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Meet the booming bicycle company on the road to success

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Meet the booming bicycle company on the road to success

Updated: 9 January 2023

Tom and Sian met in Amsterdam and immediately became obsessed with the beautiful bicycles cruising around the streets. Back in London, they soon realised that no shops were selling the bikes they grew to love in the Netherlands, which sparked their inspiration to start Bobbin Bikes.

Founded in 2007, Bobbin Bikes have a range of trendy leisure bicycles for everyday cyclists across the world. The unique brand is known for it’s brightly-coloured and stylish bikes with long handlebars and handy baskets – even David Beckham’s daughter is a huge fan of her Bobbin!

In 2016 the team looked at their business plan and decided to add a new online sales channel to go with their shop. They needed fast financial support to buy more stock and fulfill all their new orders. After contacting Funding Circle, the team had £250,000 in their account 2 weeks later – “For us, it felt a breath of fresh air” said Tom. The future of Bobbin Bikes has never looked so bright.

In this short video, meet Tom and Sian and learn more about their exciting journey:


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