike Launch Generates Blaze of Publicity

Phil Latz - 0
Famous American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson has just launched its first production ebike and with it, a whole new brand and company division. 
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World

Latest USA Data Shows Dramatic Inventory Shortage

Phil Latz - 0
Bicycle inventories held by USA wholesalers as at September 2020 are less than a quarter of their usual levels, according to charts published in the November edition of Bicycle Retailer and Industry News.
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World

Global Bike Company Results Start to Reflect Covid Bike Boom

Phil Latz - 0
As the latest financial reports are being posted by publicly listed bicycle companies, the first effects of the Covid boom are being seen in their sales numbers.
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Other News

Other

Get Your Business Off to a Flying Start in 2021!

Phil Latz - 0
2020 has been a crazy year for the bike industry. Even though sales have increased for many businesses, this has brought with...
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Other

Santos Festival of Cycling to Fill TDU Time Slot

Phil Latz - 0
As we announced previously here, the 2021 Santos Tour Down Under has been cancelled due to the logistical problems in getting the...
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Other

Santos Tour Down Under Cancelled for 2021

Phil Latz - 0
On 1st November 2020, the Santos Tour Down Under organisers announced there would be no international event in January 2021. However, there...
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Other

Media Personality Osher Gunsberg Joins New Look We Ride Australia Board

Phil Latz - 0
Osher Gunsberg is well known as the host of national TV series including Australian Idol, The Bachelor and Bachelorette. He’s also a...
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Other

Remarkable Turnaround for Symbolic College Street Bike Path

Phil Latz - 0
Five years ago, one of the most heavily used protected bicycle paths in Australia that had been built at a cost of...
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Other

New Australian Museum of MTB Would Love Dealer Input

Phil Latz - 0
Willunga is a small South Australian town 47 km south of Adelaide. From a cycling perspective, it’s most famous for being nestled...
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Company Features

Alchemy Cycle Trader Branches Out From its Used Bike Roots

Phil Latz - 0
As every bicycle dealer knows, supply of new bikes is tight right now, it’s possibly going to get even tighter during 2021.
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Here’s a Great Way to Gain a Competitive Advantage for your Store

Company Features Phil Latz - 0
- Sponsored Content - Many leading bicycle retailers have been running a computerised POS (point of sale system)...

Drive More Customers To Your Shop With Podium

Company Features Phil Latz - 0
- Sponsored Content - In today’s hyper-digital world, having an online presence is key to a business’s success....

Three Retailers Share Why They Offer Consumer Finance

Company Features Phil Latz - 0
- Sponsored Content - Should you be offering consumer credit in your store, and if so, through which...

Opinion

Opinion

If You Read Nothing Else, Read This! My Predictions for 2021 Bike Supply

Phil Latz - 3
"If you're a bike shop without bikes you're like a pub with no beer."
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Is It Fair We’ve Virtually Legislated the Necessity to Own a Car?

Opinion Christian Haag - 1
By Christian Haag* Decades of transport planning policy that has given the car unchallenged primacy of place has proved...

Let’s Seize This Golden Opportunity!

Opinion Phil Latz - 0
Clearly we’ve seen a global tragedy unfold over the first half of 2020. At the time of writing this (23rd July 2020)...

Increased Global Bicycle Demand Could Mean Re-Stocking Delays for Australia

Opinion Phil Latz - 0
It’s becoming apparent to me that the Covid-19 related bike boom will have two distinct phases and that the second phase will...

Cycle Tourism

Cycle Tourism

Equipping Your Customers for Their Next Adventure

Anna Gurnhill - 0
In last month’s blog, we heard from two local retailers about their identification of the need to equip local cyclists for new...
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Two Dealers See Opportunities Ahead for Bicycle Tourism

Cycle Tourism Anna Gurnhill - 0
By Anna Gurnhill This month I spoke with two local bike retailers about their perspectives on bicycle tourism, and...

Customers Who Stay Longer in Your Shop Spend More!

Cycle Tourism Phil Latz - 0
How do you create a welcoming space where cyclists, including bicycle tourists, will visit more frequently, stay longer and spend more?

Three Simple Ways to Attract More Bicycle Tourists to Your Business

Cycle Tourism Anna Gurnhill - 0
Those elusive bicycle tourists – Who are they? Where are they coming from? How do they hear about you and support your...

LATEST ARTICLES

Annual Features

Columbus Combines Technical Innovation with Italian Style

Phil Latz - 0
- Sponsored Content - Many dealers may think of Columbus as the iconic frame tube set and fork...
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Annual Features

Otso High End Gravel and Adventure Frames Now Available in Australia

Phil Latz - 0
- Sponsored Content - Otso is a brand new, engineering-driven bike brand by the people who created Wolf...
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Trade

Peter Stevens Group to Take Over ABUS Distribution in Australia

Phil Latz - 0
On 1st November 2020 Peter Stevens Group which includes PSI Cycling has announced an exclusive distribution deal with ABUS, the German manufacturer of motorcycle locks, bicycle locks and helmets, commencing 1st January 2021.
Read more
Other

Media Personality Osher Gunsberg Joins New Look We Ride Australia Board

Phil Latz - 0
Osher Gunsberg is well known as the host of national TV series including Australian Idol, The Bachelor and Bachelorette. He’s also a...
Read more
Trade

Ringo’s Direct Gets Its Teeth Stuck In To Wholesale

Phil Latz - 0
Australia’s bike trade has a brand new wholesale distributor, Ringo’s Direct.
Read more
Retail

Inside Sydney’s Newest Bike Shop

Phil Latz - 0
Sydney Electric Bikes has just opened its fifth Sydney location, Centennial Park.  Strictly speaking, the new store is in Woollahra...
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World

Latest USA Data Shows Dramatic Inventory Shortage

Phil Latz - 0
Bicycle inventories held by USA wholesalers as at September 2020 are less than a quarter of their usual levels, according to charts published in the November edition of Bicycle Retailer and Industry News.
Read more
Trade

Trisled Becomes Australian Distributor of TerraTrike and GreenSpeed

Phil Latz - 0
One of the many attractive features of Australia’s bike industry is its diversity. There are many niches that are surprisingly large in...
Read more
Other

Remarkable Turnaround for Symbolic College Street Bike Path

Phil Latz - 0
Five years ago, one of the most heavily used protected bicycle paths in Australia that had been built at a cost of...
Read more
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