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Posted September 12, 2019

SAUSALITO, Calif. (BRAIN) — Fantic USA, the North American subsidiary of the Italian e-bike manufacturer, is opening new headquarters in Denver, Colorado. 

Posted September 12, 2019
CrankTank plans a new media event to be held in conjunction with the Dirty Kanza in 2020.

KETCHUM, Idaho (BRAIN) — Marketing and event company CrankTank is planning a new media event to be held in conjunction with the Dirty Kanza gravel event in Emporia, Kansas, next year.

Posted September 11, 2019
Items on tariff lists 1, 2, and 3 were set to increase from 25% to 30% on Oct. 1. On Wednesday, President Trump said that increase will be delayed until Oct. 15.

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday tweeted that a planned increase in tariffs on Chinese goods, including many bike products, will be delayed 15 days.

Posted September 11, 2019

PORTLAND, Ore. (BRAIN) — Showers Pass has launched an update to its popular Transit Jacket. The updated Transit CC is the first item in the company's new "Clean Color" collection. Clean Color styles use the Bluesign approved dyes, which are certified to keep harmful chemicals out of the manufacturing process.

Posted September 11, 2019
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — With new integrations with retail POS systems, partnerships with major used bike sellers, and a new promoted social media posting option, BikeIndex.org is hoping to further reduce the scourge of bike thievery.

Posted September 11, 2019
Photo by Duncan Kidd on Unsplash

As a retailer you may be feeling like you are fighting a never-ending uphill battle. I still feel that you can make great profits, however grim all the battles appear to be.

Posted September 11, 2019
A photo from Guettler's complaint in court records.

LOS ANGELES (BRAIN) — X Games medalist Ryan Guettler is suing Hyper Bicycles and Walmart over use of his image in a photograph on the packaging of some Hyper accessories sold at Walmart stores.

Posted September 11, 2019
The new Stan's Baron CB7 wheelset.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany (BRAIN) — Stan's NoTubes may have stopped production of its old rubber rim strips, but the New York company is alive and well and moving forward with new wheel designs and other products, which it showed at Eurobike last week.

Posted September 10, 2019

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — BRAIN's Gear Guide, an 8-page, advertiser-supported directory to dozens of the latest products on the bike market, is now available for digital reading or download. 

The Guide was included as part of the Bicycle Retailer & Industry News Sept. 1 print issue. 

Posted September 10, 2019

SAN JOSE, Calif. (BRAIN) — Bicycle Blue Book has added a new feature that sends leads to participating retailers, generated from online shoppers who use the retailer's website to check their old bike's trade-in value and consider potential new bike purchase.

Posted September 9, 2019
The DH7 Derailleur features a locking B-knuckle at the hanger called the Hall Lock.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany (BRAIN) — Tektro Racing Products has moved beyond its brake specialty to release a 1x7-speed drivetrain for gravity bikes, which it revealed last week at Eurobike. The drivetrain was the first of several new products on TRP's horizon in the next two years.

Posted September 9, 2019

MORGAN HILL, Calif. (BRAIN) — The Specialized Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit launched in 2015, has changed its name to Outride and launched an expansion and a fundraising platform as it looks to expand beyond its founding sponsor, Specialized Bicycle Components.

Posted September 9, 2019
Bosch displayed an e-cargo bike at Eurobike. Photo courtesy Eurobike Friedrichshafen.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany (BRAIN) — Eurobike attracted 6.6% more trade visitors than last year's show, which was held in July for the first time and without the traditional show-closing Festival Day.

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