AUSTRALIA REVOKES MANDATORY STANDARD FOR MOTORCYCLE HELMETS - The Commonwealth Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, the Hon Kelly O’Dwyer, met on November 27th, 2015 where the decision was made to revoke the Australian Consumer Law safety standard for protective helmets for motor cyclists.

ASTM bicycle experts together at Mandalay Bay - Off the heals of the Outdoor Retailer Expo in Salt Lake City and Eurobike expo in Germany, ACT will be exhibiting at the Interbike International Bicycle Expo this week at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Convention Center in Las Vegas. In addition to meeting with suppliers and brands about testing and compliance services, ACT will be participating at annual ASTM / ISO bicycle committee meetings discussing the latest developments in cycling standards and safety with the industry’s leading compliance experts and engineers.

The New ISO 4210:2014 Safety Standard For Bicycles Coming Soon - The contents of newly published ISO 4210:2014 Safety requirements for bicycles have been determined by the ISO cycles Technical Committee in collaboration with the CEN cycles Technical Committee. The requirements for bicycles are laid out in nine parts, and classify bicycles for four categories of usage: city and trekking, mountain, road racing and young adult bicycles.