NEWS
CYCLE SHORTS
John Moore RIP
January saw the sad news that chairman of Moore Large John Moore had passed away. The trade rushed to pay tribute to the past president of the cycle industry's Centenary Club. Also a long- time member of the Pickwick Bicycle Club, Moore was a bicycle retailer before turning to distribution and wholesale. Moore Large became one of the first national wholesalers selling direct to retail – at the time when wholesalers were regional and bought from importers.
SDJ Sports launches
A new online sports retailer has been launched by Steve Gill, Dominic Coates and Joe McNiece. The retailer will focus mainly on the cycle market. Former Rutland staffers Gill and Coates is be MD and operations director respectively, while McNeice is financial director.
http://sdjcycles.co.uk/
Madison parts with Easton Bell Sports
As this magazine went to press news broke that, from the end of this season, Madison will cease to be exclusive distributor for all currently distributed Easton Bell Sports brands.
www.madison.co.uk
Bob Elliot gets Continental
In a flurry of distribution news (more of that on page eight) Bob Elliot signed up to stock the full Continental tyre range. Previously it had focused on the touring tyre SKUs from the brand.
sales@bob-elliot.co.uk
TAITRA correction
Gremlins were at work in our December edition, where we mistakenly referred to Taipei Cycle organiser TAITRA as TIATRA. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Haibike range makes UK debut at Heron show
Raleigh house show also sees new P&A brands launch like Clarks and Squire, alongside new team launches
By Jonathon Harker
RALEIGH UNVEILED new brands and new cycle teams at its Heron Show, the first house-show since its Accell takeover last year. New brands like Accell stable mate Haibike
were on show alongside Clarks, New Loox, Squire, and Galius Sun. Held at Raleigh HQ in Eastwood, Nottingham, the show was divided into three showrooms – one for Raleigh, Diamondback and Haibike – in addition to three P&A rooms and a demo space for Raleigh bikes, Diamondback, Dahon and Squire. The full road, MTB and eMTB Haibike range
was a key draw at the show, available to see for the first time in the UK with Raleigh’s new brand champion David Notman displaying the bikes (see page 47). On show were three carbon road bike options, starting at £1,400, 12 MTB options ranging from £675 to the e:i shock-equipped Heet and Sleek models at £5,500 and £6000 respectively, plus three Bosch powered all mountain e-bikes ranging from £2750 to £4150.
In addition to new-to-Raleigh P&A brands New Loox, Squire, Clarks and Galius Sun,
Raleigh’s Slime, SKS, Schwalbe, RSP were showcased. The brand also had its new Raleigh TV concept on display, which promises in-store video consoles for cycle dealers, featuring video content on the brands stocked by Raleigh. Aside from new product, the Heron event
saw Diamondback return to downhill racing with the announcement it will be sponsoring the 44Racing/Rockstar downhill team during 2013. The five-man team will be competing in UK and European racing on Diamondback’s new DH8 downhill bike, which is now available as a frameset-only option. Team Raleigh were also in attendance with
a launch that attracted celebrity fans – former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan and ex-England footballer Viv Anderson – via an invite from Team Raleigh sponsor, GAC. The team launch also gave dealers their first chance to see the Team version of the Raleigh Militis, which the 14- man team will be riding during 2013. Raleigh will also be at a series of trade shows and demo days around the UK in spring 2013. Raleigh: 01773 532600
Tern Bicycles UK distribution expanding for 2013
Cyclemotion looking to partner with independents to bring the folding brand to all corners of the country
CYCLEMOTION, TERN Bicycles’ UK office, has announced it is expanding the dealer network for the brand as from February 1st. Cyclemotion as looking to partner with a
select number of independent bike shops to sell Tern alongside the existing Evans network, coming after the first year of establishing Tern sales in the UK and Ireland. Tern, launched in Europe at 2011’s
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Eurobike show, is headed up by Josh Hon and an experienced group who have largely been working with him for the previous 15 years, including Cyclemotion’s Mark Bickerton, who heads Tern’s UK activities. The brand has a global team of about 100 people based in Taiwan, USA, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, China and London. The UK range includes 20-inch, 24-inch and
26-inch folding bikes with retail prices starting at £375 and rising to £2,000 hitting the commuter and road markets. Tern said: "Tern Bicycles use the most up to date design, components and work with the best partners we can find to build the best quality folding bikes we can. We build durability and serviceability into the design from the start: Hydro-formed and 3D- forged, 6061 and 7005 aluminium; stainless steel for critical pivots, hinges, and fittings; Shimano, SRAM, Syntace, Schwalbe, Sapim, Velo, NorGlide, Kevlar, DuPont and more." For more information on becoming a Tern dealer please contact Mark Bickerton at Cyclemotion at
mark.bickerton@
ternbicycles.com or 01580 755633.
BIKEBIZ.COM
Dealers made it to the Heron show at Raleigh HQ through increasingly wintery conditions
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