Bikes & Bicycles - August - 2023


The result? A comparative analysis that highlight the best performers of any ecommerce DTC niche, for any given month.

This benchmark analyze the behaviour of 15 Direct-To-Consumers (DTC) brands in the Supplement industry. Our goal is to compare their marketing velocity (how active they are in their digital marketing strategy) and how to they perform vs. each other.

Bikes & Bicycles

This report is free to read and takes into consideration between 15 and 20 brands we compare month after month in the

Bikes & Bicycles

industry, for the month of

August

2023

. We review data over their email marketing and advertising practices. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive exclusive reports.

Table of content

Highlights & Summary

In August, Aventon and Rad Power Bikes remained at the forefront of emails, sending 19 and 16 emails respectively. A significant portion of Rad Power Bikes' emails, 62%, were promotional.

Shifting to advertising, Ride1UP took the lead with 59 new ads crafted, while Ribble Cycles secured the second spot with 54 new ads.

Regarding their advertising approach, both Ride1UP and Ribble Cycles placed a higher emphasis on utilizing images in their ads. Ride1UP incorporated 55 images and just 1 video, whereas Ribble Cycles employed 46 images compared to 8 videos.

Emails sent on average

9.1

Ads published on average

25

Average Spam Score

1.6

Email Marketing Benchmark Breakdown

Email Marketing Performances

In this table, we benchmark how many emails brands have send and their average email scores, which we calculate using over 50 datapoints that measure how much best practices are ensured (spam score, email authenticiation & certificates, email size, subject line lenght, word & links count etc.)

Brand # Emails Sent Performance Email Scoring Performance
Average 9.07 51.26%
Ampler Bikes
5

❌ Poor

62.0%

✅ Good

Rad Power Bikes
16

✅ Good

58.5%

✅ Good

The Pro's Closet
15

✅ Good

37.2%

❌ Poor

Canyon
12

✅ Good

37.25%

❌ Poor

Trek Bikes
14

✅ Good

53.5%

⚠️ Fair

Priority Bicycles
4

❌ Poor

57.5%

✅ Good

Magicycle Bike
14

✅ Good

41.0%

❌ Poor

Aventon
19

✅ Good

52.53%

⚠️ Fair

Propella Electric Bikes
2

❌ Poor

74.0%

✅ Good

Solé Bicycles
9

⚠️ Fair

62.89%

✅ Good

Jetson
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

VanMoof
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Ride1UP
7

❌ Poor

70.14%

✅ Good

Lectric eBikes
13

✅ Good

54.38%

⚠️ Fair

Ribble Cycles
6

❌ Poor

43.0%

❌ Poor

Email Deliverability Performances

In this table, we benchmark how much the emails are optimized for delivery ie. if they're likely to pass spam filters and not land in the Promotions tab.

Brand Average Spam Score Performance Email Size Performance
Average -1.61 2,649.32 kb
Ampler Bikes
✅ -1.1

❌ Poor

561.94 kb

✅ Good

Rad Power Bikes
✅ -0.99

❌ Poor

1,788.44 kb

✅ Good

The Pro's Closet
🟧 1.7

❌ Poor

3,000.84 kb

❌ Poor

Canyon
✅ -2.93

✅ Good

3,346.3 kb

❌ Poor

Trek Bikes
✅ -2.1

✅ Good

1,867.21 kb

✅ Good

Priority Bicycles
✅ -1.55

⚠️ Fair

1,038.6 kb

✅ Good

Magicycle Bike
✅ -0.85

❌ Poor

3,120.21 kb

❌ Poor

Aventon
✅ -2.43

✅ Good

5,101.12 kb

❌ Poor

Propella Electric Bikes
✅ -5.1

✅ Good

6,844.55 kb

❌ Poor

Solé Bicycles
✅ -2.3

✅ Good

1,418.92 kb

✅ Good

Jetson
- -
VanMoof
- -
Ride1UP
✅ -2.86

✅ Good

1,043.46 kb

✅ Good

Lectric eBikes
✅ -1.64

⚠️ Fair

2,069.86 kb

✅ Good

Ribble Cycles
✅ -0.8

❌ Poor

2,023.85 kb

✅ Good

Email sent over time

Advertising performances and activity

Ad Velocity

In this table, we benchmark the brands velocity and performances - how much ads they've been publishing, and how many different copy has been used.

Brand New Ads Detected Performance Unique Copy Performance
Average 24.93 12.93
Ampler Bikes
30

❌ Poor

8

✅ Good

Rad Power Bikes
39

❌ Poor

9

✅ Good

The Pro's Closet
12

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

Canyon
17

✅ Good

12

⚠️ Fair

Trek Bikes
17

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

Priority Bicycles
4

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

Magicycle Bike
32

❌ Poor

7

✅ Good

Aventon
34

❌ Poor

8

✅ Good

Propella Electric Bikes
26

⚠️ Fair

12

⚠️ Fair

Solé Bicycles
19

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

Jetson
3

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

VanMoof
0

✅ Good

-
Ride1UP
59

❌ Poor

10

✅ Good

Lectric eBikes
28

❌ Poor

16

❌ Poor

Ribble Cycles
54

❌ Poor

5

✅ Good

Ad Diversity (Images vs. Videos ratio)

In this table, we benchmark the brands diversity of assets when it comes to Social Ads - especially the images vs. videos ratio.

Brand New Images Performance New Videos Performance Video Proportion
Average 240 123 32.89%
Ampler Bikes
27

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

10.0%
Rad Power Bikes
9

✅ Good

30

✅ Good

76.92%
The Pro's Closet
2

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

83.33%
Canyon
16

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

5.88%
Trek Bikes
7

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

58.82%
Priority Bicycles
3

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Magicycle Bike
29

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

9.38%
Aventon
13

✅ Good

18

✅ Good

52.94%
Propella Electric Bikes
5

✅ Good

19

✅ Good

73.08%
Solé Bicycles
6

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

68.42%
Jetson
3

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
VanMoof
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Ride1UP
55

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

1.69%
Lectric eBikes
19

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

25.0%
Ribble Cycles
46

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

14.81%

Ads detected over time

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