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Islabikes founder Isla Rowntree tells Rebecca Morley why she’s stepping back after 15 years, how the children’s bike market has changed and being a woman in the cycling industry

Isla Rowntree has stepped back from her role at the head of Islabikes, the Ludlow-based company she launched in 2006. Rowntree’s first employee Tim Goodall has taken over as managing director and will shortly become the majority owner of Islabikes, with Rowntree retaining the remaining shares. Rowntree and Goodall first …

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 …

Cycling brands, retailers and organisations are launching a new joint campaign to show the UK public that #BikeIsBest and inspire a new demographic to take up cycling. At the heart of the campaign is a film, designed to promote behaviour change and question why we would return to our transport …

The appointment follows the establishment of Islabikes as a registered company in Germany

The three models aim to “revolutionise how we think about cycling in later life”

The specialist bike manufacturer will use the service to help bring its 'Imagine Project' to life

Laura Laker investigates why women aren’t becoming mechanics, and what the industry can do to rebalance things

The regime includes up to 52 weeks leave, 100 per cent pay for first 6 weeks, and additional leave if the baby is premature