Brits gearing up for the Tour de France Grand finale

July 21, 2011 - PRLog -- London, July 21st 2011 – Twenga, the open shopping platform with the biggest choice online, reports increases in visits for cycling gear, as the Tour de France comes to an end.

Mountain bikes by brand Diamondback have seen the highest increase with searches up 278% during the last two weeks. They are followed by Fit Bike Co bikes (+109%) and Muddy fox bikes (+92%), revealing Brits’ faith in renowned, trusted brands.

Tricycles for adults, which are great for deliveries, child transport and people with special needs, have registered a rise in visits of 83%. As for cycling shoes, a must-have for any serious biker, they close the top 5 with a 64% increase.  

Top 5 most popular cycling articles   Increase in visits
1.   Diamondback mountain bikes   +278%
2.   Fit Bike Co bikes   +109%
3.   Muddy fox bikes   +92%
4.   Tricycles for adults   +83%
5.   Cycling shoes   +64%

Source: Visits on Twenga.co.uk from July 3rd to July 17th 2011 compared with previous two weeks

About Twenga

Twenga is the open shopping platform with the biggest choice online.
Thanks to its proprietary technology, Twenga gathers on its websites all retailers, products and prices it finds on the Web.
Founded in 2006 by Bastien Duclaux and Cedric Anes, Twenga runs 15 sites, including the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Brazil, Russia, the United States, Australia, Japan and China among others, displaying 400 million offerings from more than 200,000 online shops. Twenga’s sites received 45 million visits in November 2010. In the same year, Twenga won the Red Herring 100 Global Award, the Young Technology Leader Award and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Company of the Future Category.

Website: www.twenga.co.uk/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/#!/TwengaUK
Twitter: http://twitter.com/twenga_uk/


For more information please contact:

Clémence Hainaut
Clemence.hainaut@twenga.com
+331 55 34 79 64

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Twenga is the open shopping platform with the biggest choice online.
Thanks to its proprietary technology, Twenga gathers on its websites all retailers, products and prices it finds on the Web.
Founded in 2006 by Bastien Duclaux and Cedric Anes, Twenga runs 15 sites, including the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Brazil, Russia, the United States, Australia, Japan and China among others, displaying 400 million offerings from more than 200,000 online shops. Twenga’s sites received 45 million visits in November 2010. In the same year, Twenga won the Red Herring 100 Global Award, the Young Technology Leader Award and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Company of the Future Category.

Website: www.twenga.co.uk/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/#!/TwengaUK
Twitter: http://twitter.com/twenga_uk/