Have retailers made the best of the olympics?

[HEYWOOD BMX]

   Do you know of any bike retailers that have used the Olympics to give their BMX sales a boost? From my experience,seems that a lot have missed an opportunity.A non BMX mate rang me up today to tell me that he`d gone to Halfrauds and bought a BMX for his son,as he had seen it on TV today & wanted to give it a go.I enquired about the bike and was told"It has suspension and everything." Turns out he`s been sold a 20" MTB,a fact that the sales guy neglected to mention...

[Zippy]

My shop has been selling all bikes at 15% off during the olympics.

We've sold  quite a few bmx's today off the back of the bmx racing. 

[HEYWOOD BMX]

  Zippy-I`d expect that from you`re `cos your a "proper" BMXer ! What I meant was I haven`t seen any general cycle shops or the few specialist BMX shops doing more to use BMX/Olympics as a selling point.I do think/hope that BMX sales will be mega big this Christmas.As for Halfrauds,they may sell more bikes overall than anyone else,but they are still clueless.

[Dingobmxer]

Cyclesport said today that calls about race bikes were through the roof 

  DINGO

[Mattdub]

Cyclesport said today that calls about race bikes were through the roof 

  DINGO

Now that's cool 

If only there were school summer holiday camps set up at some point to teach the basics .

[Zippy]

I actually like Halfrauds because they make my life a lot easier. People will always be suckered into thinking they're getting a bike at 50% off, they're not, but the people always return to a proper bike shop when they're Apollo's inevitably go wrong and break because they weren't built properly. We've then got a customer for life because we offer a personal and professional service and we know what were talking about when it comes to bikes and what's best for each individual customer. 

[Mr C]

Thanks to a long term knee injury i was unable to race at the  brits for the first time is 18 years . But managed to get a bit of bike time in after a long term lay off at coppull and preston there was quite a few people at both tracks that seemed keen to get their kids involved since they had watched the olympics.  Now is the time for for all goods bike shops to take their opportinity and help bring new blood in to the sport. Iam sure they will by  supporting local clubs at grass roots and give the sport the boost it needs 

We need these people

[Longun]

Cyclesport said today that calls about race bikes were through the roof 

  DINGO

Now that's cool 

If only there were school summer holiday camps set up at some point to teach the basics .

I know the Hawks have been running these for the last few weeks - the last ones are this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (I think 3-6pm) at their track in Hayes.

[TonyDaButcher]

Cyclesport said today that calls about race bikes were through the roof 

  DINGO

Now that's cool 

If only there were school summer holiday camps set up at some point to teach the basics .

I know the Hawks have been running these for the last few weeks - the last ones are this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (I think 3-6pm) at their track in Hayes.

Yes Old Skoolers, get your kids down there, back to business tomorrow (Tues) at Hayes!

Summer of Sport
Free BMX Coaching
@ Hayes Hawks BMX Club



Hayes Hawks BMX Club have been awarded a grant from London Summer of Sport to run free BMX Coaching during August from Tuesday 12th for three weeks.

So if you want to try a new exciting Olympic sport and fancy yourself to be the next Shanaze Reade or fancy your chances for London 2012, then come on down...

Anybody is invited to come along and we will be offering coaching for current BMX racers who want to take it to the next level and sharpen their skills and improve fitness as well as newcomers to the sport. The Coaching is available to ages 5-18 and we would also welcome girls.

Here is the schedule of dates and times.

Week 1.

Tues 12th Aug 12.00pm to 3.00pm
Wed 13th Aug 4.00pm to 6.00pm (Club Gate Practice starts after 6.00pm. Cost £3.00)
Thurs 14th Aug 12.00pm to 3.00pm

Week 2.

Tues 19th Aug 12.00pm to 3.00pm
Wed 20th Aug 4.00pm to 6.00pm (Club Gate Practice starts after 6.00pm. Cost £3.00)
Thurs 21st Aug 12.00pm to 3.00pm

Week 3.

Tues 26th 4.00pm to 6.00pm
Wed 27th 4.00pm to 6.00pm (Club Gate Practice starts after 6.00pm. Cost £3.00)
Thurs 28th 4.00pm to 6.00pm

Hayes Hawks Bmx Club is located in Lake Farm Country Park, Dawley Road, Hayes UB3 7E1