CHANGING THE GAME
Electric bicycles have fundamentally changed the bicycle business in America. Europe has a mature e-bike business and country markets, compared…
SIGN OF LIFE
It’s Wednesday, January 11, and I am walking down an aisle of the CABDA West Expo with my long-time friend,…
GOOD DECISIONS DEMAND GOOD DATA
This is the slogan of the Pew Research Center that refers to itself as a nonpartisan fact tank: Good Decisions…
JAY TOWNLEY RECOGNIZED FOR DEDICATION TO IMPROVING THE BICYCLE INDUSTRY
At the CABDA Midwest Expo Awards Ceremony February 7, Jim Kersten, CABDA show director, presented a special award to 66-year…
IT IS OUR PROBLEM!
54 years ago, the American bicycle industry faced the specter of the federal government regulating bicycles as products sold to…
CONFRONTING SHRINKING SALES AFTER A PANDEMIC-DRIVEN BOOM
All the news and factual bits and pieces that float to the surface indicate the American bicycle business is in…
TURMOIL AND DOWNSIZING SEEN IN CYCLING AND OTHER SPORTS MEDIA PLATFORMS
The following is taken from The Outer Line, December 14, 2022. While the audience is primarily adult enthusiast cyclists, HPS…
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS: E-BIKES, BATTERIES AND UL2849
On January 4, 2023 Human Powered Solutions will attend a virtual public meeting between the United States Consumer Product Safety…
COVID-19 IS TEARING THROUGH CHINA
There are several things going on relative to this headline, including the fact that COVID-19 and its variants are still…
THE BIG IF
I am writing this on the last day of 2022, a year that literally went from a supply chain nightmare…
CHANGING THE GAME
Half of adult e-bike riders (50.7 percent) started (39 percent) or returned (17.1 percent) to riding a bicycle during the…
LETTING GO OF CHINA
A November 24 article from The Economist reported that “Multinational firms are finding it hard to let go of China.”…
THE BRUTAL TRUTH ABOUT RESHORING
There has been a lot of chatter in the bicycle business of late about reshoring bicycle and e-bike manufacturing to…
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BENTONVILLE
Last month I wrote about my planned trip to Bentonville, Arkansas, for the SHIFT’22 Conference October 18-20. The original plan…
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH E-BIKE FIRES IN NEW YORK CITY?
Human Powered Solutions (HPS) analysis points to e-bikes and micromobility, including e-scooters, as the future of sustainable transportation. We are…
RANSOMWARE ATTACKS ARE ON THE RISE
Nine bicycle shop owners or managers were interviewed in a recent issue of Bicycle Retailer and Industry News. The topic…
THE GOLDEN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION IS OVER
“The golden age of globalization that we experienced in the last 30 years since the end of the Cold War…
VISITING BENTONVILLE AND 10 RULES FOR BUSINESS
Back on September 12 I finalized my airline reservation to and from Bentonville, Arkansas, a midsize community that I had…
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL E-BIKE DEALERS LOCATED IN FLORIDA STORM RAVAGED AREAS
Be aware: lithium-ion battery packs used to power electric bicycles and scooters suffer damage that will compromise their safety and…