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October 31, 2022
British Cycling chief steps down three weeks after controversial Shell deal
Brian Facer has stepped down with immediate effect as chief executive of British Cycling, three weeks after the organisation announced a partnership with Shell UK that was fiercely criticised by environmental groups. In a statement released yesterdayon Monday, the national governing body for road and track cycling said the decision had been...
October 31, 2022
Kitzuma temporarily suspends delivery service
Kitzuma Cycling Logistics suspended its delivery service for the fall and winter and laid off most of its driver network in reaction to slowing demand for its door-to-door bike shipping business. Bicycle Retailer
October 27, 2022
Tech startup Body Rocket seeking US investment following £430,000 UK and EU raise
Tech startup Body Rocket is seeking US investment following a successful £430,000 UK and EU raise. Body Rocket is creating the ‘world’s first’ device to provide real-time aerodynamic drag force measurement for cyclists and triathletes, with the accuracy of a wind tunnel. The patented technology (UK only and USA applied-for)...
October 27, 2022
Track Bicycle Racing to Enter the Metaverse
A new partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Sports and Infinite Reality will bring an immersive metaverse experience to the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Track Champions event in London on Dec. 2-3, 2022. Visitors get the opportunity to preview “an immersive experience to engage fans,” a press release said. Gear Junkie
October 26, 2022
Kanye West was kicked out of Skechers’ offices after he showed up ‘uninvited,’ the company says
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, was booted from Skechers’ corporate offices in Los Angeles on Wednesday after he showed up uninvited and unannounced, the company said. In a statement, the shoemaker said two executives escorted Ye and others from the company’s offices following a brief conversation and after he...
October 26, 2022
NPD Reports Q3 Footwear Revenues Flat
In the third quarter of 2022, U.S. footwear industry sales revenue was flat at $10.8 billion, versus Q3 2021, according to global marketing group The NPD Group. While sneakers continued to capture the largest piece of the footwear business, fashion shoes and sandals were the top growth categories in Q3, based on...
October 25, 2022
Shimano says bike demand “cooling” but ahead of pre-Covid levels
Shimano has described global demand for bikes as “cooling” in its Q3 financial update, but to levels that remain ahead of pre-pandemic trends. As the industry rumour mill whispers of signs of strain, Shimano said that from its view “in terms of market inventories of completed bicycles, those of high-end...
October 24, 2022
London Marathon ballot site down as runners rush to find out whether they got a place
The London Marathon’s website has broken, as runners rushed to find out the results of its ballot. Users were unable to find out whether they would be running the event in 2023, amid a major outage on the website. Independent
October 24, 2022
Apple Fitness+ features yoga with ultrarunning legend Scott Jurek
Beginning Oct. 24, Apple Fitness+ is expanding its fitness and wellness service to be available to all iPhone users, and launching a superior set of workouts with new music to accompany them. Fitness+ will also introduce a new workout program, Yoga for Every Runner, featuring and designed with one of...
October 23, 2022
Explained: why camera drones are a long way off replacing helicopters in cycling races
It’s what we at Cycling Weekly have assumed for a while, too. We wrote in our eight environmental proposals in August that race organisers should down the choppers and embrace the modern technology of drones. Cycling Weekly