Winnipeg bike businesses pedalling hard to keep up with crazy boom Bike business is booming in Winnipeg as the pandemic pushes more people outside to find fun ways to keep fit. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Mar 16, 2021 5:34 PM CT | Last Updated: March 16 Brendan McAndrew, owner of White Pine Bicycle Company, is staying late each night to build the customized commuter bikes flying off the racks.(Tyson Koschik/CBC) Bike business is booming in Winnipeg as the pandemic pushes more people outside to find fun ways to keep fit. At White Pine Bicycle Company, which sells customized commuter and leisure bikes, they can t build them fast enough.