Posts by Phil Latz
Revolve Recycling Aims to Fill Important Gaps in the Bicycle Industry
Sydney, NSW Bicycle recycling specialist Revolve ReCYCLING officially launched its expanded facilities in Sydney last week, within the Bingo waste management depot at Alexandria in the city’s inner south. Speaking at the launch on Tuesday 14th February, general manager Guido Verbist gave an overview of Revolve’s operations and reason for being, using 10 numbers in…
Would You Like to Manage the 2023 Micromobility Conference?
Sydney, NSW We’ve been very thankful to receive great feedback from delegates to the first annual Micromobility Conference, held from 25th-26th November. If you were a delegate and haven’t yet completed the feedback survey, then please do so as soon as possible as we’re now compiling and reviewing all feedback to make improvements for next…
Cycling Groups Prominent at Teal’s Climate Summit
Bondi Beach, NSW Allegra Spender is one of the ‘Teal Independents’ that swept into office at the most recent federal election. She is the Federal Member for Wentworth, a seat previously held by two keen cyclists, Dave Sharma and former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Wentworth, arguably Australia’s wealthiest electorate, covers Sydney’s eastern harbourside and beachside…
influencers! – Joshua Hon
Joshua Hon has decades of experience in the world of bicycle design and manufacture. His father Dr David Hon, founded Dahon (a shortened version of his name) which became a well-known, globally distributed folding bike brand. After working at Dahon for years, Joshua branched out and set up an entirely new company from scratch, Tern…
influencers! – Oliver Bruce
Some people seem to live on a higher plane than most of our routine suburban lives.If you look at Oliver Bruce’s resumé he certainly seems to qualify for that category. After an eclectic global education, Oliver has held a wide range of roles including strategic advisor, corporate manager and angel investor. He’s also one of…
Sometimes Perceptions Don’t Match Reality
Frankfurt, Germany Many Australian bicycle industry members have probably not even heard of Riese & Müller. Although the brand has been available here for quite a few years, it’s only sold through about a dozen dealers across Australia and NZ who are supplied direct from R&M’s head office in Germany, rather than through a local…
Commercial Cargo Requirements Define a New Category
Frankfurt, Germany The entire cargo bike market is still in its infancy in Australia. But shows like Eurobike give us a glimpse into what the future holds. The European cargo market has already reached 500,000 units per year. Given the high unit price of each bike, particularly as most of them are electric, that would…
TQ Creates a Much Smaller, Lighter, Quieter E-Bike Drive System
Frankfurt, Germany It’s a sign of how attractive the bicycle industry has become to outside players when a world leading company which already has 1,700 specialists working in robotics, aerospace and rocket science decides to invest heavily into developing new bicycle components. Not only that, it then works secretly for four long years with one…
Bosch Takes the Brakes Off
Frankfurt, Germany Despite there being plenty of available function rooms at Messe Frankfurt, Bosch chose to hire a more character-filled hall on the other side of the city for its 2023 season launch. Ironically, the bus sent to collect members of the media from Messe Frankfurt (as the showgrounds that now host Eurobike are called)…
Could This Be a Breakthrough in Chain Durability?
Frankfurt, Germany In a relatively small booth at Eurobike 2022 was a company claiming to have invented a new bicycle chain design that will triple the wear life compared to conventional chains. That’s certainly a big statement for a product that’s only experienced incremental improvements over the past century. So what is the basis of…