Zipidi is Finalist in UK’s Electrical Safety First Innovation Awards

Portrait of a woman and man

Australian e-mobility advisory company Zipidi has been named as one of four global finalists in the Electrical Safety First Innovation Awards in the United Kingdom.This nomination specifically relates to Zipidi’s Buy Safe program, which significantly mitigates the risks associated with lithium-ion batteries and e-mobility devices, such as e-bikes and e-scooters. Buy Safe, Zipidi’s innovative trust…

influencers! – Kevin Mayne

Kenin Mayne influencers! interview

In many fields we hear about someone who is an ‘overnight success’. But further research usually reveals that they’ve put in years of hard work before they seem to suddenly start kicking big goals. Kevin Mayne is a great example of this. After completing a science degree followed by an MBA, Kevin worked in the…

influencers! – Erik Bronsvoort

Erik Bronsvoort

It’s a hard truth that most of us don’t want to hear, but just because we buy and ride a bicycle does not mean we couldn’t further reduce our environmental impact. Sure, bicycles have far lower environmental impacts than cars. They are typically about 100 times lighter, sometimes even more. In the case of e-bikes…

influencers! – Chris Nolte

Chris Nolte is a very quiet spoken, humble guy – especially for an American! After enduring some life changing trauma in the Iraq war, Chris started questioning America’s oil based economic system and compromises that this led to. He became a pioneering retailer of e-bikes in the USA, a heinous crime that earned him a…

Opening the Floodgates to Highlight Imbalance Endangering Cyclists

Tom Flood Portrait

Ontario, Canada Canadian Tom Flood made a huge impact with his presentation at last month’s Micromobility Conference & Expo in Sydney. The man behind the powerful messages and images is revealed in this issue of our influencers! transcripts, as we continue to look back at Series 1 of the influencers! podcast series. Tom worked in…

influencers! – Joshua Hon

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…

Hard Graft Takes Hodge to Cycling’s Pinnacle

Stephen Hodge with Malcolm Turnbull

Canberra, ACT Stephen Hodge was one of the first Australian riders to make a name for themselves at the Tour de France and he’s gone on to become arguably the nation’s most important lobbyist for cycling. Stephen is the only professional lobbyist in the halls of Federal Parliament to be dedicated entirely to ensuring cycling…

World Changing Events by the Light of Day

FK Day portrait

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…

Letter From America: Infrastructure Over Subsidies for Cycling Boost

LA Bus

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

Matt Keenan interviewing Cadel Evans

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…