The 2025 Bicycle Trend Report with guest James Huang

In this episode of Speaking of Bikes, we dig into the 2025 Bicycle Trends Report that Peter and Mark published this week. We go over everything important in the world of bicycles with one of the sharpest minds in cycling journalism, James Huang, author of the n-1 Substack and longtime industry insider. James helps us make sense of a bike industry in flux — from tariffs, inventory gluts, and fragile business models to what’s actually changing on the product and culture side. We talk e-bikes, AI, aero everything, emerging tech like 3D printing and 32” wheels, and why community and belonging may matter more than marginal gains right now. It’s an honest, occasionally irreverent conversation about where cycling has been, where it’s headed, and what brands, riders, and cities should be paying attention to next. If you care about bikes beyond the press release level, this one’s for you.