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Rediscovery Centre Opens First Cytech Training Facility in Ireland

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Talk the torque in the Cytech Tech Forum

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JE James Cycles to open first Barnsley store

ACT member and Cytech-accredited retailer JE James Cycles – one of the largest independent cycle retailers in Europe – is to open a new 7,874 sq ft store shop in Barnsley town...

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Local Bike Shop Day 2024 confirmed for Saturday May 4th.

The ACT is happy to confirm the date for Local Bike Shop Day 2024 as Saturday 4 May, the weekend of the early May Bank Holiday.

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ACT tells Parliamentary Committee of the need for urgent systemic change to the Cycle to Work scheme.

With more than 500 cycle businesses having now signed up to its campaign for change to the Cycle to Work scheme, a delegation from the Association of Cycle Traders has met with All Party...

25 Jan 2024, more…

OPSS takes enforcement action over dangerous e-bike battery.

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is taking enforcement action and warning consumers about a brand of e-bike battery – UPP – that has been linked to a number of...

24 Jan 2024, more…

Cytech training to help Go Outdoors boost number of cycle mechanics by offering apprenticeships to store staff.

Go Outdoors, which operates 75 stores across the UK, has announced an apprenticeship scheme involving Cytech training with the aim of addressing what it terms a nationwide shortage of...

15 Jan 2024, more…

Cytech Scotland training provider launches Young Bike Mechanic Programme to empower Glasgow’s youth.

Bike for Good, the Glasgow-based cycling charity and social enterprise, which delivers Cytech training in Scotland, has announced a Young Bike Mechanic Programme designed to create opportunities...

3 Jan 2024, more…

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IBD Freewheel programme

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IBD Freewheel programme

Posted on 25 Jan 2019

bike pedal Madison created an IBD-focussed e-commerce website, Freewheel.co.uk, and after iceBike* 2019 it will be open to all cycling retailers in the UK.

This programme was designed to offer a "cutting-edge online presence" for independent bicycle retailers. Madison developed this programme to drive business in the direction of local bike shops within the UK through click and collect service or through receiving commission from home delivery sales.

How does Freewheel.co.uk work?

Freewheel is there to blend the real-world and the online shopping experience by asking consumers to select a local bike shop where they shop from, the shop chosen will then receive all commission or collections. Madison discusses how attributing every sale to a local bike shop could be the support local bike shops need to complete with large e-commerce websites.

If you are a retailer interested in Freewheel.co.uk, you are encouraged to attend this year's iceBike* in February to get all the details about the programme and what it entails as well as how you can get involved.

Register your interest for iceBike* 2019 here.

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