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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BRAIN) — Quality Bicycle Products will be the sole distributor of Benno bicycles, parts and accessories to specialty bicycle retailers in the U.S. beginning with the brand's model year 2022.
SALT LAKE CITY (BRAIN) — Italy's Extreme Racing Shox has a new U.S. distribution arm called EXT USA, which is being led by longtime suspension tuner Cody Priano.
Priano, the CEO of EXT USA, also owns Suspension Syndicate, a suspension tuning company based in Salt Lake City.
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — A National Park Service memorandum Wednesday recommended parks that allow e-bikes the same access as traditional bikes to review that decision, citing ongoing litigation contesting the legality of a 2020 policy change.
WATERLOO, Wis. (BRAIN) — Trek Bicycle announced its first-year results from incorporating lower-impact and recyclable materials in its bike packaging. Targeting plastic waste, Trek said it removed 433,600 pounds of plastic from bike boxes and Bontrager accessory packaging.
CHICAGO (BRAIN) — CABDA will hold an Industry Summit at Disney World in Florida this November, resuming plans for the inaugural event that was canceled due to COVID-19 last year.
The Summit will be Nov. 1-2.
MUNICH, Germany (BRAIN) — IAA Mobility, a conference planned for September in Munich, has confirmed several new brand participants, including SRAM, Schwalbe, Supernova, ABUS, EVOC and others.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (BRAIN) — Organizers of the Cycle of Influence summit, planned for Bentonville Oct. 13-15, have announced participants in its industry panel discussion.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (BRAIN) — Mobile service franchiser Velofix is now providing an assembly and delivery program for QuietKat, the Colorado-based e-bike brand that was recently acquired by Vista Outdoor.
SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — E-commerce company Ridepanda announced it received a combined $3.75 million in financing from investors to help meet demand for its electric vehicles, which include e-bikes.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany (BRAIN) — The Eurobike expo will move from its longtime home in this small city on Lake Constance to the major hub of Frankfurt for 2022.
PARK CITY, Utah (BRAIN) — Amp Human, manufacturer of PR Lotion, is planning a merger with Momentous, a performance nutrition company.
LEAMINGTON SPA, United Kingdom (BRAIN) — Hiplok began a decade ago with the idea to make a wearable lock for a simple and convenient way to secure your bike. In those past 10 years, much has changed — and so has Hiplok.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BRAIN) — A Patent and Trademark Office board has cleared the way for American BMX Company to register the dead trademark for "Cook Bros. Racing," the pioneering BMX and mountain bike brand. The trademark's previous owner had objected to ABC's move to take ownership of the Old School brand.
LOS ANGELES (BRAIN) — Micromobility company Bird will enter the bike-sharing market this year with a line of pedal-assist e-bikes and a Smart Bikeshare platform.
TAICHUNG CITY, Taiwan (BRAIN) — China's recent saber-rattling might have temporarily drowned out the buzz of freehubs in Taiwan, a country home to many manufacturers and U.S. industry expatriates, but it hasn't triggered alarms about impending conflict between the countries.
MONTRÉAL (BRAIN) — Starting Sept. 1, Montréal's Arg Sports Inc. will distribute Sidi products in the Canadian market.
Arg Sports will service IBDs and sell direct to consumers and through e-commerce vendors at MAP pricing, the company said.
MIAMISBURG, Ohio (BRAIN) — United Wheels Inc. has integrated an option into two of its bicycle brands' checkout pages that will offer e-commerce customers professional assembly options through Beeline Connect.
LOUISVILLE, Colo. (BRAIN) — The Pro's Closet will provide bicycles and equipment discounts to a Colorado-based nonprofit that provides mountain biking opportunities for Latinas and girls from low-income families.
FRANKFURT (BRAIN) — Two of the largest e-commerce retailers in the bicycle market, Germany's BIKE24 and the UK's WiggleCRC, will each end up publicly traded soon.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Taiwan's e-bike exports are on track to exceed regular bike exports for the full year, for the first time.
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