Lawnmowerman Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Yeah i know bastards! Had loads of stuff on order from them then they shut up shop. Just got a tripob stirrup pump for £6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_oll Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 I was in my local bike shop the other day and the owner had been talking to Rob Poyzer, he said he had said he was selling his shop to raleigh and going to taiwan to develop stuff over there. Anyone know anything more, didn't know whether to believe him untill this post arose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Stop Junkie Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 I was in my local bike shop the other day and the owner had been talking to Rob Poyzer, he said he had said he was selling his shop to raleigh and going to taiwan to develop stuff over there. Anyone know anything more, didn't know whether to believe him untill this post arose!Mike or Chris possibly. Rob Poyser is someone else...Read my post further back in the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Yes: Am I going to have to remember a new number to get hold of the old people?Surely you have their number on speed dial? Just gotta change that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 0115 941 11 33. At a push, I could probably tell you their address from memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted April 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 I could probably tell you their address from memory.That isn't sad Jokes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 I've had to send them enough stuff in the past to know it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexymike Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 interestingcertain People knew ab out this months ago, i found out a week ago, couldnt be botherd to post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 I don't see how everyone is confused lol First post made sense to memeh anyway I have no idea who moore and large are anyway or hartley dawson. sounds like a plot for eastenders... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Poyzer @ Onza Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Just wanted to give you all the definitive story after reading such a diverse range of theories, rumours and some half truths. As you perhaps do not know, we own the Onza (and Tensile) brand names on a virtual world wide basis. For several years now our sales have been growing throughout the world and we distribute from here in the UK but also increasingly from our base in Taiwan. The UK was therefore the only country where we distributed to shops and directly to the public. Sales have grown to such an extent that we had to make a decision. Do we expand our UK workforce with sales people and credit control staff etc. or do we find a distributor to take all that side off our hands. We decided to plump for the latter and after some long discussions with various companies we decided to plump for Moore Large and Company. They already distribute, Haro, Schwinn and various other brands and they have a ready made operation for sales etc. We came to an agreement and as of 1st of April we appointed them UK distributors of Onza and Tensile. They are purchasing much of our stock but we will continue to sell it as well, until we run out of everything. From that point ML will take deliveries directly from our Taiwan operation.I stress that we still own and control totally the brand names and the products. A complete new range is currently under development for launch in August. We still control marketing, design and promotions including teams and sponsored riders. It just means that Onza and Tensile products should be available in a much wider range of shops.At the same time that we decided on this course of action we decided to get out of retail entirely so looked to rent out the shop portion of our premises ( only about 20% of our floor space). It just so happened that at this time Raleigh were looking for premises for a flagship Cycle Life store in Nottingham. We therefore did the deal and they plan to open the shop on June 1st.The whole change will give us a lot more time to do what we do best which is to design and develop new product. The deal in no way affects our other brands at the moment ie. Guess, Conspiracy, American Classic, X-Fusion Shox, Spinner Forks etc. etc. which we will continue to distribute. Our UK head office remains here and will do for the foreseeable future.I hope that clears things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexymike Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 sounds awsome, cant wait to stock onza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe b Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Supercycles will still exist, as the owner of Guess, DDG, Onza, Tensile, etc... They won't sell direct to the public.Moore and Large will handle distribution of Onza and Tensile. If a shop wants them, they go through Moore & Large. If you want them, you have to find a shop which stocks them.Supercycles will still take care of product design, development and manufacture. This includes team sponsorship, and events like the Cycle Show.The actual shop is being rented out to Raleigh for them to turn into a flagship Raleigh store.Any questions?After about 20 posts with essays of writing that pretty much cleared everything up! Thanks, Chris. So what was the cause of this whole shifting around of distribution etc? Is it because raleigh are going to rent out the shop? If anyone could reply, would be good... Cheers,Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 -->QUOTE(joe b @ Apr 23 2006, 03:16 PM) ←So what was the cause of this whole shifting around of distribution etc? Is it because raleigh are going to rent out the shop? If anyone could reply, would be good... Er, Mike replied? Like, 2 posts up from yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmowerman Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Just wanted to give you all the definitive story after reading such a diverse range of theories, rumours and some half truths. As you perhaps do not know, we own the Onza (and Tensile) brand names on a virtual world wide basis. For several years now our sales have been growing throughout the world and we distribute from here in the UK but also increasingly from our base in Taiwan. The UK was therefore the only country where we distributed to shops and directly to the public. Sales have grown to such an extent that we had to make a decision. Do we expand our UK workforce with sales people and credit control staff etc. or do we find a distributor to take all that side off our hands. We decided to plump for the latter and after some long discussions with various companies we decided to plump for Moore Large and Company. They already distribute, Haro, Schwinn and various other brands and they have a ready made operation for sales etc. We came to an agreement and as of 1st of April we appointed them UK distributors of Onza and Tensile. They are purchasing much of our stock but we will continue to sell it as well, until we run out of everything. From that point ML will take deliveries directly from our Taiwan operation.I stress that we still own and control totally the brand names and the products. A complete new range is currently under development for launch in August. We still control marketing, design and promotions including teams and sponsored riders. It just means that Onza and Tensile products should be available in a much wider range of shops.At the same time that we decided on this course of action we decided to get out of retail entirely so looked to rent out the shop portion of our premises ( only about 20% of our floor space). It just so happened that at this time Raleigh were looking for premises for a flagship Cycle Life store in Nottingham. We therefore did the deal and they plan to open the shop on June 1st.The whole change will give us a lot more time to do what we do best which is to design and develop new product. The deal in no way affects our other brands at the moment ie. Guess, Conspiracy, American Classic, X-Fusion Shox, Spinner Forks etc. etc. which we will continue to distribute. Our UK head office remains here and will do for the foreseeable future.I hope that clears things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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