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Posted May 5, 2025

LONG BEACH, Calif. (BRAIN) — ACT Lab is offering new pricing programs for its independent third-party testing services that include ISO/IEC 17025 certification for consumer product compliance, including e-bikes.

Posted May 2, 2025

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) —PeopleForBikes is preparing a letter to President Trump asking for tariff relief on behalf of its 340 U.S. coalition members of manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors.

Posted May 1, 2025
Pierer is evaluating options for Felt.

(BRAIN) — The Pierer Mobility Group will withdraw from the bicycle and e-bike business in its 2025 fiscal year, the company announced in a preliminary 2024 fiscal report this week. The company said it will sell off its remaining inventory of Husqvarna and GasGas bikes.

Posted May 1, 2025

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — Santa Cruz Bicycles is recalling some Heckler 9 e-mountain bikes because the lithium-ion battery can overheat. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has received three reports of fires — including some property damage — but no injuries.

Posted April 30, 2025
Canyon Precede:ON Comfort 7.

CARLSBAD, Calif. (BRAIN) — Canyon Bicycles has started selling through Amazon some entry-level urban, recreational, and mountain bikes to North American customers.

Posted April 30, 2025
Peter A. Feldman.

BETHESDA, Md. (BRAIN) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission voted 3-2 Wednesday to advance its proposed e-mobility device and lithium-ion battery testing standards to the 60-day public comment period required under the Notice of Public Rulemaking guidelines.

Posted April 30, 2025

OLATHE, Kan. (BRAIN) — Garmin Ltd. first-quarter revenue grew 11% year-over-year with the Fitness segment increasing 12% during the same period.

Posted April 29, 2025

STOCKHOLM (BRAIN) — Thule Group first-quarter net sales increased 10% year-over-year, aided by the acquisition of Quad Lock, but North American organic sales declined, leading the company to i

Posted April 29, 2025
A worker at the BCA factory. Source: Kent courtesy photo

FAIRFIELD, N.J. (BRAIN) — Kent International would likely suspend production at its South Carolina bike factory later this year if the Trump administration does not reduce tariffs on Chinese imports, Kent Chairman Arnold Kamler said.

Posted April 28, 2025

BETHESDA, Md. (BRAIN) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission’s proposed e-bike and lithium-ion battery regulation testing standards could devalue inventory in brands’ warehouses and on retailers’ floors if it becomes federal law. 

Posted April 28, 2025

(BRAIN) — The Austrian bicycle trade association is calling on the government to renew an e-bike subsidy program as it reports that e-bikes accounted for 57% of bike unit sales last year, up 5% from the year before. 

Posted April 25, 2025

MONTEREY, Calif. (BRAIN) — Retyre claims its blackwalled tires are at least as durable as regular tires, offer the same traction and are considerably lighter. And they can be easily manufactured close to bike factories — even in the U.S.

Posted April 25, 2025

VIENNA (BRAIN) — Privately held kids bike manufacturer woom reported its best quarterly result in company history achieving 44 million euros ($50 million) in sales in the first quarter.

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