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Maap has announced the acquisition of new talent across a number of key departments, including marketing, design, innovation and business development.  The investment in people is the latest step in the brand’s continued growth and commitment to progress the sport through product development and design. The Melbourne-based cycling and lifestyle …

Electric Life, a specialist e-mobility retailer that opened a new showroom in November, was broken into yesterday evening. The showroom, located off the M6 in Castle Vale, Birmingham suffered the break in at 9.20pm on Wednesday, March 8. A large white van and two cars broke through the locked car …

London is leading the way for cycling in England but falls short of its European counterparts, according to PeopleForBikes. The 2022 City Ratings data is a ranking of cities’ cyclability by the US advocacy group, and has been calculated annually since 2017.  The aim of this data is to highlight …

Thok e-bikes has announced the launch of the Gram. The Gram is the Italian company’s latest addition to its e-bike range, joining the MIG series for the all-mountain, the TK01 for the enduro and the HT model for the mixed trail and urban use. Thok says the Gram can handle …

YT Industries has unveiled the latest iteration of its Decoy Core 4 MX and 29 e-MTB range. The fully carbon framed bikes are cut from the same cloth, but the brand says they deliver two different on-trail experiences “for real mountain bike enthusiasts looking to ditch the shuttle to the …

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