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Posted June 19, 2020

Editor's note: the voluntary recall, announced June 19, 2020, was announced as an official recall with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Healthy Canadians on July 16, 2020.

Posted June 18, 2020
Triumph's Trekker GT e-bike.

HINCKLEY, United Kingdom (BRAIN) — The British motorcycle brand Triumph is releasing its first e-bike, an aluminum-frame model that will retail for about $3,750.

Posted June 18, 2020

WINTER PARK, Colo. (BRAIN) — Evil Bikes is offering bike demos in this mountain bike destination town this summer, at an unusual but fitting venue: a craft brewery's tap room.

Posted June 18, 2020

BRASELTON, Ga. (BRAIN) — Fox Factory Holding Corp. has priced a new common stock offering at $76 per share, which could generate as much as $182.4 million before commissions and other expenses. Fox plans to close on the offering of 2.4 million shares on June 22. 

Posted June 16, 2020
Monthly sales totaled $1 billion in April, according to The NPD Group data.

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (BRAIN) — U.S. cycling sales through all retail channels grew 75% in April to a total of about $1 billion in retail sales for the month, according to The NPD Group.

Posted June 16, 2020
Cycling apparel brands look to catch up with outdoor industry in sustainable options. But marketing is tricky.
Rapha has increased the use of recycled materials in its apparel.

HILDEBRAN, N.C. (BRAIN) — Shane Cooper, the founder of the DeFeet cycling sock company, was visiting with George W. Bush one day when the former president took him in to meet his mother.

"He said, 'Mom! This is Shane, he started a company that makes socks out of recycled plastic. Ain't that the world's best-kept secret?" according to Cooper's recollection.

It was an epic namedrop by Cooper, a great storyteller, and we repeat it to make a point.

Posted June 15, 2020

It's amazing how much has changed in just one year.

Posted June 12, 2020

PITTSBURGH (BRAIN) — Dick's Sporting Goods restored salaries and ended furloughs for employees after stores closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Posted June 12, 2020

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (BRAIN) — Accell Group N.V. said its bike sales rebounded in May after a steep decline in March and April. Bike shops in Germany, Accell's largest market, began to re-open at the end of April. May sales were up 23% over the same month last year.

Posted June 10, 2020

WATERLOO, Wis. (BRAIN) — Several hours after publishing a blog post about its diversity programs, Trek Bicycle released a separate statement regarding police bikes.

Posted June 9, 2020

WATERLOO, Wis. (BRAIN) — Trek Bicycle has announced an array of initiatives related to racial equity, including a commitment to creating 1,000 industry jobs for people of color, build more bike shops in underserved neighborhoods, establishing a $1 million community investment fund, a scholarship program to support NICA teams with diverse backgrounds, and create a more diverse culture within the company.

Posted June 9, 2020
Photo from Outride.

MORGAN HILL, Calif. (BRAIN) — Specialized is pledging an additional $10 million to the Outride nonprofit organization and is increasing support of the Legion of Los Angeles Elite Cycling Team to further the team's work of increasing diversity and encouraging inclusion in cycling.

Posted June 9, 2020

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. (BRAIN) — Safe Routes to School, a nonprofit organization that encourages the development of safe biking and walking routes to schools, is replacing the word "enforcement" with "engagement" in its framework list of 6E's.

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