The state of Connecticut is considering a $3 million loan to help relocate Cannondale Sports Unlimited — the new name for what was formerly known as Dorel's Recreation/Leisure division. Gov. Dannel Malloy announced Tuesday that the ...
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Giant sent a note to its retailers last week saying they can continue selling Maestro-equipped mountain bikes without fear of an ongoing legal dispute over alleged patent infringement. DW-Link, owned by Dave Weagle, had filed a patent ...
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The New York City Council has cracked down on e-bikes in a move intended to discourage restaurant delivery cyclists who have angered residents by speeding against traffic or zooming down sidewalks. In April, the council approved a measure ...
QBP will begin stocking the full line of Subrosa BMX bikes and parts beginning next month, the company announced Monday. The line includes complete bikes, frames, forks, handlebars, components and apparel. Subrosa was founded in 2006, ...
Tags: QBP, Subrosa, BMX Offerings, BMX bikes
Houses or buildings usually require garages to park their cars, bikes, trucks and other vehicles. In order to keep these vehicles safe when they are not in use, the garages are meant to have a door. However, you cannot keep opening these ...
Tags: Garage Door Opener, Construction, Decoration
Al Fritz, one of the legends of the U.S. bicycle industry, died Tuesday in Chicago at 88. Fritz's long career at Schwinn was most notable for his invention of the iconic Sting-Ray 20-inch muscle bike in the early 1960s. Schwinn sold ...
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With more than 2,600 votes recorded, a 5th grader from Missippippi won Saris Cycling Group's third annual poster contest. Winner Hannah Pauls won a trip to Washington, D.C., for the 2014 National Bike Summit as her prize. "We are ...
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Al Fritz, one of the legends of the U.S. bicycle industry, died Tuesday in Chicago. Fritz's long career at Schwinn was most notable for his invention of the iconic Sting-Ray 20-inch muscle bike in the early 1960s. Schwinn sold millions of ...
Tags: Schwinn Sting, bicycle industry, bicycle
Perhaps it's the growing network of bike paths, trails and green lanes. Or Chicagoans coming to the realization that it takes longer to drive somewhere than to bike. But retailers we visited on day two of the Dealer Tour report a growing ...
Tags: bike paths, bike
If you've ever wanted to film your adventures from multiple angles at once, with no crews, no extra equipment, and no reshoots, look no further than the ATC Chameleon! The groundbreaking ATC Chameleon action camera from Oregon Scientific ...
If there was one common thread among the four shops visited during the first day of the Chicago Dealer Tour, it's that the retail business here is a family affair. Several stores we toured are in their second, third or fourth generation of ...
Gordon Campbell-Kelly brings years of industry and retail experience to his new family-oriented shop on the Island of Montreal, Golden Sports. He got his start as a tech at Giant by Teal Sport in Quebec and worked for numerous other shops ...
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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 ...
Tags: Retailers, road bikes
Voting is open for Saris Cycling Group's 3rd National Poster Contest. The company has selected first-place posted from each of the states that participated in the contest. Each state winner received a bike, light and helmet. Votes will ...
Tags: Voting, Saris Poster Contest, Cycling
Below-normal temperatures and the 10th largest March snow coverage on record sent IBD sales into a deep freeze compared with an unusually warm and record-setting March last year, according to March retail sell-through data from Leisure ...