Episode 7 - The impact of Brexit and the Trump presidency on the bike business.

The political world has been rocked on both sides of the Atlantic in the past 6 months, first with Brexit and then the Trump presidency. With future trade and economic policy extremely uncertain in both cases where does this leave the global bike business?

Will leaving the EU mean a boom for UK manufacturers? And what affect could a potential US trade war with China have on an industry that imports 98% of bikes sold in the US from Asia?

Tune in to hear from US bike market research expert Jay Townley on how things are shaping up in the US market since the Trump election win, and Alan Weatherill from Hope Technology in the UK to hear some positives from the Brexit vote.