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North America’s largest fleet of Mobile Bike Shops rises to meet growing demand and has its best year ever velofix, North America’s largest fleet of Mobile Bike Shops rose to meet the rapidly increasing demand for the speed and convenience of mobile bike service by closing out 2016 with its strongest year to date. velofix’s best year ever saw 300% year-over-year revenue growth, the launching of the velofix DIRECT complete bike sales program, and the establishment of key distribution partnerships with premium component manufacturers like Shimano, SRAM and FSA. Backed by a brand new website and powered by a proprietary route-optimized booking service, the leading Mobile Bike Shop platform also added 44 more Mobile Shops in 2016, bringing its coverage total to 89 franchise territories, and cementing its… Read More

We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Endurance Nation (EN)! EN is the world’s largest and fastest online triathlon team. 3x Ironman Global Championship winners. Official Coaching Program of Revolution3 Triathlon and Trisports.com. Endurance Nation seeks to educate athletes on how to execute triathlons. Through their team coaching method, they are able to successfully help thousands of athletes a year execute triathlons like the elite! With their proven FirstTimeFinish™ Guarantee for members that states; train with EN for a minimum of 3 months for your first iron distance race with EN (whether it is your 20th or 1st ever) and if for any reason you do not cross the finish line, Endurance Nation will pay you cash for the registration of your next iron distance… Read More

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (BRAIN) — Mobile bike repair franchiser velofix has hired Ward Grootjans, a former Canyon Bicycles executive who will focus on velofix’s global growth. Grootjans, who joins velofix as vice president of global business development, will be based in the Netherlands. At Canyon, he mainly focused on international business development and sales. velofix currently has more than 50 franchises operations in North America. Grootjans will focus on global rollout and on building velofix DIRECT, a direct-to-consumer bicycle delivery and assembly program for bicycle brands. “The last five years I was part of revolutionizing the bike industry by building a global bike brand that sells direct-to-consumer,” said Grootjans. “To be a leading brand in the bike industry it’s necessary to be truly customer focused. I learned about velofix… Read More

You heard it here first! Tune into the Cycling Business Podcast to listen to CEO and Co-Founder Chris Guillemet talk about the challenges that the growth in consumer direct sales places on traditional bike retail. With the local bike shop facing increasing competition on all sides how can it stay relevant and survive in today’s changing market place?  In this episode the founders of 2 very different businesses who are part of a shift in todays bike retail landscape; Chris Guillemet from mobile mechanic network velofix, and Sam Humpherson from London bike / coffee shop Look Mum No Hands!  Tune in to hear how both the franchised mobile mechanic business and the growth in bike / coffee shops are providing consumers alternatives to the traditional bike… Read More

Love riding, but love chocolate chip cookies even more? So does Cannondale Drapac pro cyclist Phil Gaimon, host of the inaugural Malibu Gran Cookie Dough on November 6th – the latest world-class event on a busy 2016 calendar that velofix is proud to be supporting. So proud in fact, our friends at the fondo have extended a special $10 discount if you register and use with the code velofix.  “My two favorite things are climbing mountains and eating cookies,” says Gaimon. “And thanks to the beauty of Malibu and the taste of Jeff Mahin’s M Street Kitchen, I’m proud to offer you the very best of both.” For anyone looking to sample Malibu’s incredible riding and the M Street Kitchen’s equally renowned sweets, velofix… Read More