2011 | RETROSPECTIVE April May
Team Green Britain Bike Week got an IBD- boosting spin with a Retail Partner Programme The European Handmade Show gets cancelled Decathlon signs up to Cyclescheme Brooks launches is own cycle clothing brand ETRA elects a new president Phillip Darnton becomes executive director of Great Britain’s Bicycle Association CTC membership hits a record high of 67,058.
Gadget Show Live launches its first-ever trade Professional day The first Scottish Bike Show takes place Norman Baker MP refuses to wear a helmet while cycling, prompting a minor media storm… …while motoring organisation the AA distributes free helmets and high vis vests to cyclists Having trouble getting a ticket to the Olympics? The scarcity of tickets hits the headlines in April Phillip Hammond MP summons Cycling England chief to a meeting, months after he axed the quango. Perhaps he was having second thoughts?
July August
Cycle to Work scheme is made subject to VAT ITV4 reveals big gains in viewers with its Tour de France coverage Newcastle’s Scratch hire bikes launch A Liberal Democrat MP presents helmet compulsion bill for child cyclists The Made in Britain marque launches Transport for London opens two new Cycle Superhighways Brompton gets into apparel for the first time with the launch of its Oratory jacket
October
Cycle Show celebrates its tenth anniversary at the NEC, Birmingham Chain Reaction Cycle’s flagship physical store opens in Belfast Decathlon reported to have 100 stores planned for the UK over ten years Average price of a bike revealed to be £242 (in 2010) Distribution for new folding brand Tern taken on by Evans Cycles
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Tesco brings bike shop in a shop concept to another 16 stores Bobbin Bicycles pedals its bike line to other retailers Small businesses struggle to get credit from banks Sustrans launches Free Range Kids, aiming to curb parents’ fears of letting their kids on a bike and out of their sight Riots blight retail, with bike shops among those targeted by rioters The Dahon fall-out continues, with the firm taking out an injunction against Dahon
June
Scammers hit the headlines with multiple attempts to con distributors with false orders from bike shops, for pick up Clarks opens a UK service centre Red or Dead and Raleigh team up for a fashion- conscious range
of bikes aimed at young women Hertz gets into e-bike rentals Josh Hon leaves Dahon to create a new folding bike brand, revealed to be Tern later in the year Specialized goes green and joins the carbon recycling ranks
September
Eurobike and Interbike record rises in exhibitors and visitors, proving we can’t get enough of them Advocacy organisation Cycling Embassy of Great Britain is created Pashley revives the GB parts business BikeBiz Awards 2011 see Madison, CSG UK, Brompton and nine others win the 13 awards, voted for by the trade Victoria Pendleton launches Cycletta series, aiming to boost female cyclist numbers Herne Hill Velodrome re-opens
November
Best Buy reveals it is to close its 11 UK stores, 18 months after it opened its first, in Essex Ultra Motor goes into administration Two Storck concept stores are opened in the UK The latest bid to make wearing helmets a legal requirement for children in the UK fails
December
Bearing in mind we’re writing this before the end of November, it’s a tough call to summarise the events of December, but we’ll make one prediction: That Christmas sales will be busier than ever this year. Not such an amazing exhibition of foresight in our economic climate maybe, but Halfords reported that it had its busiest ever day online on Christmas Day 2010, proving how far online has changed the face of retail and sales, bikes included. For the rest of the year’s stories, head to
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