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Posted June 9, 2023
The hangtag on a Lectric e-bike model at (e)revolution Thursday. Steve Frothingham photo.

DENVER (BRAIN) — ACT Lab, an independent testing laboratory, has launched a certification program that includes providing bike makers with hangtags letting consumers know on the sales floor that the bikes meet relevant standards including UL. 

Posted June 8, 2023

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — Bell Sports is recalling some Giro Merit helmets because they don't comply with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's standards and can fail to protect in a crash.

Posted June 7, 2023

Guest Editorial by The Out-of-Class Electric Vehicle Working Group

Posted June 7, 2023

EDINBURGH, Scotland (BRAIN) — The Scottish manufacturer Intra Drive, maker of an 8-speed e-bike motor/gearbox, has launched a new investment round to raise funds to open a production facility at its headquarters in Edinburgh. 

Posted June 7, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore. (BRAIN) — The inaugural MADE handmade bike show has moved its venue to Zidell Yards, a Portland event space that hosts the One Moto Show. MADE also is opening ticket sales Monday.

The show is intended as a trade and consumer event. 

Posted June 6, 2023
Pat McGinnis.

LEXINGTON, S.C. (BRAIN) — The pandemic-fueled bike boom and aftermath might have caught some off guard in the industry, but not distributor HLC. Data, technology, and workforce investments made shortly before "provided a great foundation for us to provide valuable tools the dealers needed during that pandemic," said Pat McGinnis, HLC's president, who stepped into that role in the spring of 2019 before also being named CEO last year.

Posted June 5, 2023
2023 deaths have already surpassed last year's.

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — More people in New York City have died so far this year because of lithium-ion battery fires than all of last year, according to recently released Fire Department of New York statistics.

Posted June 2, 2023

(BRAIN) — Bicycle technology innovator Bernhard Felix Rohloff, inventor of the Rohloff SPEEDHUB, died on May 19, according to the company he founded. Rohloff, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, was 73.

Posted June 1, 2023
QBP's distribution center in Broomfield, where U of Q was housed.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (BRAIN) — Quality Bicycle Products has closed its bicycle mechanics school, U of Q, which was previously known as Barnett Bicycle Institute. The Minneapolis-based distributor said its projections pointed toward a decline in enrollment.

Posted June 1, 2023

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (BRAIN) — Fox Racing held a grand opening ceremony for its new store during the Bentonville Bike Fest last week.

Posted June 1, 2023

BRNO, Czech Republic (BRAIN) — Aspire Sports is expanding Cannondale and GT Bicycles distribution to the Baltics and the Balkans, while also distributing GT only in Austria.

Posted May 30, 2023

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — A "Charlie Fest" has been scheduled for Friday and Saturday to honor City Bikes founder and CEO Charlie McCormick, who died May 11 at 60.

Posted May 26, 2023
Chad Schoenauer.

OLD FORT, N.C. (BRAIN) — Chad Schoenauer's long-range goal always was to expand the footprint of his bike repair shop beyond the walls of a back room inside the Kitsbow Cycling Apparel's Ride House visitor center. He just didn't expect to have to do it so soon.

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