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SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — New company Friiway is offering an e-bike "leasing" program for Stromer or Riese & Müller models through a Bay Area retailer.

While hardware sales cooled off dramatically post-pandemic in the bike industry, spending on bike-related travel is a bright spot as Americans shift their spending to experiences rather than products.

SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — Earlier this year Joe Connors decided it was time that more people in the Bay Area knew what he did: That e-bikes can be integrated into anyone's everyday life as a means of transportation and a catalyst for positive change.

“As we celebrated this one, I told the company we probably won’t ever do that again; it’s so normal for us, it’s not going to be an odd thing,” Centre Region Fire Director Shawn Kauffman said after marking the fire company’s first all-female attack crew.

LAHAINA, Hawaii (BRAIN) — West Maui Cycles owner Jamie Boote awoke the morning of Aug. 9 to find the power out and winds whipping in his neighborhood. He and his wife, Dawn, went to the shop to secure loose objects before heading home through a tangle of downed power lines. That would be the last time the Bootes saw their bike shop.

Whether you’re in it for the malasada or to win your age group, here’s how to become a Honolulu Marathon 2023 finisher!