Events

Saddleback has announced the return of its in-house trade show for 2023.  The Bristol-based distributor will be welcoming dealers to its warehouse and offices on September 12-13 this year, with plans to showcase brands, launch new products, and welcome some professional riders.  Last year’s event featured food and drink trucks, …

The countdown to The National Cycling Show continues as it is now three months until the event takes place at the NEC, Birmingham, from June 17 to 18, 2023. Thousands of cycling enthusiasts are expected to visit the two day event, packed full of features, leading athletes and speakers alongside …

The Bicycle Association (BA) has announced the creation of an independent Diversity Advisory Board.  The Advisory Board’s main objective is to track progress with implementing the project’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) action plan, offering relevant perspectives and schools of thought in response to the challenges and barriers for implementation.  …

A London non-profit for former offenders has officially launched its own range of refurbished bikes.  XO Bikes, based in Lewisham in South East London, helps train prison leavers to become bike mechanics, and has recently made the leap into bike sales. The limited edition XO First50 range have been refurbished …

Bringing together people from the sustainability and tech sectors, IAA Mobility is an innovative transport conference, taking place in Munich. Stefan Fischer, the key account manager for cycling and micromobility at the event, tells BikeBiz about what to expect from the event This piece first appeared in the March edition …

Local Bike Shop Day has been announced to take place on Saturday, April 29, by the Association of Cycle Traders (ACT). The ACT, which organises the annual event, has chosen the date following a survey of industry colleagues earlier this year. This year’s campaign is set to be supported by …

With the support of the cycling community, Glasgow-based social enterprise Bike for Good has secured its future after a tough winter. Alex Ballinger sat down with CEO Greg Kinsman-Chauvet to hear how it helps get more people on bikes  This piece first appeared in the March edition of BikeBiz magazine …

Critically acclaimed film After the Storm has been released to the public following its limited launch in November 2021. The film explores diversity champion Aneela McKenna’s workplace racial trauma and the power of cycling in overcoming the impacts of discrimination. Now, in the lead up to the United Nations’ International …

Electric Life, a specialist e-mobility retailer that opened a new showroom in November, was broken into yesterday evening. The showroom, located off the M6 in Castle Vale, Birmingham suffered the break in at 9.20pm on Wednesday, March 8. A large white van and two cars broke through the locked car …

London is leading the way for cycling in England but falls short of its European counterparts, according to PeopleForBikes. The 2022 City Ratings data is a ranking of cities’ cyclability by the US advocacy group, and has been calculated annually since 2017.  The aim of this data is to highlight …