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September 4, 2025
Specialized closing Innovation Center in Auburn, California
Specialized Bicycles is closing its California Auburn Innovation Center that opened last year and moving employees there to the brand's primary headquarters to enhance collaboration. Bicycle Retailer
September 3, 2025
Pelotan completes funding round and launches in USA
Performance sunscreen brand Pelotan has successfully completed an investment round backed by athletes and launched in the USA this summer. The expansion comes off the back of strong reported growth for the brand – nearing 100% year-on-year and the successful close of a £250,000 investment. ENDURANCE.BIZ
September 2, 2025
High-caffeine energy drinks to be banned for under-16s in England – Streeting
High-caffeine energy drinks will be banned for under-16s in England to prevent harm to children’s health, the Government has said. The plan will make it illegal to sell energy drinks containing more than 150mg of caffeine per litre to anyone under 16 across all retailers, including online, in shops, restaurants, cafes and vending machines....
August 29, 2025
Peloton Must Face Investor Lawsuit as It Pivots to Wellness
During COVID, Peloton couldn’t make bikes fast enough. By 2021, demand sputtered and warehouses swelled with unsold equipment and now those woes are at the center of a revived shareholder lawsuit. On Wednesday, a federal appeals panel in Manhattan reversed in part a lower court’s dismissal, saying investors can move...
August 29, 2025
EXEC: Accell Group Ending All Bicycle Manufacturing in the Netherlands
Accell Group, parent of the Haibike, Winora, Ghost, Batavus, Koga, Lapierre, Raleigh, Sparta, Babboe, and Carqon bike brands, will close its Heerenveen factory, ending all production in the Netherlands and resulting in the loss of about 160 jobs. The company will shift production to Hungary, and the factory there will...
August 28, 2025
Another Huge Raid: Bikes Worth $260,000 Stolen from Team TotalEnergies
Team TotalEnergies was the latest victim of a flurry of high-profile, high-value bike robberies. Such news is becoming an ugly trend in the peak of this race season. Visma-Lease a Bike was hit by a huge raid only this weekend. Eighteen of the team’s Cervelos were stolen in Italy after...
August 26, 2025
Lululemon Shifts Technology and Information Leadership with Focus on AI
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. has named Ranju Das as chief AI and technology officer, effective September 2. In this newly created role, Das will be responsible for leading the company’s technology organization and driving the development and execution of the next phase of Lululemon’s technology and AI strategy. SGB MEDIA
August 21, 2025
Former Tour de France ‘Most Combative’ Rider Sanctioned by Anti-Doping Tribunal
The now-retired Frenchman Franck Bonnamour has been banned from competition after unexplained abnormalities were found in his biological passport. Bonnamour, who retired last year, has been ruled ineligible by the UCI from February 2024 through to February 2028. Testing during the 2022 season revealed abnormalities reportedly dating back through 2016 in Bonnamour’s biological...
August 21, 2025
Former Tour de France Star Bonnamour Hit With Doping Violation
The now-retired Frenchman Franck Bonnamour has been banned from competition after unexplained abnormalities were found in his biological passport. Bonnamour, who retired last year, has been ruled ineligible by the UCI from February 2024 through to February 2028. Bonnamour was one of the surprise sensations of the 2021 Tour de...
August 21, 2025
Apple fitness exec accused of creating toxic workplace environment
Jay Blahnik is Apple's vice president of fitness technologies and responsible for leading a team of about 100 people. After a lengthy period consulting for Nike, he joined the company in 2013 to help with the launch of the Apple Watch and programs such as Apple Fitness+. Today, The New York Times reported on allegations...