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Sugoi Opens New Concept ‘Store Within a Store’

River City Cycles is a leading Cannondale dealer in Brisbane’s south eastern suburbs, owned and run by Craig Saunders. It’s always had above average presentation for a suburban store, but now it features an Australian first.

10th April 2013 · Leave a Comment · More »

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What’s Going On With Bums On Bikes?

One of Australia’s largest purpose built bicycle stores, Bums on Bikes at Strathpine in Brisbane’s far northern suburbs, has just closed its doors.

10th April 2013 · Leave a Comment · More »

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Unique Bike Retail Opportunity Now at Prime Sydney Site

The City of Sydney wants to create a world class ‘Bike Hub’ in an prime, high exposure city location.

10th April 2013 · Leave a Comment · More »

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Ashburton Cycles Is For Sale

Glendon Crowe is putting his store, Ashburton Cycles on the market.

10th April 2013 · Leave a Comment · More »

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Committed Cycles Cannington Closes… Then Reopens

This February we ran a photo feature on Avantiplus Cannington and commented that it was one of four bike shops virtually in sight of each other on the same stretch of road in the Perth south eastern suburb of Cannington.

10th April 2013 · Leave a Comment · More »

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‘Premature’ Retirement Leads to New eBike Store

Giancarlo Zanol had a long and successful career owning a substantial industrial engineering supplies company called Skilled Materials Handling.

13th March 2013 · Leave a Comment · More »

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Grant Rice to Sell Richmond Cyclery

After 10 years since founding Richmond Cyclery in the inner eastern Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Grant Rice says he’s ready to try something outside the bike industry.

13th March 2013 · Leave a Comment · More »

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New Giant Company Owned Store Opening Soon.

Hampton Road is certainly not the busiest retail street in Melbourne, but it’s in the heart of prime cycling retail territory.

At its northern end is Brighton, which boasts three bike stores, all either new or recently refurbished including leading Trek dealer, The Freedom Machine Brighton.

13th March 2013 · Leave a Comment · More »

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Bike Shop For Sale… If You’re Quick!

Ben Larsen is the owner of three Sydney bike stores, all trading under the banner of Pedals Plus. He recently decided that he would close his Pedals Plus Bondi Junction store, when the lease on the premises expires shortly after Easter of this year.

13th March 2013 · Leave a Comment · More »

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Steve’s Having Fun in the City

Amazingly, in a city the size of Perth, with population of over 1.8 million, there is currently only one bike shop within the CBD proper and one another on its eastern fringe.

Every other Australian capital city has at least four or five stores within their CBD.

20th February 2013 · Leave a Comment · More »