Cycling Industry News
Episodes
Cycling Industry News Podcast: The blueprint for a successful bike shop
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Storytelling, information, atmosphere… when you’re looking to optimise the layout of your retail space to maximise sales potential, the science an...
CIN Podcast: Sales is not a dirty word!
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Unfairly, the sales profession has to deal with a fair amount of negative baggage and cliches and – consequently – focusing on sales and sales tra...
Speaking up: Raising the profile of bicycle workshop mechanics
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bike workshops and the mechanics that work within them are a vital part of the trade, but anxiety about attracting and retaining talent, providing liv...
Up to standard – bikes, safety & independent testing
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are cycle market standards where they need to be for the modern world? That’s one of the big questions posed within the latest CIN Podcast. Regular ...
Digitalisation, bike security and IoT for the eBike industry
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While some in the tangible cycling industry may feel digitalisation is some¬thing of a woolly concept, it is becoming ever more embedded, not least i...
How bike rental can bolster bike shop revenues
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can bike rental boost your bike shop? There seems to be plenty of evidence that the bike rental and bike share market is growing and will continu...
Mentorship and diversity in the cycle industry
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The new Cycling Industry News Podcast examines the new Uplift female mentorship programme for the bike trade, and speaks with female leaders for their...
Pashley's CEO on how the UK made bike brand serves the B2B market
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The latest CyclingIndustry.News Podcast delves deep into how England’s oldest bike manufacturer has been serving the business-to-business market sin...
Shift’s Chief Strategy Officer Doug Baker on 2023 cycle market data
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What does the data say 2023 has in store for the cycle market? Regular CyclingIndustry.News host Sean Lalley chats with Shift Active Media's Chief Str...
CyclingIndustry.News 2022 in recap
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A recap of a rollercoaster year with two industry leaders, plus what their expectations are for 2023. Our two guests are Dominic Langan, the CEO of Ma...
Rachael Burnside
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shift Active Media's Business and Marketing Director Rachael Burnside talks utilising data in your business's marketing, why 20 million viewers for th...
Jay Townley on supply chain and mobility evolution
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Having been in and around each level of the bike industry supply chain for over 60 years, Jay Townley has seen it all. Then Covid-19 came and gave the...
Bastian Dietz on the blurring of industries - cars and bikes
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CyclingIndustry.News monthly podcast gathers another unique bike industry perspective, this time calling on Bastian Dietz to discuss the meeting of th...
Adam Tranter talks political will and industry advocacy
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cycling and Walking Commissioner for the West Midlands Adam Tranter is one to have successfully bridged the gap between bike industry and bike advocac...
Joshua Hon discusses bike industry supply chains
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tern Bicycles Founder Joshua Hon discusses the current supply chain bottlenecks in the bicycle industry and how the Just in Time method preferred in t...
Jos Sluijsmans talks the next stage for the cargo bike market
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jos Sluijsmans, a veteran of the cargo bike business and founder of an international trade show for the market is our guest this week on the CyclingIn...
Donny Perry discusses modern bike retail
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Director of Retail experience at Fox Racing Donny Perry is this week's guest on the CyclingIndustry.News podcast. Donny is the author of 'best practic...
Mike Burrows, legendary frame designer and builder
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary frame designer and builder Mike Burrows puts the bike world to rights, detailing a long career solving problems for the bike industry. Burro...
Episode 22- Vivacity Labs with Mark Nicholson
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode of the CI.N podcast welcomes Mark Nicholson, CEO of Vivacity Labs, the company using Artificial Intelligence to improve traffic ins...
Episode 21- DASH Rides with Jamie Milroy
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
DASH Rides is an exciting UK start-up with the aim of making e-Bikes affordable and accessible to everyone- all for less than the cost of a sandwich a...
Episode 20- Accelerating micro mobility with eBikeLabs Maël Bosson
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the CI.N Podcast, we are joined by the Founder of eBikeLabs, Maël Bosson. Founded in 2015, eBikeLabs aims to accelerate the ...
Episode 19 - Mechanic Training with Cycle Systems and Velotech Cycling
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode of the CI.N Podcast draws on the veteran knowledge of two of the bike industry's best known mechanic trainers, Graeme Freestone Kin...
Episode 18 -Urban mobility and bike share with Beryl's Philip Ellis
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode of the CyclingIndustry.News Podcast has arrived, featuring an in-depth chat with CEO and co-founder of bike share firm Beryl, Phili...
Episode 17 - An insight into Vittoria with Jon Heasman
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode of the CI.N Podcast welcomes Jon Heasman, Product Manager at Vittoria, to get the latest updates from the tyre brand and a look at ...
Episode 16 - Bikefitting with Niels Boon
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode of the CyclingIndustry.News Podcast welcomes Biomechanical Researcher Niels Boon of Shimano's Bikefitting.com. During the podcast,...
Episode 15 - Sir Chris Hoy & Science in Sport
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode of the CyclingIndustry.News Podcast has arrived, welcoming 11-time world champion and six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy as th...
Episode 14 - Kryptonite & the security sector
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 itsel...
Episode 13 - TORQ founder Matt Hart
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, CIN has a wide-ranging chat with Matt Hart, the brains behind the Torq Fitness brand. Naturally the conversation tackles cycle nutri...
Episode 12 - SRAM's James Leader
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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, Ire...
Episode 11 - Niner Bikes with Phillip Lucas
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Episode 10 - Tifosi With Jay Romasco
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest on the CI.N Podcast is Jay Romasco, International Sales Director of sports eyewear brand Tifosi. Romasco explains the history behin...
Episode 9 - Sales training & recruitment with Colin Rees
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sales trainer Colin Rees shares how he has helped bike shops with customer interaction, store layout and getting recruitment right, discussing the ski...
Episode 8 - retail merchandising with Colby Young
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 7 - Alex Rafferty talks SRAM Group activity
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 manuf...
Nothing like home: Chris Brattle talks staying home's benefits for the bike biz
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 fou...
Cycling Advocacy with Chris Boardman MBE, Will Norman, Ruth Cadbury MP & Will Butler-Adams
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 inve...
Urban mobility & sustainability with Tern Bicycles.
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Interview with Bonnie Tu CFO of Giant Bikes.
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Broadcasting from Taipei Cycle Show 2019, we sat down with industry legend Bonnie Tu, Chief financial officer at Giant Bicycles, the founder of Liv Cy...
Icebike edition. Interview with Dominic Langan.
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Corebike 2019. Interviews with Deity components, Mrp Suspension, Windwave and Moustache Bikes.
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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, ha...