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SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — A U.S. District judge invalidated the remaining claim of a patent infringement lawsuit by an intellectual property company against GoPro on Thursday, voiding a $8.2 million settlement for past damages.

Tagged Lawsuits/legal

FRANKFURT (BRAIN) — The Trade Show Advisory Board announced Eurobike will return to its traditional early fall place on the calendar in 2027 after its meeting Tuesday. Next year's show will be from Sept. 1-3.

Tagged Tradeshows and conferences / Eurobike
Niner celebrated its 20th anniversary last year.

MIAMISBURG, Ohio (BRAIN) — United Wheels is refocusing on its Huffy and Batch brands as it pauses Niner Bikes and its Buzz e-bike brands. 

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (BRAIN) — Lynskey Performance Products owes FirstBank about $1.81 million on a term loan and a revolver loan, according to a filing made by the bank in the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BRAIN) — A woman filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Rad Power Bikes and an authorized dealer in Florida after one of the brand's e-bikes ignited in her garage and killed her husband.

Tagged Lawsuits/legal / Electric bike
What can distributors do to better support your shop?
Jeff Mitchell.

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — For our May magazine edition, we asked our State of Retail panel members: How have post-pandemic shifts in distributor supply and the rise of customer-supplied parts influenced your sourcing strategy?

Tagged From the Magazine

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (BRAIN) — Leatt Corporation's first-quarter revenue increased 27% year-over-year with growth in all major product categories led by helmet sales.

Tagged Earnings/Financial Reports

SAN MATEO, Calif. (BRAIN) — In what it's calling a "strategic process," the GoPro Board of Directors announced Monday it's considering selling or merging the company to maximize its value for the stockholders.

Tagged Earnings/Financial Reports

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BRAIN) — Amazon no longer is selling e-bikes shipped to California that exceed the state mandated maximum speed of 28 mph following a TV station's investigation.

Tagged Electric bike

TAICHUNG CITY, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Following last week’s release of Giant Group’s first-quarter financial details, the company’s April revenue statement showed a decline year-over-year, albeit a smaller decline than in the first three months of the year. 

Tagged Earnings/Financial Reports

BOISE, Idaho (BRAIN) — Mountain Bike and AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Mert Lawwill, an innovator of modern bicycle suspension design with the four-bar system, passed away recently. He was 85.

Giant says the US Customs issue has entered its final stage.

TAICHUNG CITY, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Giant Group is noting that new product launches helped increase its gross margin rate in the first quarter, when the manufacturer recorded a net loss after tax of NT$200 million ($6.37 million). 

Tagged Earnings/Financial Reports
Merida team bikes at the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2025. Getty photo.

TAIPEI (BRAIN) — Taiwanese bike makers Merida Industry and Ideal Bike are each reporting sales declines in April, following on declines reported for the first three months of the year

Tagged Earnings/Financial Reports

OTTOBRUNN, Germany (BRAIN) — Citing "fundamentally changed market conditions for e‑bike drive systems," Porsche AG announced Friday it is closing its e-bike subsidiary Porsche eBike Performance GmbH.

Tagged Electric bike
CEO says new bike brands are disrupting the industry, but creating opportunities for its products.

DULUTH, Ga. (BRAIN) — Sales in Fox Factory’s Speciality Sports Group, which includes is bicycle-product business, were down 8.7% in the first quarter from the same period in 2025. 

Tagged Earnings/Financial Reports

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Giant Group USA signed a lease on a 44,000-square-foot building here that will serve as its American headquarters.

MORGAN HILL, Calif. (BRAIN) — Specialized Bicycle Components told its U.S. and Canada retailers Tuesday it is permanently lowering prices on its entire Turbo Levo e-bike lineup, with MSRP reductions from 6% to 27% and wholesale pricing drops of 3% to 27%.

Tagged Electric bike

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (BRAIN) — Titanium frame maker Lynskey Performance Products, LLC, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 30, saying the cashflow challenges after launching an e-commerce business with Shopify contributed to its troubles.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BRAIN) — Light Electric Vehicles Manufacturing, part of the Life EV Group that acquired Rad Power Bikes in March, purchased a 100,000-square-foot facility in Algood that will serve as the assembly, distribution, and eventually the manufacturing center for the brand.

Tagged Electric bike

SHIREBROOK, England (BRAIN) — Frasers Group acquired financially struggling kids' brand Frog Bikes, which will now be sold through Evans Cycles.

Tagged Mergers, Acquisitions & Investments

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