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ZURICH (BRAIN) — Accell Group has sold Protanium, a pedelec development brand, and Diavelo, an associated pedelec bike brand, to a new Swiss company headed by pedelec entrepreneur Karin Vogelsanger.

MINNEAPOLIS (BRAIN) — Quality Bicycle Products has announced the purchase of the Frame Saver brand from Echelon Performance Products.

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — Three bike industry brands — two of them in the e-bike market and the other in the youth bike space — have made Inc. magazine's annual list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies.

STERLING, Va. (BRAIN) — With battery-powered grinders becoming a favorite tool among bike thieves, Altor Locks has developed its own cutting-edge technology.
When jobs, families, careers, houses and even sometimes marriages are on the line, why are we all so resistant to change?

SQUAMISH, British Columbia (BRAIN) — 7Mesh was founded by a crew with years of experience in the technical outdoor apparel market, so a technical cycling rain jacket was a natural centerpiece of its first seasons.
But its founders always had bigger plans for the brand.

CARLSBAD, Calif. (BRAIN) — SockGuy's summer "promo" sock supports the Yellow Umbrella movement in Hong Kong.

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — While President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that his administration will delay some tariffs on Chinese imports until Dec. 15, most bicycle products remain on a list subject to increased tariffs Sept. 1.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BRAIN) — Tony Karklins and HIA Velo have settled the lawsuit Karklins had filed against the company last fall.

MIAMISBURG, Ohio (BRAIN) — Batch Bicycles is launching its first e-bike, a $1,999 commuter that the company says is among the lowest priced Bosch mid-drive e-bikes on the market.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Giant Manufacturing Co. LTD enjoyed a 5.3% increase in first half revenue driven by growing demand for e-bikes in Europe as well as favorable exchange rates. Recovering sales in China also helped boost revenue. Giant reported its first half numbers Wednesday.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (BRAIN) — Power2Max, which has been offering a crank spider-based power meter since 2011, is one of the best known power meter brands in Europe but has considerably smaller visibility in North America.