Crankbrothers has streamlined its range of cockpit components and paired-spoke tubeless wheels for 2014—a welcome development for retailers suffering from SKU overload—and is offering its alloy wheelsets at more competitive ...
Ergon USA, distributor of Ergon International’s line of grips, saddles, packs, seatposts and pedals, has hired Uncommon Communications to handle its public and media relations efforts. Uncommon, based in Eagle, Colo., will oversee ...
Utility bike maker Handsome Cycles is now offering a line of parts and accessories to its dealers. The parts are notable for their lack of obvious branding, the company said. "Our branding is our lack of branding," the company said in a ...
KORE, a longtime mountain bike brand with early roots in Southern California's dirt scene, is enjoying a resurgence in sales as a growing list of bicycle companies again spec the iconic company's products. The list includes well-known ...
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Building on the stellar reviews and difficult-to-keep-up-with aftermarket and OE demand for its Lev dropper, Taiwanese supplier KS Suspension is set to bring to market an expanded line of the seatposts at a host of price points. KS showed ...
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Giant Bicycle is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall its XTC Advanced SL 29er 0 and 29er 1 series models because they are spec’d with a carbon seatpost that can crack. The company is also recalling the ...
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Taiwan 2.0 is taking shape on this industrious island with a generation of factory founders nearing retirement, clearing the way for their children to assume new leadership roles. It's a transition phase that is natural, given the fact ...
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QBP's BMX distribution business, QBMX, has added several new brands: bikes and frames from Deluxe BMX and Mutant, forks from AND, and components from Box and Promax. QBMX distributes more than 30 brands. “These brands add an ...
Gary Cook, co-founder along with Craig Cook of Cook Bros. Racing, has died at age 74. The brothers were inducted into the BMX Hall of Fame and the Mountain Bike Hall Hall of Fame for their pioneering efforts in designing and manufacturing ...
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Santa Cruz introduces its first bikes designed specifically for 27.5-inch wheels with the launch of the Bronson and Bronson Carbon all-mountain/enduro models, which the Syndicate squad is racing on this year's Enduro World Series circuit. ...
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After making a name for itself in the market for small headlights and tailights designed to let bikers be seen at night, the Australian brand Knog is now introducing its first lights intended to be powerful enough for riders to see unlit ...
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Serotta will be providing GPM10, a London-based operator of bike touring and training camps, with a rental fleet of top-of-the-line Serotta MeiVici bicycles, the companies announced. GPM10’s tour guides already ride Serottas, said ...
POZZOLEONE, Italy (BRAIN) — Later this year Fizik plans to launch a line of cockpit components, including handlebars, stems and seatposts. In the meantime, the Italian brand is testing its new parts with the French World Tour team, ...
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LAGUNA BEACH, CA (BRAIN) — With plans to launch a new industry venture, Crankbrothers president Andrew Herrick will leave the company and parent Selle Royal Group at the end of June 2013. Herrick will continue his day-to-day role at ...
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The Grinch stole Argentina's bike market this year, but the industry hopes the spirit of Christmas softens the government's stance and import laws are softened in time for the holidays, the traditional start of the Argentine bike season. ...
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