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MADISON, Wis. (BRAIN) — Saris Cycling Group, the maker of indoor trainers, bike infrastructure products and bike racks, is re-organizing under Wisconsin's Chapter 128, a voluntary debt consolidation program run through the state's circuit court system
Recumbent manufacturer WizWheelz acquires Coyne Publishing, producer of the Recumbent Cycle-Con show
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (BRAIN) — WizWheelz, the parent company of TerraTrike and GreenSpeed, has acquired Coyne Publishing, LLC. Coyne is the producer of the Recumbent Cycle-Con show, which bills itself as North America’s largest gathering of the recumbent cycling industry.
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DENVER (BRAIN) — Lost Paddle Events, which owns the Big Gear Show, is planning a June 2023 e-bike show that may be the first national trade show for the e-bike segment in the U.S.
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BREMBATE, Italy (BRAIN) — Tire insert supplier Deaneasy will integrate into the Vittoria Group and begin production here to develop accessories quicker with research into sustainable materials and processes being a focus.
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BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Camber Outdoors announced Monday that Tiffany Smith will be the new CEO. Smith recently served as Camber's chief development officer.
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PHILADELPHIA (BRAIN) — A prototype all-wheel-drive bike valued at $100,000 was stolen from a shop here specializing in AWD bikes.
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TORONTO (BRAIN) — When collaborating on a new brand, Michael Yakubowicz and Frank Gairdner didn't just want to build a bike. They wanted to create the entire manufacturing process from pencil to paint under one roof.
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HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (BRAIN) — A consortium headed by investment firm KKR has acquired 96.9% of Accell Group shares during the post acceptance period that ended Thursday.
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DENVER (BRAIN) — FattE-Bikes has started a regulation crowdfunding raise on StartEngine.com. Because of SEC regulations, terms of the investment offer can be communicated only through the crowdfunding platform.
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MONTREAL (BRAIN) — Opus Bike is the latest e-bike company to join the industry's battery recycling program headed by Call2Recycle and also announced redesigned packaging to reduce the use of plastic by more than 50%.
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LONDON (BRAIN) — E-mobility insurance company Laka has secured funding from Porsche Ventures, bringing its Series A investment to $13.5 million.
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AMERICAN FORK, Utah (BRAIN) — Jessica Klodnicki is the new CEO of recovery product company KT Tape. She previously was chief marketing officer of Skullcandy.
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TEMPE, Ariz. (BRAIN) — Bryan Mason was promoted to Pivot Cycles president and will oversee "key departments and management team members" in addition to all of the company's Stuttgart, Germany, operations.
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CHICAGO (BRAIN) — One of the largest snack companies in the world announced an agreement to acquire Clif Bar & Company for $2.9 billion. The acquisition by Mondelēz International — which owns brands such as Oreo, Cadbury, and Trident gum — will expand its business to more than $1 billion.
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BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Provincetown, Massachusetts, tops PeopleForBikes' 2022 City Ratings for the best U.S. cities for biking. The year-long study was completed in conjunction with Trek Bicycle.
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SEATTLE (BRAIN) — In the fast-moving world of e-bike brands, keeping track of who’s doing what — like Leon Cycle — is an ongoing challenge. Few dealers have heard of Leon Cycle, but it’s had a warehouse and a retail outlet in Seattle since 2019.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (BRAIN) — Shop owner Brad Davis’s career as an e-bike entrepreneur offers a peek inside an often overlooked but increasingly profitable corner of the electric bike market: e-bike conversions.
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RANDOLPH, Mass. (BRAIN) — Delta Cycle, known for its extensive line of accessories including bike storage and phone mount accessories, is moving into a very different market: e-bikes.
The Massachusetts company expected to take delivery in May of its first shipment of two models of Delta bikes.
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LÉVIS, Quebec (BRAIN) — HLC is making a CA$250,000 ($193,000) investment in its Wheel Shop, which the distributor said will help better supply North American dealers during a period of supply-chain challenges.
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MONTEREY, Calif. (BRAIN) — Blaupunkt, which launched its new line of e-bikes at the Sea Otter Classic, is a name known to fans of German-made cars, including Volkswagen and BMW.