Posts Tagged ‘Impact of Covid-19 on Cycling’
Eight Ways to Build the Bicycle Community During COVID-19
Create and share video content to help people get out and ride (e.g., how to change a flat; basic maintenance, keeping tires inflated, etc.) Host virtual happy hours to bring people who love bicycling together (Google hangouts, Skype, GoToMeeting, Zoom, etc.); consider a topic of the day Share a daily video featuring products and/or apparel…
European Bicycle Factories Starting to Reopen
In late March Pon Bike announced that they were halting production at their Derby Cycle factory in Cloppenburg Germany until at least 17th April. However they would still be delivering bicycles that they had in stock. As at 20th April, there had still been no announcement as to when production would resume. Other European factories…
Keeping the Good Oil Flowing During the Pandemic
Queensland based Owen Matthews is founder and product developer of Australian made lubricants, degreasers and other chemical based products Ride Mechanic. Owen is the only Australian bicycle industry member we’re aware of that also has a PhD in chemistry and has a wide range of professional and consultancy experience in industrial chemistry. “March was pretty…
Letter from America – May 2020
Get Ready to Face a New Economy SANTA FE, New Mexico—Covid-19 is fast changing the U.S economy, forcing a re-think of globalization and supply chain dependence, and turning the world of brick-and-mortar retail topsy-turvy. No one knows when the global economy will begin to ‘normalize’, as the experts like to say, and certainly no one…
Google Search Data Suggests Growing Interest in Cycling as Virus Hits
Studying the frequency of Google search terms is an inexact science, but looking at the chart below, there appears to be a significant uptick in the number of Google searches for five key search terms over the past few days. The chart below is looking at searches across all of Australia for the period 1st…