Tandem Share Discussion Threads

[davidosh] 06/10/2012 15:16

Halfords two days ago stated....

· Cycling: strong performance fuelled by active trading, better weather and Tour de France & Olympic successes

Like for like sales are up 14.7% in cycles during the three month to September.

My local bike shop says sales are up 30% since the Summer successes and I should order now for Christmas....no doubt trying to sell to me but you get the general message and bikes will be big sellers this Christmas IMO.

If Tandem cannot do well in this H2 and into 2013 then they never will !

Sign up a big name and go for it....Trott for Tandem would be my choice

[gbcol] 06/10/2012 10:57

Poco, I am sure they are doing very nicely themselves out of it so probably not that useless! Unless of course you think that maybe they should be trying to do something for the shareholders.

[poco a poco] 05/10/2012 19:23

Everything cycling related is going through the stratosphere - while this share price falls and the BoD appear to be in a coma. Shocking! What a useless bunch they are.

[cwa1] 28/9/2012 09:53

The dynamic house of ideas that is Tandem continues apace:-

The Company announces that it has purchased 11,786 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company at a price of 90.0 pence per share and transferred them into treasury.

[gbcol] 21/9/2012 13:45

On the bright side, my holding here is now worth so little that if they go bust I will barely notice the effect on my portfolio. In fact, it might be better if they do as I could then use this against my other capital gains.

[neverforget] 21/9/2012 11:05

more worrying is the cash flow compared with the same time last year. they are stretching their creditors whilst debtors have decreased. they will have to pay their creditors sooner or later which will impact on cash. also cash has reduced by 600/ since year end finance costs up and the company still thinks it is better to buy back 55/ worth of shares. no growth strategy no idea. they continue to shrink and they still have no way other than cutting costs.

[wapper] 21/9/2012 09:57

Oh dear...never fails to disappoint this share. Bicycle management team want replacing if they can't succeed in a gift year like this.

[18bt] 21/9/2012 08:01

Company has reverted to type: no disclosure, no inspiration, nothing to do with the cash except buy back shares. Desparately needs new management to shake this up. May be time for another shareholder rebellion.

[cwa1] 21/9/2012 07:56

Dull and uninspiring in a cycling and generally sports mad year :-(

And:-

We expect profit for the year to 31 December 2012 to be behind the prior year but all of our employees continue to work hard to deliver a satisfactory level of profitability in a challenging trading environment.

Badly need a shake up and some inspiration IMHO.

[graham1ty] 21/9/2012 07:46

As always, boring, but safe. Profitable, hanging on in there.

Still cheap but nothing to excite anyone.......a 0.1p increase in the divi......yawn

[cwa1] 21/9/2012 07:25

Hmmmmmm.....

[mrshaungcm] 21/9/2012 07:12

half yr results out
Dawes has a shortage of some key lines until new yr
weather has not helped

[puffintickler] 01/8/2012 17:10

Absurd spread on these, 13% buy/sell execution only.

Plus ca change.

[18bt] 01/8/2012 16:28

Wiggoooooooooooooooo

[davidosh] 01/8/2012 14:18

I can reveal that the bikes used in the flying dove bike sequence of the olympic opening ceremony were in fact Dawes bikes with purpose created mechanisms and a friend of mine was one of the riders. He is only now able to talk about it as it was kept a tight secret beforehand. I wonder if Dawes were used because of our sponsorship deal and whether all purchased or supplied free

Oops sorry...not sure that was worth saying twice! Hopefully Wiggo can do well in the time trials this afternoon and further boost bike sales...lol

[davidosh] 01/8/2012 14:18

I can reveal that the bikes used in the flying dove bike sequence of the olympic opening ceremony were in fact Dawes bikes with purpose created mechanisms and a friend of mine was one of the riders. He is only now able to talk about it as it was kept a tight secret beforehand. I wonder if Dawes were used because of our sponsorship deal and whether all purchased or supplied free

[supreme mo] 23/7/2012 12:52

Should do david, just going into work today it was amazing to see how many people have taken to the saddle!!

Hopefully a decent August weatherwise coupled with the olympics and sales have a very good chance to recover.

[davidosh] 22/7/2012 23:26

The tv news already expects the nation to go cycling crazy now....even before the Olympics velodrome events have started. Hope the team GB stuff sells out now.

[supreme mo] 22/7/2012 22:10

Bradley Wiggins winning should surely have a positive effect on bike sales now... shouldn't it?

[graham1ty] 19/7/2012 07:48

Pretty awful from halfords...........blame the weather, which is fair.......

[poco a poco] 16/7/2012 15:00

Very interesting article. Link below.

What(if anything)are Tandem doing to exploit this explosion in cycling ?
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3.7m Bikes sold last year.

Cycling given a massive boost.

Cycling brings in £3billion to British economy.

20% rise in cyclists by 2015. A true step change in British cycling.

Membership of British Cycling doubled to 50,000

Gvmnt must embed cycling in all road policy decisions.

Dept of Transport needs to make cycling central to its transport strategy.

Britain could become the best cycling nation in the word.

[graham1ty] 06/7/2012 15:44

These are well bid now.......someone paying 98p. Have these been tipped somewhere ?

[graham1ty] 05/7/2012 10:32

I would even welcome him back with open arms if he can get the price back up to 170p !!

[davidosh] 04/7/2012 13:41

Or maybe greengiant is discretely building his next stake ready for round two ?...lol

[graham1ty] 04/7/2012 13:17

They instruct their agent ( broker prob, but might not be) to bid 85p in the market. In other words they say ( to the MMs effectively) that they will buy anything sold at 85p. MMs could sit on the bid at 84p and try to make a turn, or on at 85p and take some kind of commission ( or TND have said they will pay above 85p. MM gets as close to Co's bid price as can just to drum up the business and force sellers out of the woodwork.

That all assumes that it is the Co that is behind this firm bid of 85p for 10,000. Might not be. Do not think is MMs covering a short position as just not been the buying to leave them short ( even allowing for Co's buying)