PRODUCT NEWS
Want to stay up to date on the latest press releases and news about products in the running, cycling and triathlon industries? Scroll below to view all endurance sports product news.
January 16, 2026
Why Iconic Bike Brands Are Suddenly Putting Drop Bars on Mountain Bikes
Both Pivot Cycles and Pinarello have dropped new hardtail mountain bikes with heavy gravel influence as the lines between gravel and mountain biking continue to blur. But these brands aren’t the first to take a swing at the niche category. Many brands have been doing this for years, but with...
January 13, 2026
These Legal Doping Strategies Are Reshaping Endurance Sports. Here’s How They Can Make You Faster
Across sports like long-distance running, cycling, and triathlon, athletes are using science-backed interventions to push the limits of what the human body can do. With each innovation comes faster races, broken course records and new fastest-known-times (FKTs). From high-carb fueling to cooling technology to heat training, these strategies all tap...
January 9, 2026
Strava Launches Instant Workout Feature, Creating Competition for Garmin’s Suggested Workouts
Strava has unveiled its latest feature: Instant Workouts. This is a big step for the fitness social media app as it looks to expand beyond connecting athletes to becoming an integral part of users’ fitness routines. The app is now offering workouts targeting four separate goals with over 40 sport...
January 6, 2026
Under Armour Launches Fitness Cruise Amid High Demand for Wellness Travel
The activewear giant is partnering with StarCruises to launch a workout-driven cruise experience, following in the footsteps of Hyrox With not even a week into 2026, wellness tourism is already expanding beyond yoga retreats and luxury resorts, with Under Armour the latest brand to take fitness and recovery offshore. The activewear...
January 2, 2026
Apple Tackles Decision Fatigue With New Year’s Fitness Rollout
With new multiweek training programs, Apple Fitness+ is intentionally keeping the time commitment small, then gradually building it week over week After spending 2025 widening its reach and tightening the link between Fitness+ and its hardware ecosystem, Apple is kicking off 2026 with a more prescriptive content strategy: structured, multiweek...
December 11, 2025
Trek recalls Domane+, Checkpoint+ e-bikes for undertorqued chainring bolts
Trek is recalling about 700 Domane+ and Checkpoint+ e-bike models because the chainring bolts can loosen, posing a fall and crash hazard. The recalled 2026 models are the Domane+ ALR 5, Domane+ ALR 6 AXS, Checkpoint+ SL 6, and Checkpoint+ SL 7. Three incidents of the chainring loosening without injury...
December 9, 2025
LeBron James teases a new Canyon bike — our wild guesses on what he may be riding next
When most bike brands tease the release of a new model, they send a press release. Canyon, however, has LeBron James. As a global NBA superstar and an investor in the bike brand, LeBron can generate more hype with a single Instagram post than any media rollout. And that’s precisely what seems...
December 9, 2025
Ducati Motorcycles Announces New High-Performance Bicycle Range
The Italian motorcycle brand Ducati is certainly best known for producing some of the most lust-worthy motorcycles on the market. The brand has been dabbling in the bike market for years, and back in 2018, began producing a lineup of electric mountain and e-road models that it continues to sell to...
December 5, 2025
Overshoes for your helmet?! This bizarre balaclava is 2025’s weirdest winter cycling accessory
Attaquer’s OrbKnit Balaclava takes cold-weather protection to the next level The Attaquer OrbKnit Balaclava is a 3D-knitted balaclava that’s so stretchy it can be worn as a weatherproof layer over your helmet. If that sounds a little like an overshoe for your head, that’s because it sort of is, and I’m...
November 24, 2025
Rad Power Bikes in crisis? Seattle company hit with battery warning but cannot afford a fix
Rad Power Bikes, once the dominant force in North America’s e-bike market, is facing escalating turmoil after the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued an urgent warning, advising consumers to immediately stop using some of its batteries due to fire hazard and risk of serious injury or, even, death....
