Viral opens pre-orders for its Wanderer in 32-inch form, a titanium drop-bar mountain bike with a Pinion gearbox and Gates belt drive.
Specialized has emptied the Trail House bike shop in Santa Rosa: the cafe stays open, and a former executive counts 48 of the brand's stores in the United States.
BlackHeart's 2027 Road Ti moves to a 3D-printed seat tube, bottom bracket and rear dropouts, making room for 35 mm tyres with full mudguards.
Cane Creek dresses its Invert CS suspension gravel fork in white and champagne: 50 units hand-built in North Carolina, at $1,199.99.
Taken over in April, Tours-area frame builder Cyfac becomes Maison Cyfac, joins forces with Meral and CMT, goes 100% custom and prepares to move to Tours.
In France, a bike is stolen roughly every minute. Researchers hid trackers in a hundred bikes in Amsterdam: most stolen bikes don't go far. They change hands and are back on the road.
Bought for €1.56 billion at the peak of the cycling bubble, Accell (Raleigh, Lapierre, Batavus) was declared bankrupt in Amsterdam on 11 August 2026.
The 25 km/h cap on e-bikes is not a speed limit: it is the line between a bicycle and a moped. Plate, insurance, helmet, derestricting — what the law actually says.
The bill making helmets compulsory for cyclists rests on one figure — and that figure covers scooters. Three bills since 2021, not a single vote.
