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Bike Hub: 2019 Year in Review

· By Bike Hub Features · 21 comments

Want to know what went down on Bike Hub in 2019? Take a run through the headline numbers, classifieds statistics, most read articles, the top contributors, most viewed and discussed topics… it’s all here.

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Website Stats – Visitors

In 2019 we saw some modest to steady gains across most numbers and despite a generally negative outlook in our industry, Bike Hub remains on the rise.

Unique visitors
2 158 018
+9.78%
Pageviews
55 498 430
+5.18%
Sessions
7 623 159
+8.30%
Average visit duration (minutes)
06:21
-7.46%

South African User Split

48.88% Gauteng
31.85% Western Cape
9.92% KwaZulu-Natal
3.68% Eastern Cape
1.37% Free State
1.04% Limpopo
1.03% Mpumalanga
0.91% North West
0.38% Northern Cape

International User Split

46.30% South Africa
13.86% United States
5.17% United Kingdom
3.41% France
2.50% Australia
2.00% Canada
1.76% Germany
1.22% Netherlands
1.21% Spain
1.20% Italy

Website Activity – New Members


New Members
13 023

Total Members
128 434
+11.28%

Gender Split

77.17% Male
vs.
22.83% Female

Classifieds Activity

Total listings value

R 511 395 478

Top 10 most searched bike brands

Interestingly this list remained largely static in terms of positions and share of search with the only mover being Bianchi jumping from 10th to 8th ahead of Pyga and Silverback. The clear leader remains Specialized which gained an extra two percentage points year-on-year, leaving them at 22.26% – more than double the next highest brand.

1. Specialized – 22.26% (20.23%)
2. Scott – 10.92% (10.65%)
3. Giant – 9.98% (9.91%)
4. Cannondale – 8.62 (9.18%)
5. Trek – 7.29% (6.66%)
6. Santa Cruz – 4.31% (4.70%)
7. Merida – 4.23% (4.49%)
8. Bianchi – 3.12% (3.19%)
9. Pyga – 3.08% (3.67%)
10. Silverback – 2.89% (3.45%)
(2018 figure listed in brackets)


Adverts listed
58 389

Leads Generated
187 406

Advert Views
19 950 461

Avg. value – All Categories
R 9 271.80

Avg. value – Mountain Bikes
R 20 682.37

Avg. value – Road Bikes
R 19,126.90

Advert count by Location


1. Western Cape 42.0%
2. Gauteng 40.3%
3. KwaZulu-Natal 8.0%
4. Eastern Cape 3.7%
5. Freestate 1.95%

6. Mpumalanga 1.7%
7. North West 1.4%
8. Limpopo 0.5%
9. Northern Cape 0.3%
10. International 0.1%

Advert count by Category


1. Bikes 34.06%
– Mountain bikes 18.91%
– Road bikes 10.22%
2. Components 28.53%
3. Accessories 11.41%
4. Clothing & Apparel 9.92%
5. Wheels & Tyres 9.16%
6. Frames 3.85%
7. Entries & Services: 2.58%
8. Electric Bikes* 0.46%
* Added in December 2019

Forum Activity


New topics
4 729

Replies
178 550

Topic views
5 802 750

Top 10 Most Viewed Topics

Top 10 Most Replied-to Topics

Topic starters

1. Sbloomer – 32
2. Chris Newby-Fraser – 23
3. F.R.A.I.L. -K – 20
4. Markellis – 19
5. Rolling Stone, CWC Online – 18
6. Craig Armstrong – 17
7. Veebee – 16
8. lechatnoir, Simon Kolin, The Philthy Hippie – 14
9. MudLark, ouzo, love2fly – 13
10. OnTheRicky, Paarl Adventure Trails, Swift&Aero, Furbz – 12

Top Posters

1. DieselnDust – 2604
2. Hairy – 2213
3. ChrisF – 1498
4. Captain Fastbastard Mayhem – 1475
5. Eddy Gordo – 1454
6. Dale – 1377
7. Jewbacca – 1247
8. Shebeen – 1218
9. Long Wheel Base – 1212
10. Swift&Aero – 1157

All stats for the period 17 December 2018 – 16 December 2019 (and compared to the same period for the prior year).

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Comments

Veebee

Dec 23, 2019, 12:51 PM

:clap: :clap:shows i'm still a newbie after all these years, always looking for advice.

Rocket-Boy

Dec 23, 2019, 2:53 PM

Lol so the most active thread on the cycling forum was about running!

Also Dale you are slacking this year, strange not seeing you at the top of the poster list for a change.                                                                                   

Wannabe

Dec 23, 2019, 3:01 PM

Where's the stats for the oldest but still active members?

Duane_Bosch

Dec 23, 2019, 3:07 PM

Those top 10 posters better haal uit en wys on the strava stats thread.

Long Wheel Base

Dec 24, 2019, 5:57 AM

Strange not seeing Gen, Patch and Pure Savage in the top 10...............

NickGM

Dec 24, 2019, 7:10 AM

OK I can't keep this in any longer. The hyphen in KwaZulu-Natal is there to join two separate words. It's like Stratford-upon-Avon, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, X-ray or Sir Mix-a-Lot. So please put the hyphen between the Zulu and the English word, not in the middle of the Zulu word ("Kwa-Zulu") because that does not make sense. There, now you'll remember. I hope.

Hairy

Dec 24, 2019, 10:54 AM

Oh Cr@p

Hairy

Dec 24, 2019, 10:55 AM

Those top 10 posters better haal uit en wys on the strava stats thread.

Would you also like to see my Endomondo stats?

Jewbacca

Dec 24, 2019, 4:51 PM

Those top 10 posters better haal uit en wys on the strava stats thread.

I haven't made many Strava's in the last few years.....

Patchelicious

Dec 24, 2019, 5:35 PM

Strange not seeing Gen, Patch and Pure Savage in the top 10...............

As with Strava stats, been too busy making other people rich this year.

Pure Savage

Dec 26, 2019, 1:17 PM

As with Strava stats, been too busy making other people rich this year.

And apparently I have been too busy organizing weddings...

Capricorn

Dec 26, 2019, 3:01 PM

Total listings value


 


R 511 395 478


 


five hundred and eleven million?


In one year?


open or completed sales?


or all sales, active or completed since jan van riebeek landed till date of stats compilation?


Matt

Dec 26, 2019, 3:11 PM

 

Total listings value

 

R 511 395 478

 

five hundred and eleven million?

In one year?

open or completed sales?

or all sales, active or completed since jan van riebeek landed till date of stats compilation?

 

 

That's the total value of items listed since 1 January 2019. We don't have data on what % of that figure is actual sales, but from past surveys we'd expect it to be 40-60% of that amount.

Capricorn

Dec 26, 2019, 6:29 PM

That's the total value of items listed since 1 January 2019. We don't have data on what % of that figure is actual sales, but from past surveys we'd expect it to be 40-60% of that amount.

More than half billion rands worth of stuff pushed through classifieds in a single year..... a small slice of a huge pie is a mighty fine meal..

Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Dec 26, 2019, 7:31 PM

Well, one of my goals for 2019 was realised. Reducing post count year on year. Far lower this year compared to last ones.

Pure Savage

Dec 27, 2019, 5:36 AM

More than half billion rands worth of stuff pushed through classifieds in a single year..... a small slice of a huge pie is a mighty fine meal..

Must be all the mint deals in the classifieds!!

Long Wheel Base

Dec 27, 2019, 8:07 AM

That's the total value of items listed since 1 January 2019. We don't have data on what % of that figure is actual sales, but from past surveys we'd expect it to be 40-60% of that amount.

I guess it is hard to properly put a figure on this. So if someone lists a R100k+ bike(and there have been a few this year) and it doesn't sell. Ad expires, the bike sits in their bike room a few more weeks/months and then they decide to re advertise. I assume this then adds another R100k+ to the total.

Long Wheel Base

Dec 27, 2019, 8:31 AM

OK I can't keep this in any longer. The hyphen in KwaZulu-Natal is there to join two separate words. It's like Stratford-upon-Avon, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, X-ray or Sir Mix-a-Lot. So please put the hyphen between the Zulu and the English word, not in the middle of the Zulu word ("Kwa-Zulu") because that does not make sense. There, now you'll remember. I hope.

I see your post never went unseen. The article has been edited. 

Help.Me.

Dec 27, 2019, 11:37 AM

I think with that amount in the classifieds, maybe its time for admin to take a handling fee and work as the middle man. Once the buyer is happy with his purchase monies get paid over to the seller.....

Shebeen

Dec 30, 2019, 6:24 AM

Interesting to see that gauteng /western Cape switch between users and classifieds. More wheeler dealers in slaapstad?

It's me man

Jan 22, 2020, 9:54 AM

More than half billion rands worth of stuff pushed through classifieds in a single year..... a small slice of a huge pie is a mighty fine meal..

Sshhhhhhh  SARS will be monitoring our sideline pocket money hobby for their pound of flesh now.  

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