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Cycling industry gives economy £3bn boost (title now bit ironic…)

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  1. chdot
    Admin

    This is from nearly ten years ago, but still relevant -

    “

    Are we in danger of losing manufacturing skills permanently to the Far East?

    CK: We’re absolutely in danger. The tide’s been going that way for a long time. Will it ever come back? Absolutely it could, but at the moment the pace of the industry and the buying public’s consciousness means it’s going that way. Great Britain is a good example of having lost much of its industrial capabilities. We had the recession of course, and that flushed out a lot of journeymen, forcing people into early retirement. They’re not coming back, and they’ve taken their skills with them, skills that would normally be passed down to apprentices.

    “

    https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/chris-king-interview

    Perhaps more relevant!

    Posted 7 months ago #

  2. Tulyar
    Member

    Probably a place to drop this detail from 31 years ago, with an appeal to the wider community for some support to deliver this in Scotland (or UK-wide)to get folk connected

    I come to this with 61 years of using bikes for work & transport (1964 started working in cycle logistics age 12) plus 40 years from doing 10 years building pavements (1985-1995) mainly in Scotland, for Sustrans.

    Keen to deliver locally driven path restoration/construction projects (eg Loch Venachar cycle route (1987/88 Volunteer camps) & Rutherglen Bridge (1994 - volunteer project - grade separated crossing of 40mph 4-lane road) plus breaking the employment 'Catch22' barrier through a Scottish version of 'Tools for Life' (Published in 1994)

    Here's a note on this "We need a directory & handbook as produced in 1994 (download available) 'Tools for Life' (Karen Overton/George Babiak) with a directory for Youth Bike Education Network (YBEN), which we need for Scotland, to catalogue the various hubs (Bike Station, Bike for Good (2), Arbroath Cycle Hub, Soul Riders, On Bike, De'ils on Wheels, Commonwheel (2), Recyk-a-Bike, Freewheel North, Lambhill Stables....)

    PM me for more detail

    Posted 7 months ago #

  3. chdot
    Admin

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    Steve Garidis, Executive Director of industry body the Bicycle Association, shares his perspective on the UK bike trade in 2025…

    “Is the bike market rollercoaster we’ve all been on since Covid over?”

    “

    https://bikebiz.com/back-in-the-saddle-the-british-bike-business-in-2025/amp/

    Posted 3 months ago #

  4. chdot
    Admin

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    In an 11-page plea to the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, Guardian Bikes said the US bike industry “was lost” owing to 11m bicycles being imported in 2024.

    Its letter blamed China for the “severe competition”, but if its request for inclusion in the second steel derivatives tariffs list was accepted, the import duty would apply globally and could affect companies such as Brompton in the UK or high performance bike brands such as Pinarello or Bianchi from Italy.

    “

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/08/businesses-worldwide-brace-extra-trump-tariffs-steel-imports

    Posted 5 days ago #

  5. Baldcyclist
    Member

    Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes | Cycle hire schemes | The Guardian https://share.google/GCYLtQj0kGTBWnjZh

    Posted 5 hours ago #

  6. neddie
    Member

    But no equivalent cut to tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy £35k electric cars !!!

    Posted 4 hours ago #

  7. chdot
    Admin

    Of course, actual details in actual Budget may be different.

    But I wouldn’t bet on it!

    In simple terms -

    ‘Car owners vote’

    ‘Non car owners want to be car owners’

    ‘Expensive bikes are a luxury/toy, working people don’t buy them’

    ‘The UK doesn’t have a bicycle industry anymore but it still has a car industry - with high paid jobs for skilled toolmakers’

    ‘Car industry lobbyists/apologists are much better than ‘cycle industry’ ones’

    Etc.

    Posted 1 hour ago #

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