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Posted March 9, 2022

BERLIN (BRAIN) — Signa Sports United has taken a stake in Buzzbike, a U.K.-based bike subscription service. The company said the deal will enable Buzzbike to expand into U.S. and European cities, starting with a planned community in Florida.

Posted March 9, 2022

CHICAGO (BRAIN) — SRAM is acquiring the cycling apparel brand Velocio, according to Velocio's owners.

The purchase closed on March 3 and was announced publicly on Wednesday, Andrew Gardner, Velocio's chief marketing officer, told BRAIN and VeloNews.

Posted March 8, 2022

Retailer James Moore says as gas prices quickly increase to unprecedented levels, the industry needs to prepare to serve people needing inexpensive transportation.

Posted March 8, 2022

DENVER (BRAIN) — The founder of the Colorado Classic, a women's-only road stage race, is announcing a request for funding to relaunch the event last held in 2019. 

Posted March 8, 2022

PITTSBURGH (BRAIN) — Dick's Sporting Goods reported a second consecutive year of record full-year net sales for the period ending Jan. 29.

Posted March 7, 2022

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — In hopes of giving Northern retailers some insight about how to prepare, we asked 2,000 shops in the South about their January and February sales.

Posted March 7, 2022

ROSEVILLE, Calif. (BRAIN) — Retail chain Mike's Bikes has made its first retailer acquisition since it was bought by Pon Holdings last year. The chain has acquired Roseville Cyclery, which has been renamed Mike's Bikes of Roseville, the 14th Mike's Bikes location.

Posted March 7, 2022

VISTA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Friends have launched a Gofundme campaign to help support the young family of 25-year industry veteran James Winchester.

Posted March 7, 2022
Bud and David Hunt.

IDYLLWILD, Calif. (BRAIN) — David "Bud" Hunt Jr., the owner of The Bike Route here, died on Feb. 23 at 93.

Hunt had run the store in this small mountain town above Palm Springs since 1973.

Posted March 4, 2022
So far, more than 800 retailers are participating.

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — The industry-wide U.S. e-bike battery recycling program officially began Tuesday with more than 800 retailers trained and equipped to handle expired or damaged packs returned to shops.

Posted March 3, 2022

TEL AVIV (BRAIN) — Dmitry Nechaev, the owner of Sochi, Russia-based Triton Bikes, is asking industry suppliers and customers to continue to do business with his company, which he is planning to re-establish outside of Russia.

Posted March 3, 2022
Fall events in Moab and Bentonville still on the calendar.

MOAB, Utah (BRAIN) — Western Spirit Cycling, the producer of Outerbike, is postponing three summer events due to a shortage of demo bikes. The company also announced an expanded expo format at its two remaining planned 2022 events, in Bentonville, Arkansas and Moab.

Posted March 3, 2022

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — REI Co-op in Manhattan became the first store in the company's chain to unionize, with the announcement coming Wednesday night. By a vote of 88-14, the SoHo location will join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.

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