A number of NBDA e-forum dealers think so. Sensing a business opportunity and new potential market, they have decided to focus on serving under-represented people and it's working for them. There are a whole lot of people out there, it ...
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Suppliers sold bicycles worth more in dollars this May than last May, marking the first month this year that dollar sales exceeded same month sales last year. Auppliers sold bicycles worth 11.1 percent more in May than in May last year, ...
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Retail sales in April were down for a third consecutive month at independent bike shops, according to Leisure Trends’ RetailTrak IBD sales summary. Sales—bicycles and related parts and accessories—totaled $360 million for ...
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With the launch of a new Kickstarter campaign, Redshift Sports unveiled its Switch Aero System designed to help cyclists get the most out of their road bikes. The system’s quick-release aerobars and dual-position seatpost allows ...
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When the winter weather finally relented in this town north of Lansing, retailer Jon Vandercar looked forward to selling some of his inventory of 2013 model road bikes, which he received just before his region's long cold season began last ...
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Raleigh is donating $50 to Ride 2 Recovery for certain road bike models sold between now and May 27. Ride 2 Recovery is a national program that uses cycling to help wounded veterans recover. "We think it is fantastic that cycling can be ...
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Guru Cycles will soon be offering complete bikes for the first time. Guru sells framesets in either custom or stock geometry, and as of this week offers the option of purchasing a complete bike. "The decision to offer our customers ...
Retailer Tony Farrar is riding in the hills of northern New Mexico with his friends, who are also his customers, when their bikes start making noise and their gears mis-shift. “They always blame me,” said Farrar, owner of Bike ...
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Hilltop Bicycles of Summit, New Jersey, opened a second, larger location in nearby Cranford on Saturday, April 20. A grand-opening celebration is planned for the first weekend in May. The 2,400-square-foot store was built out in the same ...
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Retailer Tony Farrar is riding in the hills of northern New Mexico with his friends, who are also his customers, when their bikes start making noise and their gears mis-shift. "They always blame me," said Farrar, owner of Bike 'N Sport in ...
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There may be a sliver of light at the end of the tunnel for retailers frustrated with creaky, plastic-y, non-serviceable OEM bottom brackets in $8,000 bikes. A new generation of aftermarket designs goes directly after creak and ...
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Snow in the Northeast and the Rockies—even in Phoenix—along with rain and flooding in the Midwest have created late-winter challenges for bike retailers and their suppliers. Cycling-crazy Boulder has received 48 inches of snow ...
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Thanks to 2012’s unseasonably warm winter, IBD sales suffered from unfavorable year-ago comparisons this February but showed strength when viewed against the more realistic 2011 period, according to data from research firm Leisure ...
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Raleigh Bicycles?is issuing a $50 rebate to all consumers who purchase certain Raleigh alloy-framed bike models now through May 31. The company also has extended its $100?carbon bike rebate program?that was announced in February. The ...
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Cervélo on Thursday unveiled the second frameset to come out of its Southern California R & D facility, the Rca. The company previewed the limited-production frame to a dozen journalists last week during a two-day media camp in ...