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Started by Ken Manning
Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:00
How strong is the Cycling Industry? Here's the answer.
Author: Ken Manning
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:00
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Please make a visit to our new Cycling Web Page showing the BIG WALL CYCLING Stock Index. This is much like the Dow Jones only it is geared (ha!) to the Cycling Industry. It is only here that you'll see that the Industry is up 53% in one year! You'll find it at: http://psy.ucsd.edu/~mtaffe/CycleLink.html and follow the links to Stock Index. This will be updated about every two weeks so check back at least that often. Ken Manning manning@crd.ge.com
Re: How strong is the Cycling Industry? Here's the answer.
Author: Ken Manning
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 00:00
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pelt0007@gold.tc.umn.edu (Eric S Peltier) wrote: >A related Curious Little Fact that I read a few years ago was that, in >total revenues, the entire cycling industry was as large as the lawnmower >industry. > >that is either humbling or flattering, I suppose. Humbling. I also heard that there are more licensed pigeon racers in America than there are bike racers (pre-MTB, I think).
Re: How strong is the Cycling Industry? Here's the answer.
Author: josh@WOLFENET.CO
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 00:00
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In <46g2uh$gna@alphabits.shr.dec.com> Rich_Whalen@shr.dec.com (Rich Whalen) writes:
>Ken Manning <manning@crd.ge.com> wrote:
>>Please make a visit to our new Cycling Web Page showing
>>the BIG WALL CYCLING Stock Index. This is much like the
>>Dow Jones only it is geared (ha!) to the Cycling Industry.
>I took a look, and I'd say that it is more geared towards the bicycle
>RACING industry than the bicycle industry, as the stocks that are
>included are of companies that support racing teams or races.
>Out of 10 stocks only 2 manufacture bicycles or items directly
>relating to bicycling. And the bicycle manufacturer is one that most
>people would agree makes low-end bikes (Huffy).
There's a nice industry index in Bicycle Retailer & Industry News
that includes a wider array of cycling-related companies, both
high-volume, low-end producers and accessory companies.
Unlike heavy industry, which is what the Dow Jones Industrial
Average used to represent, the bicycle industry still has a very
large share of the market in the hands of privately-held
companies. More and more bike companies are going public to get
added funding, but for now I doubt any stock index will be a good
measure of the industry's health. Industry sales and import
figures are probably a better guide, even if they aren't as easy
to come by.
--
Josh@WolfeNet.com is Joshua Putnam / P.O. Box 13220 / Burton, WA 98013
"My other bike is a car."
Bike parts for sale: finger Joshua_Putnam@WolfeNet.com for list.
Re: How strong is the Cycling Industry? Here's the answer.
Author: Ken Manning
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 00:00
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 00:00
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>In <46g2uh$gna@alphabits.shr.dec.com> Rich_Whalen@shr.dec.com (Rich Whalen) writes: >>I took a look, and I'd say that it is more geared towards the bicycle >>RACING industry than the bicycle industry, as the stocks that are >>included are of companies that support racing teams or races. > >>Out of 10 stocks only 2 manufacture bicycles or items directly >>relating to bicycling. And the bicycle manufacturer is one that most >>people would agree makes low-end bikes (Huffy). That's exactly why I added racing sponsors. An index with only two members is indicative of almost nothing. I want at least eight at any time. BTW, next week's Index update will include Cannondale (their ticker is BIKE, so I missed it on my alphabetized list). And if you think Huffy is low end, the only other manufacturer I can add is Murray, but they seem to have disappeared from the exchanges over the summer. Does anyone know? Ken Manning, Indexmaster manning@crd.ge.com
Re: How strong is the Cycling Industry? Here's the answer.
Author: EDGEkit@wtp.net
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 00:00
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 00:00
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In article <4697fk$6jl@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu>, tequesta@wam.umd.edua
says...
>
>Eric S Peltier (pelt0007@gold.tc.umn.edu) wrote:
>: A related Curious Little Fact that I read a few years ago was that,
in
>: total revenues, the entire cycling industry was as large as the
lawnmower
>: industry.
>
>: that is either humbling or flattering, I suppose.
>
>
>Does that include Huffies, Murrays, and Roadmasters? :-)
>
>--
>Jason Liu,
>College Park, Md.
>
When lawn and garden starts marketing specialized clothing and you see
riding lawnmowers flying of mogels, well...
Bicycles have re-emerged as the leading form of transportation
worldwide, not in the USA. But I'm changing that with an auxiliary
power supply for bikes, called Dimension EDGE. MADE in the USA. Email
EDGEkit@wtp.net for news on this product and virtually any statistic on
bicycling in regards to industry power and why.
Knowledge is power.
Robert Felt (the EDGE Guy)
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