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bike shop, Coronavirus, Features, Industry, Tech - March 31, 2020

Boom and doom: Bike shops are in an anxious state of flux right now

While tumbleweeds roll through many major cities in Australia, the nearby suburbs are seemingly a buzz of activity. COVID-19 is changing the world, but at least in certain parts of that world, and at least for the moment, cycling is having its day. In Australia, the majority of office workers are no longer travelling into …

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Features, Industry, Tech, Tech news, Zwift - March 25, 2020

Zwift lays off senior staff, says it’s a strategic restructure

As recently reported by digital tech website DC Rainmaker, late last week Zwift laid-off a number of senior employees in what’s said to be a strategic move to focus on core business and develop new hardware. According to DC Rainmaker, many of the eliminated positions were of a senior level, including the VP of Running, …

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From the Top Podcast: Building Rapha

I’m thrilled to introduce our new podcast, From the Top. It tells the stories of the founders and personalities in the cycling industry, and the icons they’ve built. If you’ve ever listened to NPR’s ‘How I Build This’, it’s the same formula. If you think running a business is easy, especially in the cycling industry, …

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Interview: BicyclesOnline’s founders on Cell bikes, Aldi, and international growth

Australia’s population may only be small, but its cycling industry punches well above the weight of many other, far more populated, markets. While it’s brands like Giant, Trek, Specialized and Merida that dominate the floor space in many of the 500-or-so bike stores across the country, there’s a small number of online-only players focussed on …

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Where have all the women’s bikes gone? A look inside an ever-changing market

I had my first experience with the women’s specific movement in 2002. “I ride a Trek 6700 WSD,” my 12-year old self would say, smugly, to my friends. They didn’t know what on earth I was talking about, and neither did I. But I was hooked on clarifying to all who would listen that my …

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