{"id":533721,"date":"2026-03-13T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/533721\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:00:08","slug":"is-the-turmoil-finally-over-for-the-uk-cycling-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/533721\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the turmoil finally over for the UK cycling industry?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK cycling industry<\/a> may have reached a much-needed turning point, says the Bicycle Association, whose annual report for 2025 hails market growth for the first time in five years.<\/p>\n

Published today, the national trade association\u2019s report gathers market and sales data, as well as insight from business leaders, and compiles them to give a picture of the industry\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

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The results from 2025 show \u201cgreen shoots are emerging\u201d following years of industry decline, the Bicycle Association wrote in a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Total market value increased 5% year-on-year, signalling the first annual growth since 2020. Sales volumes also grew across the entire sector, with mechanical bike sales up 6%, e-bikes<\/a> up 2%, parts, accessories and components up 1%, and services up 8%.<\/p>\n

These figures come in stark contrast to last year’s report, when the Bicycle Association branded 2024 the worst year of the century<\/a> for mechanical bike sales, with 1.45 million units sold.<\/p>\n

The industry experienced a consumer spike in 2020, when people turned to exercise during the lockdowns of the Covid pandemic. Many companies then increased their stocks<\/a> to try and harness the boom; however, when interest subsequently waned, they found themselves forced to sell off products at heavy discounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the slump, companies like i-ride<\/a>, Moore Large<\/a> and Wiggle Chain Reaction Cycles<\/a> all appointed administrators or went into liquidation, while major brands such as Shimano<\/a>, Rapha<\/a> and Giant<\/a> reported a fall in cycling profits.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe past few years have been a period of significant adjustment for the cycling industry following the extraordinary demand seen during the pandemic,\u201d said Bronwyn Benstead, the Bicycle Association\u2019s commercial and insights manager.<\/p>\n

According to the association, 2025\u2019s success came from \u201ca revival in mainstream recreational and family cycling\u201d, as well as good weather in spring and summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the market remains challenging, the BA\u2019s data, and future forecasts, suggest that the sector may be approaching a turning point,\u201d Benstead continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith early signs of stabilisation and opportunities for growth as businesses adapt to changing consumer demand. Encouragingly, we\u2019re also seeing a recovery in children\u2019s cycling, which is a positive signal for the long-term health of the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bicycle Association now estimates the UK cycling industry to be worth \u00a31.9 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK cycling industry may have reached a much-needed turning point, says the Bicycle Association, whose annual report…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-533721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}