Bike Hub: 2019 Year in Review

[Bike Hub Features]

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

 

Website Activity - Top 20 Articles Published in 2019

1. 2019 Mountain Bike Stage Race Calendar
2. Trek unveils all-new Supercaliber
3. 2019 Trek Madone SLR 6 review
4. Review: Canyon Endurace CF SLX 8.0
5. Review: Scott Foil 10 Disc
6. Giant unveils the Revolt E+ Pro
7. Epic Bike Check: Nino Schurter's Scott Spark RC
8. New Shimano XT and SLX groupsets go 12-speed
9. SRAM Eagle cuts the cord with AXS electric-wireless shifting
10. Epic Bike Check: Henrique Avancini's Cannondale Scalpel Si
11. Specialized's Sam Gaze Exits Cape Epic
12. Lyne Components launches The Holy Rail on-bike storage system
13. End of the road for Team Spur
14. Gaze to partner with Kulhavy for Investec-songo-Specialized
15. Trek Top Fuel 9.8 First Ride Review
16. Stan’s NoTubes Introduces DART Tool and Refill Kit
17. Epic Bike Check: Oli Munnik's Signal Elite
18. Bike Check: Jennie Stenerhag's Silverback Stratos SBC
19. Titan Racing Announce All-New Cypher Racing Bike
20. An Epic Journey
    

Forum Activity

New topics
4 729

Replies
178 550

Topic views
5 802 750

 

Top 10 Most Viewed Topics

1. UCI DH World Cup 2019 Season
2. Bike Hub 2019 Commuters Challenge
3. 947 Cycle Challenge 2019
4. Enduro/gravity bike suspension and geo
5. The Munga 2019
6. #My Training, #A.483k B.456k C.522k D.486k E.502k
F1135KM!
7. Mathieu van der Poel!
8. Johann Rissik RIP
9. #4 EVERESTING 4 DAYS, WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT! #1
@BAINES & @OU KAAPS. #2 CHARITIES.
10. Stuff you learn(t) the hard way by being your own
mechanic

83331
67377
63861
63796
61902
56142
49462
46903
45078
44575

Top 10 Most Replied-to Topics

1. Cyclists with a "Running" Problem
2. Where has your bike taken you today?
3. Tour de France 2019
4. Cape Town Cycle Tour 2019
5. Post your bike porn 2.0
6. Boast about your latest purchases here...
7. Cape Epic 2019
8. The Classics
9. Discovery Health - Vitality and Team Vitality plus everything else you need to know
10. UCI DH World Cup 2019 Season

3450
2634
2025
1753
1727
1314
1214
1112
1099
1081

 

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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[Veebee]

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

[Rocket-Boy]

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]

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

[Duane_Bosch]

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

[Long Wheel Base]

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

[NickGM]

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]

Oh Cr@p

[Hairy]

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

Would you also like to see my Endomondo stats?

[Jewbacca]

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]

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]

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

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

[Capricorn]

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]

 

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]

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]

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