Onza This Is Actually A Joke!

[Mike Poyzer @ Onza]

Please bear in mind that Super Cycles is the name of our group business and major changes have occured in what we actually do over the last couple of years. We leased the retail portion of our premises to Raleigh last year so for over a year we have not retailed conventionally. We contracted distribution of Onza and Tensile also last year to Moore Large, who are a major UK bicycle and component distributor in the UK. This was part of our strategy to make cycle trials a more main stream pastime and bring it to a bigger cross section of the public. This strategy is beginning to work but the changeover has been frought with difficulties as Moore Large knew nothing about it prior to this. They are learning fast and hopefully supply problems will improve but we know that there have been difficulties. We are still developing those two brands as worldwide brands and now have distributors in 16 different countries, as well as distributing and developing our Conspiracy dirt brand and our Guess road and X/C brands plus also distributing X-Fusion and Spinner shocks and forks and VP1 components. However we still have many thousands of pounds worth of stock to dispose of and if your order is anything of that, there should be no problem. If however you are placing an order from our Super Cycles mail order operation and it is not a stock item there may be a problem. Super Cycles as a Mail Order company is slowly being wound down and wiill disappear entirely probably in the next year or so. This does not mean we are abandoning the internet and mail order sales as we have exciting new plans for expanding in those areas in the future. It may however be prudent to check by phone on the stock situation before ordering product if you need it urgently over the next few months.

Come September when Moore Larges first direct parts order arrives then supply problems should ease and our new product roll out will continue. Shortly after that we have the launch of our all new 26" stock range, hitting the shops well before Christmas. Hopefully availability will rapidly spread to your local shop as well as the specialist trials MO operations. Businesses like Tarty bikes will of course always be a major plank in our strategy and their well deserved reputation for good service I am sure will continue.

We honestly believe that broadening the appeal of Trials bikes is essential to make the sport and pastime a serious contender for recognition. The governing bodies of sport like the Olympics committee are now starting to recognise that kids today connect to things like BMX and Skateboarding and they need to introduce them as Olympic events to maintain interest. Yachting, Equestrian events etc, etc. are always going to be elitist by their very nature but street sports are not. Just remember that snotty kid on a T-Vee could well be a world champion in a few years.

[Mark W]

Mike, as usual, is pretty much spot-on, so I think the thread might as well close now. Cheers for the reports from people earlier about the, er, "trouble poster". They've been dealt with, so no worries there...