THE BIG INTERVIEW
Chairperson of the Giant Bicycle Group, Bonnie Tu
Have no doubt… and ride your bike
Dubbed ‘the most powerful woman in cycling’ Bonnie Tu, chairwoman of the Giant Bicycle Group and founder of Liv Cycling knows the trade inside out. BikeBiz editor Alex Ballinger hears how Tu has helped grow women’s cycling
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here are a handful of interviews from my time in journalism that have stuck with me long after leaving the room or hanging up the phone – my recent
30-minute video chat with Bonnie Tu is one of those interviews. Tu, chairperson for the Giant Bicycle Group and founder of the leading women’s bike brand Liv, has more than 50 years of experience in our trade, making her the perfect person to ask about the development of women’s cycling, and the role of women in the cycling industry.
26 | April 2022
The most powerful woman in cycling Quickly after joining the call, I was struck by Tu’s infectious enthusiasm for all things cycling, from developments in triathlon technology, through to her own beginnings as a Giant shareholder in the late 1970s. In 2020, cycling journalist Wade Wallace called Tu “the most
powerful woman in cycling,” and first on my interview agenda was to ask Tu how she had received that particular moniker. Speaking from her quarantine hotel in Taiwan, following
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