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The owner of Castelli and Sportful just bought a Bristol bikepacking startup with over 20 patents, betting its 50% average annual growth can push the parent company toward €150 million by 2028.
UTMB just slashed its direct qualification spots by more than 70%, leaving only the top 10 finishers per distance with a guaranteed path to Chamonix.
♀️ A new UCI study found women's WorldTour races involve nearly twice as many riders per crash as men's, with female cyclists facing 4.3 times more head injuries and 2.5 times more fractures.
Peloton is quietly testing investor appetite for its first-ever bond offering, a sign of how far the company has come after cutting net debt by roughly 80% in a single year.
Apple is quietly building a screenless tracker to go head-to-head with Whoop, while already sneaking similar health-monitoring tricks into the Apple Watch and its revamped Health app.
Rapha's CEO just stepped down after two years, and the cycling brand is now warning staff of cuts as it tries to escape a ninth straight year of losses.
Whyte Bikes is coming back to the US after a pandemic-era exit, skipping distributors entirely to sell direct to independent bike shops instead.
Nike just got dropped from the S&P 100 after a brutal decline, yet its shares barely budged, closing flat as the stock sits down 45% from its February high.
Backcountry just bought Velofix, a fleet of mobile bike repair vans, betting that white-glove delivery and assembly is what will get more bikes out the door.
Peloton's cheapest treadmill yet folds in half to cut its footprint nearly in two, giving small-space owners a $2,195 way back into running at home.
Oura is going public with a roadshow targeting a valuation near $15.6 billion, backed by investor interest from Eli Lilly and 74% revenue growth over the year.
A lawsuit filed against Nike and the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation alleges a high school athlete was sexually assaulted at Nike's elite track camp in Beaverton, and that camp staff pressured her to call it consensual.
Run Rabbit Run just announced trail running's biggest-ever first place prize, with 2027 and 2028 champions set to take home $100,000 each.
The UCI banned a former women's cycling coach for 10 years after multiple riders and staff came forward through its SpeakUp platform to report psychological abuse and intimidation.
Nike and Lululemon just ended a three-year patent fight over the Mirror home gym, dismissing the case for good after a patent board invalidated most of Nike's claims.
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