Ebikes are the fastest growing bicycle category worldwide, but they’re still small here. Can they help to revive our embattled Australian bicycle market?

Over the past 18 years, GripSport has steadily grown into a significant business by focusing upon niches that others might think are too competitive or two small to make money.

Very few Australian bicycle retail businesses have gone from zero to $30 million turnover in under a decade. Here’s one that’s done so from just two premises, and probably flown under your radar… until now!

What does the long term future hold for the Australian bicycle industry?

Pushys Bicycle Warehouse was born on 1st July 2010. It’s owned by three business partners from the music industry, Peter Van Oeveren, Shane Wolki and Glen Navratil who took over the long established Onya Bike Fyshwick.

Why not start a bike shop from scratch with no prior bike industry experience, in a back lane in the run down end of town? Then don’t stock any road or mountain bikes at all and don’t do any paid advertising for your first 18 months.

Australia’s BMX market has had its boom times and busts over the years.

How many single location bike shops do you know chalking up a million dollars in sales… per month? The owner of this one is happy to tell you how he does it.

Spanish bicycle brand Orbea has some unique points of difference to many other European brands. These are allowing them to aggressively pursue a ‘Made to Order’ pathway for their high end bikes that appears to be a hit with dealers and customers.

Adelaide couple Pete Hague and Lia Weston have a thriving specialist bicycle repair business. But it has taken over 11 years of hard work to get to where they are now.

Teros is not a bike shop at all by the narrow, traditional definition. Yet it makes a significant portion of its income selling and servicing bicycles. And it has been growing at a rate that most bicycle dealers around Australia would love to match.

Eurocycles is not a typical Australian bicycle industry importer / wholesaler business.

Iconic Sydney Retailer Woolys Wheels has just reinvented itself. This large store has been running for 36 years in the same location on Oxford Street Paddington, about 1.5 kilometres south east of the city centre of Sydney.

For many years Colin May was the face and voice of Avanti and Specialized in Australia and New Zealand.

Brown Jersey is a boutique bike brand with a unique story behind the brand name. Founder James Connell shared the full story for the first time at the recent launch of their first concept store.