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New finance options now available

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Genesis Owners Club is live

Real Cycles has a long history of providing free of charge online community websites for it’s various user groups, we’ve been doing it for ten years now, with some of our sites being market leaders in their sector. We’re really pleased to announce that the Genesis Owners Club is now up and running, and waiting for you to sign up and use.

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Friday update: Deals, 2012 & Sweden

Been a busy week since the last update. It’s consisted of a trip to Sweden, some new 2012 bikes, a great deal on a great road bike, and other stuff.

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New website & mailshot system

For the last three years we’ve been sending out newsletters, which have been put together and sent out using varying levels skills and complexity. After some weeks of testing a new system we’ve now using a bang up to date system, and we think have got the balance between ease of use and appearance almost right.

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New website! We’ve gone and got a new look website. It’s a bit green, but we like. Read More...

Cycle To Work Scheme: RIP?

I might have got this wrong, so excuse me if it is, but as I understand it, due to new Euro legislation, from Jan next year anyone buying a bike on the Cycle To Work scheme thru their employer will have to pay the VAT. Previously this was deducted from the price by your employer. This means the initial cost of the bike will go back what it is on the shop floor: RRP, or RRP minus any discount the dealer offers.

Given the changes made last year to the value of the bike and payment at the end of the scheme, this mean you will be pretty much paying full ticket price. Essentially all the scheme will be good for is a way to spread the payments over a year, like interest free finance.

I think this will once and for all spell the total and utter death of the scheme.

More once we have the full facts.
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