Rydel's rival



Rydel's rival (Japanese: カゼノのライバル Kazeno's rival) is a character in the Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire manga. As the name suggests, he is the business rival of Rydel who also owns a Bicycle Shop next to him.

Character
Rydel's rival was shown to have a very successful business as seen when most of the bikes Rydel sold were cheap and were easily broken, unlike his where even a heavy Pokémon such as could not break it.

History
Rydel's rival only appeared in Serious Bicycle Match!. When and his Pokémon were visiting Rydel to get bikes,  noticed a guy next door to Rydel's shop and Rydel introduced him as his rival. Seeing that he was getting more customers than Rydel, Rydel's place was about to get shut down due to lack of customers.

Rydel's rival decided to have a bike race between Red's Pokémon and his Pokémon. He bets 500 yen that his Pokémon would win. Rydel decided to prove his rival wrong by giving a bike but it did not work and Clefairy fell down. Rydel's rival became confident that he was going to win when Clefairy rode on a cheap bike.

During the race, he cheered on his Pokémon so that he could win and prove Rydel that he was right. However, an old lady chasing Clefairy caused Rydel's rival to lose even though his Slaking was about to make it to the finish line.