Its official: more bikes sold in 99 than 98

It would be in the trades best interests for this sort of information to be freely available but in the absence of published figures from the Bicycle Association we have resorted to other means to compile the rounded-up figures below.

The totals for 1999, we feel, are accurate up until September. The figures for the last three months of the year are projections.

PRODUCTION TOTALS

1996

2.44 million

1997

2.5 million

1998

2.3 million

1999

2.387 million

MONTHLY BREAKDOWN: 1998

Jan 80 000

Feb 116 000

Mar 164 000

Apr 173 000

May 166 600

June 227 500

July 235 000

Aug 208 400

Sept 210 000

Oct 274 000

Nov 265 000

Dec 198 200

2.3 million

MONTHLY BREAKDOWN: 1999

Jan 72 500

Feb 105 000

Mar 177 000

Apr 187 000

May 174 700

June 219 000

July 254 000

Aug 220 000

Sept 224 000

Oct 280 000

Nov 273 000

Dec 201 000

2.387 million