In cash-strapped times even cycling parents may consider economising when it comes to buying a bike for their child; after all, they’ll outgrow it in a few years. But here’s the thing: you don’t get forever to sell ...
This blog post was written by?Fred Clements, executive director of the?National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blog posts can be read on. It is outrageous that the federal government continues to give the middle finger to ...
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Roy Hough, long-time manager at Advanced Sports International, is joining Hutchinson Tire North America as general manager, Hutchinson announced Friday. Hough, who most recently was national sales manager at ASI, will be responsible ...
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The National Bicycle Dealers Association has joined with six other organizations to launch Advocates for Independent Business, a coalition of trade associations and other groups dedicated to ensuring that locally owned, independent ...
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Being a viable alternative to Shimano is not easy for the small Taiwanese company MicroShift. Not only is it in the prototyping stages of its own electronic drivetrain development, but it recently invested in a huge forging machine for cog ...
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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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The National Bicycle Dealers Association is hosting a free webinar on Thursday that will focus on holiday season marketing and strategies for bike shops. The webinar will cover a "collection of strategies specifically designed to make ...
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Quality Bicycle Products hopes to get more shop employees on its Foundry brand of carbon bikes and is extending special pricing to retail employees. Most Foundry models are being offered at 25 percent below wholesale during the months of ...
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Hayes Components is expanding its lifetime leakproof warranty to all its hydraulic brakes purchased after Nov. 1. Previously Hayes offered the lifetime terms on its Dyno brake models. "We feel our products are among the most reliable and ...
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The Iron Horse Bicycle Classic has appointed Jeff Frost as its new executive director. The Iron Horse is Colorado's oldest cycling event and attracts 4,000 participants, including racers and tour participants. The event is held Memorial Day ...
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Brazil's global news and bicycle association showed the joint research, the average tax levels of bicycle as high as 40.5% of the purchase price, while the car is only 32%. In the industrial products tax, the tax differences between cars ...
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TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Hundreds of product managers, distributors and suppliers from around the world are flooding into Taichung on Monday in preparation for Taichung Bike Week, or TBW for short. TBW, which kicks off Tuesday and ...
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As trade shows and consumer events come and go, organizers of Ukraine's annual event will celebrate their tenth anniversary next year with Velobike 2014. According to Tatiana Davidenko, the event's sales manager, the Feb. 27-March 2 show at ...
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A variety of manufacturers, including a number of bicycle companies, plan to attend the World Federation of Sporting Goods' (WFSGI) Future of Manufacturing-a two-day conference in Taipei. Simone Ramsauer, the organization's public ...
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Bicycle Retailer & Industry News' staff is now working on its annual Industry Directory. The annual Directory is the most complete industry list, with more than 1,900 companies and nonprofit groups serving the industry's retailers. This ...
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