Cycling Industry News

The latest episode of the CyclingIndustry. News Podcast welcomes Biomechanical Researcher Niels Boon of Shimano's Bikefitting.com. During the podcast, which was recorded earlier in the year at Madison's iceBike* show, Boon gives an overview of how the Bikefitting.com system works, providing insight into the system's different modules and stages. Boon outlines how bikefitters can carry out static m...

The latest episode of the CyclingIndustry. News Podcast has arrived, welcoming 11-time world champion and six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy as this week's guest. As Elite Sports Consultant, Hoy has a long-standing relationship with nutrition brand Science in Sport (SiS) and works closely with the brand to refine its products. During the podcast, Hoy provides insight into the conception behin...

The latest episode of the CIN Podcast features an in-depth chat with Kryptonite's Daryl Slater and John Maisey on how Kryptonite has established itself as a leader in the cycle security market since its foundation in 1972, and how the brand is continually adapting and improving its technology to solve its customers' security challenges.

In this episode, CIN has a wide-ranging chat with Matt Hart, the brains behind the Torq Fitness brand. Naturally the conversation tackles cycle nutrition, but it also extends into education and advice in the sector. Hart also talks about ethics in the cycling industry and how nutrition brands can do their bit for sustainability as well as the shortcomings of current packaging options and more.

On this week's episode of the CyclingIndustry. News Podcast, we're joined by SRAM's James Leader, the brand's Territory Account Manager for the UK, Ireland, the Benelux and the Nordics. Leader discusses the current 'tough' climate of the bike market in the UK, and highlights a number of ways the different territories he manages can learn from each other to boost cycling numbers.

Niner Bikes' Phillip Lucas talks through the brand's affinity with the 29" wheel, the renewed 2020 gravel line, and how Niner is making a resurgence after a strategic bankruptcy in the US.

This week's guest on the CI.N Podcast is Jay Romasco, International Sales Director of sports eyewear brand Tifosi. Romasco explains the history behind the brand, the impact Tifosi is having on dealers worldwide, and the direction he sees trade shows heading in the future.

Sales trainer Colin Rees shares how he has helped bike shops with customer interaction, store layout and getting recruitment right, discussing the skills he has brought to businesses in the bike trade over the years.

In this episode of the CI.N Podcast we talk retail merchandising with Colby Young of ODI. Young's experience has seen his customers get hands on with magnetic release of its grips in store; it's a strategy that sells, he says.

During the recent Eurobike show, the CI.N team caught up with SRAM's Alex Rafferty to discuss the latest news and innovations from the component manufacturer, notably the SRAM AXS and RockShox Reverb update launched in February.

We're thin on the ground for Brexit positives this week as our No Deal Series interview gets underway, but Madison's Chris Brattle might just have found one; sales of car racks are getting a lift as staycations become more popular. Tune in to find out why that's a positive for the UK bike retailer.

This jam-packed edition of the podcast is all about advocating for the industrial case for cycling, in a bid to convince the government that more investment is needed in the cycling sector. We were invited along to a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group (APPCG) in the Houses of Parliament to hear how the APPCG and Bicycle Association are working with government to raise the case fo...

It's been a pretty busy time for Tern recently, and considering the roll out of the brand's Bikes for Business programme, click and collect initiative and now a new product launch, it's a wonder the team could conjure up a few spare minutes to appear on the latest episode of the CIN Podcast. While at the Taipei Cycle Show, we caught up with Hon and Davis to hear all about what the urban transporta...

Broadcasting from Taipei Cycle Show 2019, we sat down with industry legend Bonnie Tu, Chief financial officer at Giant Bicycles, the founder of Liv Cycling and now chairperson for Giant Global Group, to chat about women's cycling, click & collect, and what's coming up in the pipeline for the world's second largest bicycle manufacturer. Have something to say, or a topic you would like discussed? Th...

Welcome to the 2nd episode of the CIN Podcast, where we discuss the ins and outs of Madison's new IBD e-commerce platform, Freewheel, with CEO Dominic Langan, followed by appearances from Park Tool's Eric Hawkins and Mark Peterman of Air Fom. Have something to say, or a topic you would like discussed? Then get in touch with the CIN team.

Here at CI.N, we have officially launched our very own trade-focused podcast! For our first episode we wanted to keep things light and easy-going, having a general chat with brands and distributors about what they've got in the works for 2019. Attending COREbike last month, we had lots of great conversations with people, including; Tim Fry from MRP, Silas Hesterberg of Deity Components, Windwave's...