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Posted September 30, 2019
Electric motorcycles got a tariff exclusion. Some are doubtful that e-bikes got the same.

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.

Posted September 30, 2019

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.

Posted September 27, 2019
The Bunch Bikes Bark model.

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. 

Posted September 27, 2019

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.

Posted September 26, 2019
Revised treaty should end cheap Chinese shipping to the U.S., which U.S. retailers and suppliers applaud.

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.

Posted September 26, 2019

LONGMONT, Colo. (BRAIN) — Facebook, apparently in an effort to curtail foreign influence in U.S. elections, made a Colorado bike accessory brand jump through regulatory hoops before letting it promote its "Bidon 2020" water bottles on the social network site.

Posted September 26, 2019

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — Peloton, which priced shares at $29 in its IPO Wedneday, fell to $27 per share when the market opened Thursday morning on the Nasdaq.

In the IPO, the company raised $1.16 billion, giving it a valuation of $8.1 billion. 

Posted September 26, 2019

YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom (BRAIN) — Bike racing avatars will presumably earn the right to don virtual rainbow jerseys following the first UCI Cycling Esports World Championships, to be held next year.

Posted September 26, 2019

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (BRAIN) — Event Gear, a new brand launched by industry veteran Eric Sampson, has released its MAX auto hitch rack system, which the company said are affordable, lightweight and easy to use.

Posted September 24, 2019
UPDATED

ATLANTA (BRAIN) — After nearly 30 years of entertaining purchase offers, Speedplay co-founders Richard Bryne and Sharon Worman finally chose one to accept.

Posted September 24, 2019

The top four bike brands are currently represented in 52% of U.S. bike shop locations. But what about the other 48%? Is lack of alignment with The Quadrumvirate a one-way ticket to the poorhouse? Available data suggests not.

Posted September 20, 2019

TEMPE, Ariz. (BRAIN) — While requests are still being accepted, so far just five importers asked for their products to be excluded from new tariffs. One of them, State Bicycle Co., received the exclusion.

Posted September 20, 2019
UPDATED: Still some uncertainty whether e-bikes were granted the exclusion.
Singlespeed bikes like this State 4130 are no longer subject to an extra 25% import duty.

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — Singlespeed adult bikes and, apparently, e-bikes, have earned an unexpected reprieve from tariffs imposed by the Trump administration last year.

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