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Friday, 13 December 2024: The date on which a significant European Union regulation change occurred —introducing the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)—seems to have caught more than a few by surprise.  In the week before GPSR went into effect, a flurry of last-minute questions—a number of which BikeBiz saw being …

Rebecca Bland speaks to Emily Hughes, founder of specialist women’s mountain bike clothing brand Trail Bloom. While the industry works to promote cycling and mountain biking to a wider audience, one thing that’s often forgotten about is the kit. When it comes to women’s clothing, ‘pink it and shrink it’ …

Vittoria is a brand which focuses all of its research and development into cycling. Simon Cox speaks to Bruno Tecci, Stijn Vriends and Vanessa ten Hoff from the Italian brand about the brand’s ethos and culture. In the lead-up to the recent UCI Track World Championships Vittoria took to social …

South African apparel brand Ciovita has been making waves in its home market for eight years. Owning its Cape Town-based manufacturing facilities sets the brand apart from many of its competitors in the cycling apparel space.  The brand has a long-standing partnership with the Epic Global MTB Series, part of …

BikeBiz hears from Matt Rudd, sales director at Tandem Group Cycles, who reflects on a busy year for the company’s brands and previews what dealers can expect from Claud Butler, Dawes, Falcon and Squish. Can you give us an overview of some of the new products? This year has been …

It’s not every day you see a start-up in the cycling retail space showcasing its impressive first year of trading. Spend any time chatting with Kev Williams and it’s immediately obvious that the success is built on a host of business experience, backed by a clear vision for the business …

BikeBiz catches up with Dan Smith of Fox Factory to discuss the future of Ride Concepts and how a switch to in-house distribution will benefit IBDs and consumers. Founded in the fall of 2018–autumn to us on this side of the pond–Ride Concepts was created with the outcast idea of …

Daniel Blackham sits down with Peter Mildon, COO and co-founder of VivaCity to discuss the business’s journey to-date and the importance of local voices on local challenges. Sustainable travel continues to gain momentum across the UK. With a vast range of ways to travel on the cards, it’s now time …

Rebecca Morley catches up with Domex Bikes – a newly launched mobile bike repair service – on how it started and how it aims to fill a gap in the market. It’s safe to say mechanics are pretty indispensable in the bike industry – there’s an increasing number of bikes …

Zedify is one of the UK’s largest cargo bike delivery networks. Daniel Blackham sits down with CEO and co-founder Rob King to discuss the company’s significant growth, the hurdles it faces, and how the business plans to play a role in diversifying the sector. The last mile delivery market has …