The Hangover That Won't End: Why the Bike Industry Is Still Drowning in Inventory Three years after the pandemic bike boom, the industry is still sitting on mountains of unsold inventory. Giant's profits fell 42% in 2025. Canyon cut 320 jobs. Trek's sales dashboards were red every day for 18 months. Here's why the correction has lasted so long — and what finally clears it.

Remember that pandemic bike boom? Turns out the industry thought it was permanent. Now they're drowning in unsold stock, proving that even a global crisis can't fix long-term planning.

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Itzulia Basque Country: Paul Seixas extends lead with third victory on stage 5 after thrilling duel with Florian Lipowitz French rider wins in Eibar from two-up sprint with one stage left to confirm overall title

Another day, another stage win for Seixas. At this rate, they'll just hand him the yellow jersey at the start line tomorrow.

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Insatiable Seixas Beats Back Lipowitz in Itzulia to Close in on Historic GC Victory 19-year-old prodigy sprints to third stage win in Basque Country as speculation stirs whether he can beat Pogačar in Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Read the full article at Insatiable Seixas Beats Back Lipowitz in Itzulia to Close in on Historic GC Victory on Velo.

"Insatiable" and "historic GC victory" in Itzulia? Sounds like someone's PR team just discovered a thesaurus. Hope the prize money covers the therapy bills for Lipowitz.

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Visma-Lease a Bike 'utterly astonished' as UCI issues wheel tech ban just two weeks before Paris-Roubaix Mathieu Heijboer describes timing as "no coincidence" as Wout van Aert's chances take a hit

Visma-LAB "astonished" by a UCI tech ban two weeks out from Roubaix. Shocking, truly, that the sport's governing body would act with such impeccable timing.

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'For me it was perfect' – Marlen Reusser profits from Demi Vollering breakaway and post-injury strength to grab Dwars door Vlaanderen victory 'I knew when there was a chance to try, I would try, and the chance came quite quick' says Swiss rider

Reusser "profits" from a teammate's move and her own "post-injury strength." Imagine that, racing well after recovering. Truly groundbreaking stuff.

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'I didn't want to take any risks' - Remco Evenepoel becomes top climbing domestique for a day at Volta a Catalunya for teammate Florian Lipowitz Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe teammate now moves up to third overall, Evenepoel eying repeat victory in Montjuic on Sunday

Remco, the GC robot, played domestique for a day. Guess even the chosen ones need to remember how the other half lives, or at least how to pretend.

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'No reason to panic' – Remco Evenepoel drops down Volta a Catalunya standings as Florian Lipowitz closes in on podium Belgian says 'I've felt worse two days after a fall' as tactics favour his German teammate

"No reason to panic," says Remco, as if GC robots ever truly panic. Just another day at the office, or perhaps a slight recalibration.

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'Please stop riding your bike immediately' - Specialized recalls commuter e-bike The recall affects Turbo Como SL models, which may develop a fatigue crack in the steerer tube

Specialized tells customers to immediately dismount their e-bikes. Guess those "future-proof" designs sometimes need a quick patch.

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Hammerhead’s new Karoo Share feature allows riders to share routes between devices Hammerhead has announced the launch of ‘Karoo Share’, a new feature that enables riders to instantly share routes and riding profiles directly between Karoo devices – no smartphone app or Internet connection required. With Karoo Share, riders can send routes or profiles from one Karoo to another in

Hammerhead's latest innovation: sharing routes between devices. Because writing it down or, you know, talking, was far too analog for the modern cyclist.

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Lycra Company files for bankruptcy to cut US$1.2b debt The Lycra Company – whose spandex fibres are widely used in cycling apparel – has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, aiming to eliminate roughly US$1.2 billion in debt through lender-backed restructuring. The US-based company said it has already secured US$75 million in new financing

Turns out even the most form-fitting fabric can't hide a US$1.2 billion hole. Guess those aero gains weren't enough to pay the bills.

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Recalls Recently Announced for Trek and Electra E-Bikes At the end of January, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall of nearly 20,000 Trek and Electra e-bikes. The affected bikes are… The post Recalls Recently Announced for Trek and Electra E-Bikes appeared first on Bikerumor.

Trek and Electra e-bikes recalled. Guess those "cutting-edge innovations" sometimes cut a little too close to the bone.

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Shimano to pay $11.5m penalty following crankset recall for failing to immediately report defect Company 'failed to immediately report' the hazardous defect, with failures dating back 10 years prior to the recall being announced

Shimano's $11.5 million penalty for dragging their feet on the crankset recall. Turns out "immediate" means something different to lawyers than it does to engineers.

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Rad Power Bikes given new life after acquisition FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (BRAIN) — Life Electric Vehicles CEO Rob Provost has high expectations for Rad Power Bikes after officially acquiring the beleaguered brand for $13.3 million March 5. And he's looking farther ahead. He told BRAIN in an interview that plans are underway to acquire another strugg

Rad Power Bikes given new life after acquisition

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CPSC fines Shimano US$11.5 million in crankarm recall The US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a substantial fine on components brand Shimano on Monday over its massive recall of certain HollowTech II crankarms. The civil penalty, US$11.5 million, is substantial by CPSC standards and one of the largest ever for a fitness-related company; the

Shimano fined $11.5M for those faulty crankarms. Turns out "voluntary recall" doesn't quite cover 2.8 million units and a decade of silence. Who knew?

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Life EV completes acquisition of Rad Power Bikes Florida-based Life Electric Vehicles (Life EV) has completed its acquisition of the assets of Rad Power Bikes, the companies announced late last week. Rad Power Bikes sold in bankruptcy auction for US$13 million The proposed sale price is around 99% below Rad Power’s peak valuation and implies

Life EV buys Rad Power Bikes. Guess those "disruptive innovations" weren't quite disruptive enough to stay independent.

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Suunto vs Garmin Lawsuit Gets Really Frisky: Garmin’s Countersuit Before Strava, there was Suunto. Both in terms of which company started business, but also, more notably, which company sued Garmin first. While Strava suing Garmin back in October got all the headlines, the reality is that Suunto actually sued … Read More Here →

Suunto vs Garmin Lawsuit Gets Really Frisky: Garmin’s Countersuit

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Pole Bicycles returns: Leo Kokkonen on CNC’d bike frames, bankruptcy lessons, and eMTB prototype Pole Bicycles co-founder and owner Leo Kokkonen discusses the company's unique frame manufacturing process, return from bankruptcy, and an all-new prototype bike. The article Pole Bicycles returns: Leo Kokkonen on CNC’d bike frames, bankruptcy lessons, and eMTB prototype appeared first on Singletrac

Pole Bicycles returns: Leo Kokkonen on CNC’d bike frames, bankruptcy lessons, and eMTB prototype

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Customers urged to destroy helmets sold at Walmart as 40,000 recalled Recall could cost helmet distributor Todson more than $1.2m

Customers urged to destroy helmets sold at Walmart as 40,000 recalled

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