Features
Our micromobility Features are typically longer form articles than are less time-sensitive that Latest News.
Dealer Back-up Drives VelectriX Growth
~ Sponsored Content ~ Necessity isn’t just the mother of invention. It can also be the foundation of some very astute business decisions. Sunshine Coast bike store owner Daniel Whiting launched his own e-bike brand, VelectriX, in 2013 when he couldn’t find the right stock to fill an important niche in his stores. “We started…
World Changing Events by the Light of Day
Chicago, US Welcome to the latest instalment of transcripts from our influencers! podcasts, talking to people making a major difference to cycling or micromobility in Australia and around the world. This issue we explore the history and inspirations behind global components giant SRAM, by talking to co-founder FK Day. FK opens up about SRAM’s origins…
Technology Solutions Plotting a Safer Path for Micromobility
Sydney, NSW A new safe cycle route algorithm and mobile app, developed in Victoria, is enabling riders to find the safest, easiest or most direct way to get to their destinations. Intelematics, a technology and mobility solutions enterprise owned by the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV), developed the algorithm and ridePlan app in collaboration…
Letter From America: Infrastructure Over Subsidies for Cycling Boost
Santa Fe, US Letter From America is a monthly feature in our other publication, The Latz Report. It focuses on the issues within the US bike industry this month covered a topic very close to the heart of micromobility, and likely to inspire debate, so we thought we would include this instalment in the Micromobility…
Liggett Handballs to Keenan and … the Rest is Cycling History
Melbourne, Victoria Welcome to the next instalment of transcripts from our influencers! podcasts, talking to people making a major difference to cycling or micromobility in Australia and around the world. With Series 1 of influencers! podcasts wrapped up, our transcripts series has reached our interview with one of the most recognised voices in Australian cycling…
Ian Ross Resigns as ACT Pedal Power CEO
Canberra, ACT The ACT’s peak cycling advocacy organisation is looking for a new chief officer, after its current CEO, Ian Ross, announced his departure this month. After nearly five years at the helm of ACT Pedal Power, Ian is leaving in October to pursue a challenging new role with Hartley Lifecare, a Canberra-based not-for-profit organisation…
Riese & Müller CEO Steps Down for Innovation Focus
Darmstadt, Germany The CEO of one of Europe’s most enduring and important players in micromobility, Riese & Müller, has stepped down from executive duties to focus more on innovation and product development. Markus Riese, who co-founded the e-bike specialist company in Germany almost 30 years ago, last month announced he was relinquishing the top executive…
Oliver’s World of E-Bikes, Autonomous Cars and Higher Planes
Wellington, NZ Welcome to the latest instalment of transcripts from our influencers! podcasts, talking to people making a major difference to cycling or micromobility in Australia and around the world. We’re skipping out of sequence this issue and jumping straight to the most recent episode of influencers!, featuring long-standing micromobility commentator and visionary Oliver Bruce.…
Heavy Lifting Required for the Micromobility Revolution
Revolution is a word often bandied about … and, like many emotive terms, often contrary to its historic meaning. It’s typically used to describe a sweeping change but, to be more faithful to its historic origins, a revolution is a “forcible overthrow” of a political or social system. They, almost always, bring profound benefits for…
Banking on a Unified Peak Cycling Body
Melbourne, Victoria Welcome to Episode 3 of transcripts from our influencers! podcasts, talking to people making a major difference to cycling or micromobility in Australia and around the world. We’re looking back at the influencers! interviews we’ve done over the past 12 months and this issue we’re featuring Melbourne’s Steven Drake, who headed a massive…