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![REEB Cycles' Jeff Lenosky demonstrating "The Punch" during an Outerbike group ride. REEB Cycles' Jeff Lenosky demonstrating "The Punch" during an Outerbike group ride.](https://bicycleretailer.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/article/img_0517.jpg?itok=xpyVhl5V)
MOAB, Utah (BRAIN) — With a cheeky event title that played off Interbike's indoor setting, Outerbike has now lasted a decade — and officially into the post-Interbike era.
![Skullcandy's new Vert Wireless Earbuds were a year in development. Skullcandy's new Vert Wireless Earbuds were a year in development.](https://bicycleretailer.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/article/oisbfosw.png?itok=Yi7eWtxf)
MOAB, Utah (BRAIN) — If you're going to listen to music on the bike, Skullcandy wants to make it as safe and efficient as possible.
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BRAIN) — The industry escaped another potential tariff threat — this time on European hubs and cassettes — likely thanks to testimony in Washington from Matt Moore, QBP's counsel and chair of the legal and legislative committee for the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association.
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MARINA, Calif. (BRAIN) — When Light & Motion saw rising tariffs on the horizon in the U.S.-China trade war, it was as clear as day what had to be done.
PHILADELPHIA (BRAIN) — Tiger Group, a liquidator that bought the wholesale operations of ASE out of bankruptcy last year, has sold the operations, now called BikeCo, to Advanced Holdings Co. LTD.
MONTRÉAL (BRAIN) — Dorel Industries Inc., parent of Schwinn, Cannondale and other brands, has suspended its dividend and says its third quarter results will be harmed by increased U.S. tariffs on Chinese bikes, furniture and other goods Dorel sells.
![E-bike battery fires have suspended San Francisco's bike-share service. E-bike battery fires have suspended San Francisco's bike-share service.](https://bicycleretailer.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/article/eafofwovaaesntq_0_0.jpeg?itok=dG8DjUwo)
SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — The city transit agency is giving Bay Area Motivate until mid-October to have e-bike service restored after battery fires forced the Lyft bike-sharing fleet off the streets.
![Electric motorcycles got a tariff exclusion. Some are doubtful that e-bikes got the same. Electric motorcycles got a tariff exclusion. Some are doubtful that e-bikes got the same.](https://bicycleretailer.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/article/harley-davidson-hg3zy9sccug-unsplash.jpg?itok=m0AQgmLf)
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — More than a week after the Trump administration announced tariff exclusions, the industry is still unclear — or even "doubtful" — if e-bikes earned it. Meanwhile, exclusion requests pour in as importers and trade organizations hope to duplicate the success of singlespeed importer State Bicycle.
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BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Nate Pearson, the CEO of the fast-growing indoor training platform TrainerRoad, joins host Kristin Carpenter on this week's Channel Mastery podcast, produced in partnership with BRAIN.
![The Bunch Bikes Bark model. The Bunch Bikes Bark model.](https://bicycleretailer.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/article/the-bark-dog-index.jpg?itok=OfefMAzX)
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Following recent BRAIN magazine product features on apparel, indoor training, and youth bikes, our next print edition will include a package of stories about the growing market for cargo bikes — both electric and acoustic.
CHICAGO (BRAIN) — The Chicago Department of Transportation asked the U.S. District Court on Thursday to dismiss a share-bike company's lawsuit that alleges the city granted its primary competitor exclusive rights to operate.
GENEVA (BRAIN) — The U.S. elected to remain in the Universal Postal Union after an agreement was reached Wednesday, allowing it to better compete with China and other developing countries who ship products to the U.S. at lower rates.