London-based bike subscription platform Buzzbike has appointed Shaun Stanworth as head of engineering and Alp Turgut as lead product designer. Launched in 2016, Buzzbike recently secured a further £1.7 million of funding in its latest round from a variety of sources, including the UK Government’s The Future Fund and sports …
Read More »YuLife partners with Buzzbike
YuLife has partnered with Buzzbike to enable its members to enjoy a Buzzbike subscription at reduced monthly rates. The partnership is designed to reward members for regular cycling at a time when many office workers are looking to reduce public transport use. Cycling surged in popularity in the wake of …
Read More »Buzzbike raises £1.7 million in latest funding round
London-based bike subscription platform Buzzbike has raised £1.7 million in its latest funding round. Buzzbike has raised funds from a variety of sources, including the UK Government’s The Future Fund, sports tech accelerator leAD (and its family of shareholders, including the Adidas family), Cooper (the company behind the Mini Cooper) …
Read More »What does a greener normal mean for the cycling industry?
By Tom Hares, CEO and co-founder, Buzzbike
Read More »BikeBiz July edition is now available
The digital edition of BikeBiz July is now available. Our latest issue looks at sustainability and diversity in the cycling industry, catches up with USE, FFWD, Gocycle and ArmaUrto, and looks at how COVID-19 will impact high streets and the way we travel in the UK. This month’s sector guides …
Read More »Cycling industry unites to launch new campaign
Leading voices from the cycle industry have joined forces to show that #BikeIsBest in a new multi-format campaign. In the UK, two thirds (68%) of all journeys are under five miles, a distance that can be easily cycled by most people. Believing that #BikeIsBest, many of the cycling industry’s biggest …
Read More »Buzzbike sees 440% increase in bike subscriptions
Buzzbike has revealed a 440% year-on-year increase in bike subscriptions, with the majority of subscriptions coming from those new to cycling. The data also revealed a 160% increase in subscriptions was just in the past month. The news comes after the Government announced a £2 billion package at the beginning …
Read More »Is Buzzbike striving where other cycle share schemes are failing?
Over the last few months, we’ve seen several reports about the emergence of various different cycle share schemes in the UK, with news stories generally surrounding the initial potentially negative implications of their mass operation.
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