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QO is partnering with Taiwan carbon manufacturer YMA on the new line.
KORTRIJK, Belgium (BRAIN) — Pablo Carrasco and Ignacio Estelles, the co-founders of the Rotor Bike Components, launched a new component brand called QO at the Velofollies bike show in Belgium last week.
CHICAGO (BRAIN) — Radio Flyer is expanding its independent bike dealer network by hiring Justin Gottlieb as e-bike sales director and adding several sales agencies.
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of about 684 NQDTPBOR mulit-purpose helmets sold on Amazon for failing to comply with federal regulations.
UPDATES that Stefan Pierer is stepping down as CEO.
MURRIETA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Pierer New Mobility GmbH — the e-bike business unit of Pierer Mobility AG — says it will consolidate its functions to headquarters in Munderfing, Austria, and Murrieta, California, and phase out its operations in South Africa, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
CEO and President Eric Artz is retiring; Mary Beth Laughton to succeed him.
SEATTLE (BRAIN) — REI Co-op CEO and President Eric Artz announced Wednesday morning that he will retire at the end of March and will be succeeded by former co-op board director Mary Beth Laughton.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. (BRAIN) — One of the first moves by Pedego’s new CEO, Larry Pizzi, will be to set up a program allowing Pedego dealers to access other brands of e-bikes for the first time.
PRAGUE (BRAIN) — Indoor cycling app Rouvy has acquired its fellow app brand FulGaz from the IRONMAN Group. Rouvy has added the 20 most popular FulGaz courses, including courses from real-world Ironman and Ironman 70.3 events.
FulGaz users can continue to use the platform as usual for now.
SECAUCUS, N.J. (BRAIN) — We sent New York-based journalist JP Partland to CABDA East last week to talk to retailers about what they expect for 2025 and how recent trends might affect their business. This is what he heard from a group of mostly optimistic — and happy — retailers.
(BRAIN) — Tern has opened its first European distribution office in Cologne, Germany. Tern Zentrale will stock the urban mobility company's full range of bikes, accessories, and parts.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Giant Group's 2024 operating revenues were down 7.4% from the year prior, but are still above pre-pandemic levels.
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (BRAIN) — Dominic Phipps is the first to concede that his new book — a 7-pound, 560-page, $70 oral history of the freestyle BMX movement — is more of a passion project than a business plan.
As we head into 2025, it seems like more and more bike shops and bike brands are failing. But are they?
ALTADENA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Retailer Steve Salinas spent much of this week in the midst of the Eaton fire, notching some victories and some defeats. The rebuilding is still to come.
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(BRAIN) — Electric trike brand Mooncool released a folding model that it says is specifically designed for riders 50 and over. The TK1 Folding Electric Trike has various features that make it safer and more practical for those riders seeking mobility options, the brand said.
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