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The Bicycle Association has just issued the latest analysis of the UK cycling market to its members. Headlining the data for Q2 is an increase in the value of electric bike imports into the UK. Quoted by the organization as a ‘very significant rise,’ e-bikes accounted for 12% of the total value of bicycle imports …

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Evans Cycles have revisited Sir Ridley Scott’s iconic 1973 TV ad to demonstrate the hill-climbing power of the electric bike to today’s audience. Carl Barlow, now a retired firefighter, starred as the young baker’s boy struggling to push his bread-laden bike up the famous cobbled street to ‘the top of the world’ 44 years ago. …

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Duncan Booth was a keen mountaineer before being diagnosed with MS 7 years ago at the age of 39. Duncan was the inspiration behind his wife’s 10 in 10 mountain challenge, which his wife Yvonne created to raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Society, to help find a cure for the condition. The couple’s determination …

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The Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI) has released its data for 2016, comparing the performance of cycling markets between different European countries by looking at both manufacturing and sales data. It shows that while production here remains low compared to other European countries, the volume of overall bicycle sales in Great Britain is …

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