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Want a steel frame factory? Cardinal is selling former Detroit Bikes manufacturing equipment

1 week ago | bicycleretailer.com | Steve Frothingham

LANDRUM, S.C. (BRAIN) — Cardinal Cycling Group is selling the machinery and raw materials from what was once the largest steel frame factory in the U.S.The equipment was used by Detroit Bikes, which made bikes for its own brand and others in Michigan. Cardinal — which also owns TIME Bicycle — bought Detroit in 2022. Last year, Cardinal sold the Detroit Bikes brand, current model IP, current customer contracts, wheel building machinery and various other assets to Bloom Holdings.
Garmin offers its first mountain bike-specific head unit, Edge MTB

1 week ago | bicycleretailer.com | Steve Frothingham

OLATHE, Kan. (BRAIN) — Garmin's new Edge MTB, is the company's first GPS bike computer specifically made for mountain biking. Special features include access 5 Hz GPS, which the company said shows riders more trail details, including downhill details. It also has new enduro and downhill ride profiles and a rugged case with seven overmolded buttons designed to resist mud and grit and a scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass lens. The device includes top tube and MTB mounting options.
Bi-partisan lawmakers introduce bill that would boost US assembly and manufacturing

2 weeks ago | bicycleretailer.com | Steve Frothingham

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — Legislation introduced in Congress this week would eliminate tariffs on components used to assemble complete bikes in the U.S., long a major concerns of bike brands looking to add value in the U.S. without making the full step toward frame manufacturing.
Retailers, Are you doing or assigning any regular structured training for your staff this year?

2 weeks ago | bicycleretailer.com | Steve Frothingham
Vosper: The NBDA has a new vision for dealers, whether they like it or not

2 weeks ago | bicycleretailer.com | Steve Frothingham

This piece you are currently reading began in April of this year, the day after Income Tax Day, in fact, with the regular Wednesday NBDA letter to its members (including me, although I’m just a lowly Individual Member) from Heather Mason, the group’s president and sometime fellow BRAIN contributor.
Abbey offers cassette lockring tool for new XTR group

3 weeks ago | bicycleretailer.com | Steve Frothingham

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Giant's China sales grow as US sales decline in recent years

3 weeks ago | bicycleretailer.com | Steve Frothingham

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Giant Group's sales to America — under its own brand and to its original equipment customers — have declined steeply since the pandemic even as sales in Asia, China in particular, have grown significantly. Giant's sales in the Americas have fallen from 21% of the the company's global revenue in 2019 to 8.6% last year, according to the company's 2024 annual report. Meanwhile, sales to Asia have grown from 24% of the global total to 44% over the same period.
Mike Giese Returns to Revel as Director of Product

3 weeks ago | bicycleretailer.com | Steve Frothingham

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Kent tells state it will lay off 64 workers next month

4 weeks ago | bicycleretailer.com | Steve Frothingham

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Canyon sales inch up in 2024, GBL depreciates value of investment

4 weeks ago | bicycleretailer.com | Steve Frothingham

KOBLENZ, Germany (BRAIN) — Canyon Bicycles’ sales grew by 1 million euros last year, from 791 million euros in 2023, to 792 million euros ($900 million at today’s exchange rate) in 2024, according to an annual report from Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, which bought a roughly 50% share in the company in 2020. GBL reduced the value of the Canyon shares it owns from 460 million euros at the end of 2023 to 261 million at the end of 2024.