Retail Briefs – October

Internal above view of a bicycle store

Off Course As we reported here earlier this year, after 16 years trading as Commuter Cycles, the inner city Melbourne store rebranded as Off Course to reflect the much wider range of bikes that it now sells and services, including to gravel and adventure riding markets. After a long gap between visits, I recently dropped…

These Five Shops Are Looking Well Stocked – For Now At Least

In this age of random Covid hot spots and unexpected lockdowns, I’ve chosen not to risk too many road trips. Not because of health concerns, but just to avoid the potential disruption of having to quarantine and get tested through being in the wrong place at the wrong time.   On Friday 26th March I finally poked my head out of the burrow, and headed to Sydney where I…