{"id":399081,"date":"2026-01-08T05:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/399081\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T05:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:31:09","slug":"major-german-bike-brand-returns-to-uk-after-leaving-due-to-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/399081\/","title":{"rendered":"Major German bike brand returns to UK after leaving due to Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"cee1de2a-2c21-4ad2-90ed-0f1a100e03be\">After nearly six years away from the UK, the German direct-to-consumer brand, Rose, has released a bike for the British market. The brand&#8217;s website unsubtly states &#8220;we&#8217;re back in the UK&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/products\/lukas-postlbergers-rose-backroad-ff-a-gravel-bike-outlier\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/products\/lukas-postlbergers-rose-backroad-ff-a-gravel-bike-outlier\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Backroad FF gravel bike<\/a> is currently the only one listed on the company\u2019s British website. The bike \u2013 available in purple, grey and yellow \u2013 comes equipped with a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/reviews\/sram-apex-axs-groupset-review-is-this-low-end-groupset-a-new-high-for-electronic-shifting\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/reviews\/sram-apex-axs-groupset-review-is-this-low-end-groupset-a-new-high-for-electronic-shifting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SRAM XPLR AXS groupset <\/a>and Rose G30 wheels. At \u00a33,500, it forms the heart of the brand&#8217;s British re-launch, and is available alongside a small crop of branded kit.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"cee1de2a-2c21-4ad2-90ed-0f1a100e03be-2\">Rose exited the British market in 2020, due to the absence of a Free Trade Agreement post-<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/news\/product-news\/covid-brexit-and-the-uk-bike-industry-what-next-for-2021-486743\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/news\/product-news\/covid-brexit-and-the-uk-bike-industry-what-next-for-2021-486743\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brexit<\/a>. The decision was further compounded by a difference in UK law, which requires bikes to be sold with a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/news\/latest-news\/front-brakes-right-uk-408381\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/news\/latest-news\/front-brakes-right-uk-408381\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">right-handed brake lever.<\/a> In 2020, Rose was moving away from its previous made-to-order model towards serial production, which made it harder \u2013 and more costly \u2013 to modify bikes post-manufacture.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p>Since Rose was last seen rolling through British roads, the company has grown significantly across German and EU markets. In 2023, its revenue grew by 9% in the EU to \u20ac189 million, with its bike sales outpacing most competition in the same period that saw the industry turnover in Germany fall by \u20ac300 million to \u20ac7 billion.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, the direct-to-consumer brand refinanced, allowing it to \u201cfurther strengthen its operations and market position,&#8221; according to KPMG Deutschland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The brand&#8217;s presence, firmly felt in the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/fitness\/we-entered-the-british-gravel-championships-and-it-was-brutally-fun\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/fitness\/we-entered-the-british-gravel-championships-and-it-was-brutally-fun\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">continental gravel racing circuit<\/a>, will soon increase its standing in the world of road racing, too. In August, the German brand&#8217;s sponsorship of the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/racing\/could-this-team-set-up-by-youtubers-race-at-the-tour-de-france-in-2026-its-starting-to-look-likely\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/racing\/could-this-team-set-up-by-youtubers-race-at-the-tour-de-france-in-2026-its-starting-to-look-likely\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unibet Tietema Rockets <\/a>was first floated by Wielerflits.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch-owned French ProTeam had ridden Cannondale for three years, and their move to Rose took the industry by surprise. Only months later, the Rockets \u2013 now known as<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/racing\/the-ultimate-goal-is-the-tour-de-france-how-tour-de-tietema-went-from-youtube-pranks-to-pro-ranks\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/racing\/the-ultimate-goal-is-the-tour-de-france-how-tour-de-tietema-went-from-youtube-pranks-to-pro-ranks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> the Unibet Rose Rockets<\/a> \u2013 look likely to make their <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/racing\/tour-de-france\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/racing\/tour-de-france\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tour de France<\/a> debut this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p>With Bas Tietema\u2019s team, and their German sponsor and bike-provider\u2019s, sights set firmly on the Tour de France, it is likely that the company\u2019s influence will only grow: \u2018to the Tour and beyond!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Our Way to the Tour de France | We Are The Rockets Ep. 1 &#8211; YouTube<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767850269_291_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Our Way to the Tour de France | We Are The Rockets Ep. 1 - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"watch-on-youtube-E_FwLendaR0\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/E_FwLendaR0\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/E_FwLendaR0\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch On <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After nearly six years away from the UK, the German direct-to-consumer brand, Rose, has released a bike for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-399081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}