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October 29, 2025
Giant meets with US customs over Taiwan import ban
Giant said a company delegation has met with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Washington to discuss the withhold release order (WRO) on its Taiwan-made products, describing the talks as "positive and constructive". escape
October 29, 2025
The Most Important New Signings for 2026 Are Not Only Riders
Multi-million-dollar sponsors, Tour de France-winning bike brands, and Olympic gold-winning coaches are trading teams or parachuting into the peloton for the first time in 2026. And just you wait, they’ll shake up the hierarchy just as much as the mega-transfers of Remco Evenepoel, Juan Ayuso, Olav Kooij, or any other...
October 29, 2025
Man sues Specialized over injuries caused by alleged e-MTB motor defect
Washington state man is suing Specialized Bicycle Components after suffering injuries following a crash on a Turbo Levo e-MTB he said was caused by a known motor defect. According to the lawsuit filed Oct. 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, Steve Ruggiero of Bainbridge...
October 29, 2025
Digging deep: Marathoners go over a kilometre underground to set world records
A field of 55 runners from 18 countries have just ventured where no marathoners have gone before – 1,120 metres below the Earth’s surface – to complete the World’s Deepest Marathon inside Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc mine in Sweden. And they set two new Guinness World Records in the process in an event...
October 29, 2025
How a high-end wheel brand crashed … then came back as a pickleball company
CSS Composites LLC – the parent company of the wheel brand Forge+Bond, and manufacturer of thermoplastic carbon rims for high-profile brands like Chris King, Revel, Bontrager and Evil – was to be wound up, “effective today." The brands that partnered with CSS Composites for their manufacturing had about as much notice as the public:...
October 28, 2025
Fitbit Launches Gemini AI-Powered Personal Health Coach in US
Google's Fitbit has launched a public preview of its AI-powered personal health coach for select U.S. Premium subscribers, leveraging Gemini AI to provide personalized fitness, sleep, and wellness advice based on real-time device data. Developed with health experts, it emphasizes evidence-based recommendations, privacy, and ethical guidelines, positioning Fitbit competitively in...
October 28, 2025
Shimano bike-related sales up 5% through three quarters, but operating income slumps
Shimano's sales of bicycle products through the first nine months of the year totaled 266,243 million yen ($1.749 billion), up 5% from the same period last year. Bicycle-related operating income in the period was down 27% from the same period last year, to 30,161 million yen. "While the strong interest...
October 28, 2025
Niagara Falls Marathon disqualifies winners after leading them the wrong way
The 2025 Niagara Falls International Marathon race weekend turned into what one participant called “an absolute nightmare”–and judging by reactions from other runners, they’re not alone in that assessment. On Sunday, the top three runners in both the 10K and half-marathon races unknowingly followed the lead cyclist in the wrong...
October 28, 2025
Running out of ‘cool days’ — how climate change is affecting marathons
Apart from causing wide-ranging adverse repercussions, climate change is also affecting sports by rapidly shrinking the window of "cool days" that allow marathon runners to achieve their best performances, posing an increasing challenge for athletes and organisers of the world's premier long-distance races. THEW NEWS
October 28, 2025
You’ve heard of the Backyard Ultra – now meet the Hourglass
Mad Hatters’ John Yelland, who came up with the concept, basically put a Backyard Ultra in a blender with a beep test and produced something he describes as ‘the world’s first Frontyard Marathon’. Although the thought of running faster as the race progresses is perturbing, there’s a significant positive. RUNNER'S WORLD
