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Posted December 20, 2022
UPDATED with statement from CPSC Chair calling the standards voluntary.

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission urged manufacturers and importers of e-bikes and other micromobility devices to comply with relevant safety standards, including UL's 2849 standard. 

Posted December 19, 2022

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (BRAIN) — A newly opened bike shop is now the UAE's exclusive Cannondale distributor.

The Cyclery in Dubai was opened by the Emsons Group, a family-owned business with roots in the UAE for more than 100 years.

Posted December 18, 2022

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — Importers will be able to bring in many bicycle products from China for an extra nine months without paying Section 301 tariffs that the Trump administration imposed starting in 2018.  

Posted December 18, 2022

WILMINGTON, Del. (BRAIN) — A bankruptcy court is auctioning the remaining assets of CleverTraining, an e-commerce site that once offered cycling, triathlon and other endurance sports gear. Also being auctioned are the assets of Olympia Sports, the former Northeast sporting goods retailer. 

Posted December 15, 2022

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission is working with Gyroor, a Chinese e-bike maker, to recall about 3,000 Gyroor C3 e-bikes because the battery packs can ignite. 

Posted December 15, 2022
Joe Elam.

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — For our December magazine edition, we asked our State of Retail panel members: What plans and predictions do you have for your business in 2023?

Posted December 14, 2022
Claudia Wasko

A Q&A with Claudia Wasko, head of Bosch eBike Systems in North America.

Posted December 13, 2022
Angela Wright in the Park City store.

PARK CITY, Utah (BRAIN) — Bingham Cyclery, a 60-year-old Salt Lake City retail mainstay, is opening a location in Park City to serve a growing e-bike market.

It's Bingham's fifth location and its first in Summit County. It will stock e-bikes exclusively.

Posted December 13, 2022
3T collaborated with Lamborghini on a special model this month.

VERONA, Italy (BRAIN) — An Italian investment group, UTurn Investments, has made an investment in component and bike brand 3T. René Wiertz and Gérard Vroomen will remain shareholders and managers.

The company said it has sales of 20 million euros ($21.2 million) per year and an EBITA of 5 million euros. 

Posted December 13, 2022

BREMBRATE, Italy (BRAIN) — A private equity investment company announced it will acquire a majority stake in Vittoria. The transaction is expected to close early next year.

Posted December 12, 2022

Here's what to expect during the long, dark winter ahead.

Posted December 12, 2022
Photo credit — Carroll Fire News

WESTMINSTER, Md. (BRAIN) — White's Bicycles owner Bradley White was killed when his shop caught fire early Monday morning. He was 55.

Posted December 12, 2022
Photo from Steven Pringle's GoFundMe page.

KINGSFORD, Mich. (BRAIN) — Steven Pringle, the owner and operator of Build a Bicycle and Bicycle Therapy in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, died Nov. 23 in an auto accident in Florida. Pringle was driving to deliver free bikes to kids who were displaced by Hurricane Ian.

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