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GUNNISON, Utah (BRAIN) — When CSS Composites announced its closing and asset liquidation earlier this month, left unsaid was what would happen with customer service and warranty claims. CSS sold under its own brand Forge+Bond and was an OEM carbon rim supplier.
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Giant Group is developing a plan to reimburse current migrant workers at its factories for recruitment fees they paid prior to Jan. 1, 2025, when the company began paying its current workers' recruitment fees.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (BRAIN) — Claudia Wasko, the longtime leader of Bosch’s e-bike motor program in the Americas and a pioneer in the U.S. e-bike market, is retiring from the German company.
Ritchey supports International Repair Day, Oct. 18, 2025, with a campaign to “Fix it, don’t ditch it!” and inspire other brands to do the same.
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — BRAIN is recruiting its State of Retail panel for next year. We're in search of nine bike shop owners, managers, and/or staff to answer timely questions about selling or servicing bikes.
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — For our October magazine edition, we asked our State of Retail panel members: What are your challenges with theft and cybersecurity? What measures do you take to address them?
CARBONDALE, Colo. (BRAIN) — Revel Bikes is collaborating with Industry Nine to honor the lifetime warranty on its carbon wheelsets after former manufacturing partner CSS Composites closed earlier this month.
It’s one of the most important aspects of brand quality, especially for younger audiences. So why isn’t there more of it in the bike industry?
(BRAIN) — There are as many ways to calculate Section 232 tariffs on imported steel and aluminum as there are companies importing products containing those common materials. It could be come more important than ever.
(VELO) — The Belgian Competition Authority has handed SRAM a win in its dispute with the UCI over a new road-racing rule that would have made some SRAM drivetrains illegal in competition.
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Trade group PeopleForBikes is calling on its members to respond — quickly — to public requests from the domestic manufacturer Guardian Bikes and an aluminum trade group for steeper tariffs on imported bikes and e-bikes.
COSTA MESA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Electric Bicycle Co., which assembled and painted custom e-bikes at its California facility, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation last week, listing total liabilities of $6.1 million, including secured claims of $960,000, and assets of $953,000.
