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Posted February 5, 2025
But there are other ways to look at the numbers …
The number of non-electric bikes imported last year climbed back above 10 million.

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.

Posted February 5, 2025

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.

Posted February 4, 2025
Guest Editorial

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.

Posted February 4, 2025

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.

Posted February 3, 2025
Getty image. Don't laugh.

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.

Posted February 3, 2025
Updated with tariffs on Canada and Mexico paused.

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.

Posted February 3, 2025
Dave Adornato.
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — For our January magazine edition, we introduce our 2025 State of Retail panel members.
Posted February 3, 2025
Automation, proximity to component makers and factory efficiency are larger factors that hourly wages.
Guerrilla Gravity offered a highly automated carbon frame process.

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.

Posted January 30, 2025

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.

Posted January 29, 2025

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BRAIN) — Quality Bicycle Products reduced its workforce by 2% on Wednesday.

Posted January 29, 2025

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.

Posted January 28, 2025

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — The city's free e-bike and battery trade-in program has started for eligible food delivery workers to exchange uncertified devices to reduce fire hazards.

Posted January 28, 2025

SAN CARLOS, Calif. (BRAIN) — The rainbow stripes that have been part of Ritchey's World Champion Series (WCS) logo for more than 30 years will no longer be part of the company's branding.

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