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January 25, 2022
Is the bicycle retailer missing a trick on insurance sales?
When it comes to add on sales most commonly attached to new bikes leaving the show- room it’s generally lights, locks and mudguards that are most commonly listed on receipts. Much further down the list, according to CI.N’s house research on the subject, comes cycle insurance. In fact, our 2021...
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January 24, 2022
Study reveals impact 10 minutes of exercise can have on adults over 40
More than 110,000 US deaths could be prevented each year if adults over 40 added 10 minutes of daily moderate to vigorous physical activity to their normal routines, according a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. An increase of 20 or 30 minutes could lead to even more lives...
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January 24, 2022
A Physiological Look At What The Body Goes Through In An Ironman
The changes the body undergoes in 12 hours of extreme exertion are similar to some that occur over 20 years on inactivity. From a physiological perspective, there’s something to this perception of Ironman completion as a kind of sudden aging. Triathlete
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January 24, 2022
Consortium announces agreement to buy Accell Group
A private consortium headed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. reached a conditional agreement to buy the Accell Group N.V. and take it off the stock market. The group, which includes Teslin Alpine Acquisition B.V., reached agreement on an all-cash offering for its shares for 1.56 billion euros ($1.76 billion)....
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January 21, 2022
A 57-Year-Old Man Survived a 4-Mile, 26-Hour Swim After Tonga’s Tsunami
Lisala Folau, a 57-year-old retired carpenter, spent more than a day floating alone at sea following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on January 15. It’s a story as wild as it sounds. The Inertia
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January 20, 2022
Peloton Can’t Catch A Break
Peloton continues to struggle following a tumultuous year and revelations of potential layoffs, halted production, and a stock sale by insiders. The company reported a net loss of $372 million in fiscal Q1 2022, a steep increase from the $49.8 million loss in the same period a year prior. Prior to the...
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January 20, 2022
Peloton to halt production of its Bikes, treadmills as demand wanes
Peloton plans to pause Bike production for two months, from February to March, the documents show. It already halted production of its more expensive Bike+ in December and will do so until June. It won’t manufacture its Tread treadmill machine for six weeks, beginning next month. And it doesn’t anticipate...
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January 20, 2022
Cardinal Cycling Group Acquires Detroit Bikes
Cardinal Cycling Group has acquired the assets of Detroit Bikes, including the brand, inventory and production facility. Zak Pashak, Detroit Bikes founder, will remain a partner in the new company and continue factory management and business development. SGB Media
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January 20, 2022
Orbea announces price increases, outlines factors behind changes
In a press release which tackles head on the thorny subject of price increases, Orbea today announced that the brand has been forced to change its prices for this year. Spelling out, in detail, the factors behind the change in pricing, Orbea lists a collection of forces which are now...
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January 19, 2022
IOC branded “irresponsible” for using Beijing 2022 app researchers claims put users at risk
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been branded "irresponsible" for requiring participants to use an application devised to monitor the health of attendees at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing "with such glaring security vulnerabilities". Inside the Games
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