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14 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
The independent bike shop isn't dying — it's repricing
Foot traffic is down and the boom is over, but the shops that survived did something counterintuitive: they raised prices and narrowed focus. A look at the new economics of the local store.
Bianchi, the oldest bike brand in the world, has asked the courts to hold its creditors back. How a pandemic-era bet on a new factory, foreign distributors and endless e-bikes brought a giant to its knees.