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Aust e-bike demand gears up post-lockdown – The West Australian
New figures from one of Australia’s largest bicycle retailers show electric-powered bike sales have almost doubled courtesy of a post-lockdown boom.
An e-bike sales spike has been attributed to pent-up demand from Australians coming out of lockdown, as purchases nearly doubled since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
New figures from 99 Bikes, one of the nation’s largest bike retailers, show electric bike sales went up a gear from April to December last year.
Founder Matt Turner said purchases almost doubled nationally over that span and were up as much as 220 per cent in some regions.
He put the rise down to people emerging from lockdowns seeking “safer,…
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