BRAIN Staff

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March 2, 2018

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Vintage Electric is offering a Jeff Clark e-bike, in association with Clark, the founder of The Titans of Maverick Surf Contest. Only 20 of the bikes will be produced. 

Posted in Product/Tech
March 2, 2018

STOCKHOLM (BRAIN) — POC has launched a new aero road bike helmet model, the Ventral. The Swedish brand said the Ventral is "the fastest, most aerodynamic, ventilated, lightweight and safest helmet we have ever developed."

Posted in New Products
March 1, 2018

SEATTLE (BRAIN) — REI, like its Canadian co-op cohort MEC has decided to suspend orders of Vista Outdoor products because of the company's connection to the firearms industry. REI sells Vista's Giro, Bell, CamelBak, Camp Chef and Blackburn brands.

Posted in Retail News
March 1, 2018

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — Allen Sports is recalling about 150 UltraX and Ultra1 folding bikes because the frames can break. 

The company is refunding purchasers of the bikes, which were sold on Amazon.com and eBay from May 2014 through July 2017 for between $500 and $4,000.

Posted in Recalls
February 27, 2018

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) and the Walton Family Foundation are partnering to present new Trail Labs educational programming and matching Trail Accelerator grants to bring more trails to communities across the U.S.

Posted in Industry News
February 26, 2018

PETALUMA, Calif. (BRAIN) — E-Thirteen has updated its TRS+ dropper post with new internals and a revised bushing layout to make the 170-millimeter-stroke post shorter in overall length than E-Thirteen’s 150-millimeter post.

Posted in New Products
February 26, 2018

ST. PAUL, Minn. (BRAIN) — Park Tool announced it has surpassed 100,000 subscribers to its YouTube channel, where viewers can learn how to tweak, adjust and fix their bikes from Calvin Jones, the company’s director of education and master mechanic.

Posted in Industry News
February 26, 2018

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BRAIN) — Scottish BMX brand BSD has rolled out a MAP policy aimed at ensuring that BSD retailers won’t be undercut online or in-store.

Posted in Industry News
February 23, 2018

COSTA MESA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Blending mobility and protection, the low-profile design of the Trail Skins 2 knee guards delivers unrestricted pedaling and all-day comfort while still meeting European standards for impact protection.

Posted in New Products
February 21, 2018
Company forecasts flat sales of fitness products for 2018.

OLATHE, Kan. (BRAIN) — Garmin reported Wednesday that fourth-quarter revenue rose 3 percent to $888 million driven by sales of outdoor, marine and aviation products. Revenue for the full fiscal year totaled $3.09 billion, up 2 percent.

Posted in Industry News

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