German Chancellor Angela Merkel will attend opening day of the Eurobike trade show this year, Wednesday, August 28. Merkel will take about two hours to officially open Eurobike and then tour the show. “We are very pleased that the ...
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Wheelmakers are preparing to take on cycling competition's governing body, the UCI, over testing the Swiss body requires for wheels used in sanctioned competition. At a meeting here last week, manufacturers left little doubt of their ...
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — It came at the end of Tony Lo's speech at the opening ceremony for the Taipei Cycle Show. The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), he said, is exploring a major shakeup in the international ...
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POSTFACH, Germany (BRAIN) — Disc brakes on road bikes? Not so fast, says Germany’s brake specialist, Magura. Magura has launched a study logging how a number of test riders use disc brakes over miles of European roads before ...
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Editor's note: The following story first ran in the November issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News. It was published before Interbike's decision to allow consumers to attend the show and has been edited slightly as a result. LAS ...
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TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — The industry's major bike makers sent product managers to the heart of Taiwan's manufacturing area this week to consider products for complete bikes that bike shops won't see until later 2013 or later. In ...
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TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) —Since showing its first set of hydraulic road disc brakes on Colnago’s C59 road bike at this year’s Taipei Cycle show, Formula has been fielding a nearly endless stream of inquiries from potential ...
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PORTLAND, OR (BRAIN) — Dealer Tour riders set out on the third and final day of visits in Portland under foggy conditions and temps in the low 40s. But within hours, the clouds cleared bringing temps up to the mid 50s, but no rain. ...
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA (BRAIN) — Interbike is opening its door to the public next September, but just a crack. Organizers are testing the concept of a restricted consumer day where consumers would pay $50 in advance and register ...
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CARLSBAD, CA (BRAIN) —Focus Bicycles USA has named Tim Jackson as its new marketing manager. Jackson was previously brand manager of Masi Bicycles before becoming a product manager for ASI, and most recently marketing manager for ...
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