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30 Apr 2024

The UK’s estimated 7.6 million cyclists are being urged to get on their bikes on Saturday May 4th and head down to their local independent bike shop, as many prepare special activities to...

29 Feb 2024

The ACT is happy to confirm the date for Local Bike Shop Day 2024 as Saturday 4 May, the weekend of the early May Bank Holiday.

3 Jan 2024

For our latest retailer spotlight, we spoke with Steven Grimwood from the brilliant Elmy Cycles in Ipswich, who has been working in the cycle trade since he was 14 years old

24 Jul 2023

Cycling Electric has run an interesting article on the value of buying an e-bike from a local independent bike shop.

23 Mar 2023

The ACT has announced that the annual Local Bike Shop Day https://localbikeshopday.co.uk/ will take place on Saturday 29...

23 Jan 2023

As Glasgow gears up to host the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, community groups have been given a share of more than £160,000 to boost bike use in the city.

15 Dec 2022

Cytech training provider Activate Cycle Academy made it onto BBC television and radio this week as part of The One Show’s launch of a ‘Gift A Bike For Christmas’ campaign.

20 Jul 2022

Each week Maybe* round up the best social media posts from across the UK. See who's coming...

26 May 2022

For 2022 Local Bike Shop Day introduced an entirely new voting function, allowing customers to show their appreciation and loyalty for their favourite bike shop! The winning shop that attained...

19 May 2022

As part of their support for Local Bike Shop Day, Cyclescheme ran a competition for the local bike shop with the most social media noise, with the chance to win a £150 Restaurant Choice...

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Local Bike Shop Day registration now open

Posted on in Cycles News

Following the announcement that Local Bike Shop Day will be going ahead on 6th October 2018 registration is now open for bike shops to feature on the official directory.

The ACT is supporting Daniel Jones' idea to run a Local Bike Shop day, inspired by the success of Record Store Day in the music trade.

Since the idea was pitched online earlier this month it has gained huge support from IBDs, suppliers, trade press and consumer magazines. Jones is now pushing forward with the idea and asking retailers to get involved and plan events for the day - from hosting a bbq to inviting special guest speakers.

Retailers who opt in to take part in the day will be promoted to consumers via the Local Bike Shop Day directory, hosted on the ACT's consumer facing website The Cycling Experts.

Simply register your shop to make sure you appear.

Register now

Once your registration has been approved you'll have the Local Bike Shop Day logo added to your listing on The Cycling Experts and you'll appear in the Local Bike Shop Day search.

You can search for your business to see how your listing looks here. If you don't already have a listing you can create one by creating a free ACT account.

 

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