While the Velo saddle brand is little known among U.S. bike consumers, the Taiwanese company behind the brand is a powerhouse in Asian OEM production, making saddles, grips and handlebar tape for a variety of major brands over the years. ...
Tags: Velo Saddles, U.S.Race Teams, Transportation
Selle San Marco North America has opened a new headquarters here, with Tom Petrie as the company's new operating manager. The company will maintain a separate shipping and receiving warehouse in Massachusetts. "Dealers will be able to ...
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Belgian bike manufacturer Ridley Bikes has hired Richard Wittenberg as vice president of international operations. Wittenberg, who has worked at Cannondale, Asahi, Seattle Bike Supply, Pacific and elsewhere in the bike industry, will split ...
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Live to Play Sports, formerly known as Norco Products, is adding 10 new brands to its offerings, including several brands owned by U.S. distributor QBP. The company has added products from Fulcrum, Whisky Parts, 45Nrth, Salsa, Problem ...
Tags: Canadian Distributor, Play Adds, bikes
The BRAIN Dealer Tour of San Francisco wrapped up Thursday with a 20-mile jaunt around the city, ably led by folks from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, who for the most part managed to route us around the steepest hills as we visited ...
Tags: BRAIN Dealer Tour of San Francisco, Bicycle Coalition, bike
BLOOMINGTON, MN (BRAIN) — Retailer Penn Cycling is offering free bike repair and maintenance classes to all participants in the Minnesota High School Cycling League. The League, sanctioned by the National Interscholastic Cycling ...
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Some 200 people gathered at Specialized's headquarters in Morgan Hill, California, on Saturday night for the National Interscholastic Cycling Association's annual awards. The event honored student-athletes, coaches, volunteers and ...
Tags: National Interscholastic Cycling Association, cycling, bicycle
BLOOMINGTON, MN (BRAIN) — QBP is lowering its minimum order size from $600 to $475 effective Jan. 17. QBP will pay ground shipping costs for most orders that meet the minimum amount, except in the case of especially heavy or bulky ...
Tags: QBP, shipping costs, bulky orders, company news
BOULDER, CO(BRAIN) — An article about a pair of Colorado cyclists who video recorded a driver allegedly harassing them was the most viewed story on bicycleretailer.com in 2012. One of the riders was an industry insider — ...
Tags: Colorado cyclists, Peaksware, TrainingPeaks, training software
QBP brand Salsa Cycles will be the presenting sponsor of the Fat Bike Summit and Festival Event,slated for January 25-28 in Island Park,Idaho. Organizers said the event will be"politically oriented"with a focus on gaining fat bike access ...
Tags: Salsa Cycles, Fat Bike Summit and Festival Event, Fitzgerald's Bicycles
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (BRAIN) — QBP is now distributing products by humangear, inc., a San Francisco company whose products include the GoToob, a soft silicone squeeze bottle. "We are thrilled to work with QBP to distribute our ...
BELMONT, MA (BRAIN) — Hurricane Sandy has shut down most bike shops and suppliers from North Carolina to Southern New England, as high winds and heavy rain precede the storm's landfall, expected later Monday. Most shops from ...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy, Mid Atlantic, shop close, bike shop