Austrians are increasingly using the e-bike. Although the total number of brewed bicycle has been taken since the climax during the Coron APANDEMY, the share of electric drive has increased to 57 percent in the previous year.
Before the Covid Pandemie it was only a third. Financing such as support for service bike is a reason for the development, increased appreciation for the bicycle another.
“The years with Covid have raised the subject of bicycle to an even more valuable level,” says Norbert Bisco, head of the “bikestore.cc”, who offers sales or rent or service for bicycles at five locations. At that time, popularity increased, both as a leisure device as a sports and transport device and for all possible daily paths. In the Corona period there were considerably more bicycles in question than the specialized retailer could offer. Bisko is optimistic that the good question will stop.
Business bicycles for employers without VAT
People save money on bicycles and do something for their health, but at the same time there are “there are financing models that greatly benefit from us,” says Bisco. In addition to the promotion of e-mobility, this applies in particular to service bikes, which can be purchased by the employer for free with VAT and then made available cheaply to the employee. Employees usually pay the wheel by pulling off the salary – but saves taxes and taxes. You could save more than 30 percent of the costs, the employer only costs to process the deal, calculates Bishko. Such “bokrices” can also be used privately.
According to Arval Fleet Barometer for Austria, one percent of local companies already use bicycle rental, another five percent want to introduce it in the next three years. “Fietsleasing is now part of the mobility mix in Austrian companies,” said Gregor Bilik, general manager of Arval Austria.
Austria still has to catch up
Austria still has the international comparison. Because four percent of the companies are leasing in the European reduction, another 7 percent plan the introduction and the Arval Fleet Barometer 2025 comes.
Apart from the revival of the e-bikes, the trend is in the direction of racing and gravel wheels, says Bisco, who has been selling cycling in his Bikestore.cc for 25 years. In principle, the last racing bikes that are also suitable for travel away from asphalt roads are. “With gravel I drive without problems in a racing bike group. But as soon as the asphalt is over, the racing cyclists and the grave continue,” he describes the difference.
Last year, sales in sports and bicycle retailers with bicycles fell by 11.1 percent to EUR 1.05 billion. E-bikes formed 57 percent of the paragraph, in value even 77 percent. The e-bike content was considerably higher than in Germany and Switzerland. According to a survey by the VSSö Association, the share of people with an ongoing bicycle contract in Austria has had a replacement since 2022.
Source: Krone
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