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WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The bike industry is closely watching new legislation introduced in the House, which would give the president a powerful weapon in negotiating trade agreements with every nation on the globe.
By Bob Lickton
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — After steep declines in 2022 and 2023, the number of non-electric bikes imported last year increased 16.7% to 11.1 million units, according to import statistics released Wednesday.
STOCKHOLM (BRAIN) — MIPS reported fourth-quarter net sales increased 58% year-over-year and yearly net sales by 35% as the helmet technology company's bike sub-category showed revenue growth for the fifth consecutive quarter.
Welcome to 2025. President Trump and Congress are back. The talk of tariffs is everywhere right now – from boardrooms to newsrooms – and perhaps finally one tariff may finally receive the scrutiny it deserves. The delay on this one tariff may be because of its name – de minimis.
GRIMSBY, United Kingdom (BRAIN) — LeMond Carbon UK is planning a facility here to make carbon fiber wind turbine blades and pressure vessels for hydrogen storage.
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The specialty market has been moving out of China rapidly, but the U.S. still imports lots of e-bikes and juvenile bikes from China, and relies on components for bike assembly in other nations. Canada and Mexico don't export many bike products to the U.S., but new tariffs — and retaliatory tariffs — could be burdensome to some.
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The import threshold exemption cited most often as a loophole for allowing e-bikes and lithium-ion batteries to enter the U.S. marketplace without scrutiny no longer will apply to those products valued at under $800 coming from China beginning Tuesday.
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — The difference between labor costs in Asia and the U.S., while stark, are actually manageable, industry sources tell BRAIN. It turns out that other factors weigh heavier when brands decide where to make or assemble their bikes.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (BRAIN) — Genuine Innovations, which for more than 30 years has been synonymous with CO₂ bike tire inflators, is being discontinued by its parent company.
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BRAIN) — Quality Bicycle Products reduced its workforce by 2% on Wednesday.
CHICAGO (BRAIN) — Bike Index released its annual 2025 report showing a 15% increase in reported thefts of the 1.3 million bikes it registered, and more than two million are stolen annually in the U.S. with a value of more than a billion dollars.
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