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Bolt has teamed up with Allianz Partners to provide insurance to its electric scooter users across 26 countries in Europe. The new three-year partnership will see Bolt scooter users provided with two types of insurance already embedded in the rental fee: Personal Accident Insurance and Rider General Liability Insurance. This …

CamelBak has announced a new partnership with its Japanese bike distributor Riteway Products Japan (RPJ). The agreement extends RPJ’s current distribution of CamelBak bike-related products to now include all product categories produced by CamelBak, including outdoor, run and everyday bottles and drinkware products. Joe Holland, international sales manager at CamelBak, …

Lightweight has unveiled its latest product – a £6,000 carbon disc wheelset. The Obermayer Evo wheels are the latest innovation from the German component manufacturer, weighing just 1,230 grams, making them one of the lightest disc wheelsets on the market.  Named after Lightweight co-founder and inventor Heinz Obermayer, this new …

Pierer Mobility AG has announced the acquisition and integration of Felt Bicycles into its division Pierer E-Bikes GmbH. Founded in 1991 in California, USA, Felt Bicycles has a reputation for producing high-performance, drop-bar road, triathlon, track, cyclocross, gravel and adventure bikes. Felt bikes have been ridden to stage wins at …

The Mayor of London’s ambitious targets for reducing carbon emissions could create 25,000 bike industry jobs, according to the Bicycle Association (BA).  In its latest report the BA, national trade association for the UK cycle industry, has analysed the impacts that boosting cycling could have in the capital, finding we …

Cycling, particularly in the UK, has a not-so-guilty obsession with performance, writes Jack Davey, Unearth Marketing

BikeBiz catches up with several UK distributors to reflect on a bizarre yet successful period for the cycling industry. Today, we hear from Lea Adams, CEO, Greyville Enterprises

So you want to start advertising to increase sales. Who should you target first? By Jake Voelcker, owner, Bicycleworks

BikeBiz catches up with several UK distributors to reflect on a bizarre yet successful period for the cycling industry. Today, we hear from Simon Ford, sales director Extra UK