A new bike shop has opened in Sydney full of very old fashioned looking bicycles. It’s called ‘Omafiets’. But despite the old name and old bikes, business is brisk, with typically young, new customers. We recently visited Omafiets and met with co-owner Oliver Cashman, to find out more.
12th December 2012 · · More »
OK, there may not literally be a Mr Wiggle, but as CEO and part owner, Humphrey Cobbold is the man driving this large and growing global internet mail order company.
What is one of Australia’s wealthiest and most successful businessmen doing mucking around with bicycles?
The last time I interviewed Kevin Hancett, he was developing a unique clutch sleeve rear hub that promised to be smoother, quieter and most importantly, more energy efficient than the current ratchet system that is in virtually every rear free hub on the market today.
A confident and seemingly well researched, well funded entrepreneur is looking to revolutionise Australia’s bicycle hire industry.
If you’ve been to any major mountain bike event in the past decade, chances are you’ll see Guy McCausland there, in front of his BikeBox trailer, always ready with a smile, handshake a chat.
Australia’s cycling industry is full of all sorts of characters. Everyone is unique but some stories are a little bit more out of the ordinary than others.