It's a bit like a (bigger) version of Razor's Scream Machine, but it can carve, like a snowboard. Giant's not marketing it, though, a Dutch toy company is doing that. And its UK representative is looking to interest IBDs and multiple clients in the Triker, which won the Childrens' Bike of the Year at last weekend's FietsRAI trade show in the Netherlands.
Read More »The top five jobs in the bike trade this week – 3rd May
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Tandem’s bid for Bob the Builder is given the OK
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Read More »Euretco absorbs ailing Veloring, the German buying group
IBD buying groups are strong in Germany. But the German market for bicycles has been decimated in the past 18 months and even the once all-powerful buying groups have been feeling the pinch. ZEG of Germany is still the world's biggest bicycle buyer's group but now Euretco is muscling in, absorbing Veloring, which was threatened with potential bankrupcy last year.
Read More »Is it safe to travel to the Taipei show?
Forget the impending war in Iraq, flying to Asia by air right now is believed to be risky because of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). This is a flu-type disease spread from China that may turn out to be as virulent as the Spanish Flu of 1919, which wiped out millions of people. As of yet there is no specific advice not to travel to Asia from the US or Europe, but the World Health Organisation has issued a rare "emergency travel advisory" for travellers from Taiwan to China. Other health expects are playing down the risks. Whatever, but pack your carbon-impregnated courier face-mask...
Read More »Harry Hall’s turned over; £40k in MTBs are taken
An organised gang of thieves targetted Harry Hall Cycles in Manchester on Sunday, stealing 70 MTBs and top-name BMXes. Owner Graham Hall is asking IBDs, especially those in the North, to be on the lookout if offered second-hand bargains from Specialized or Trek.
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