Cotswold Cycles - at the forefront of a Revolution
By Mark Owen and Andrew Merrell | 25th October 2018
A shared passion for cycling has produced a double-headed business proving a hit in the Cotswolds and beyond.
Riding tandem in the joint venture are husband and wife duos Jeremy and Sarah Griffiths and Tracey and Andrew Hutchings.
The latter run the now well-established Cotswold Cycles in Moreton-in-Marsh, and the Griffiths, with a little help also from daughter Rhiannon, run The Revolution Café, on the same site off the A44 East of the town.
"We have been here since 2011. We retail bikes, accessories, parts, we have a work shop, do servicing, kids' bikes, electric bikes, clothing and we are open Saturday and Sunday too - when we get quite busy," said Tracey, a former dispensing optician.
Husband Andrew is a former chief executive officer for Blackwell of Oxford, the book shop, also a passionate cyclist.
Brands include Trek, Frog, Castelli, Bontrager, Met, Kask, Lezyne, Camelback, Muc-Off, Tacx, Garmin, DT Swiss, Stealth, Torq, Clif, and Veloforte.
A sperate business, but very much presented as a partnership, is The Revolution Café.
"Cycling and coffee and cake go well together. People like to stop off after a ride. We do good healthy food, paninis, baguettes, cake," said Jeremy, a former interior designer.
(Listen to the two sound file interviews - part of the series of video and recorded mini-profiles captured by Punchline editor Mark Owen as his team distribute the bi—monthly business magazine county-wide: The Revolution Cafe and Cotswold Cycles.)
And together they are proving a hit - especially on a weekend when riders from within a 100-mile radius now have the location down as a destination-come-watering hole or great place to start and end a ride.
"On Sunday mornings we can get 90 to 100 people through the doors in about an hour to an hour and a half," said Jeremy, explaining there was also a third strong to the bow of the businesses - the North Cotswold Cycling Club had also decided to adopt the premises as its headquarters.
Cotswold Cycles and the North Cotswold Cycling Club are delighted to welcome the Tour of Britain to the Cotswolds on September 9th. pic.twitter.com/7QAs4x0iN7
— Cotswold Cycles (@CotswoldCycles) September 1, 2017
Listen to the two sound file interviews - part of the series of video and recorded mini-profiles captured by Punchline editor Mark Owen as his team distribute the bi—monthly business magazine county-wide: The Revolution Cafe and Cotswold Cycles .
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