Easton-Bell Sports is rebounding from a tumultuous year—a dramatic reshuffling of top management, the departure of key staff and the return of Terry Lee as the company's CEO. Its helmet division—Giro and Bell—had taken a ...
Tags: Transportation, Sporting Goods
Widespread tornado warnings issued throughout the Plains states over the weekend became reality Sunday across parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. Several small and three large tornadoes touched down Sunday afternoon, injuring more than ...
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Benjamin Cox says that sourcing a line of accessories from Taiwanese, Chinese and Vietnamese manufacturers for his single-location store is a big investment of capital and time. He's personally had to learn all the tricks of the trade ...
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Representing a significant investment in aerodynamic testing, Specialized this week unveiled its own on-site bicycle-specific wind tunnel, enabling the company to apply aero principles across its full product line. Due to expense, ...
Hawley, LLC is recalling about 600 EVO-branded handlebar-basket combinations sold exclusively at IBDs. The handlebar can crack near one of the top welds of the crossbar resulting in the rider to lose control of his or her bicycle. Hawley ...
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Pedego Electric Bikes continues to expand its reach by opening its seventh Pedego-branded store in less than three months in Southern California. Pedego Santa Monica opened its doors in early May, and will have a grand opening party this ...
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Pedego Electric Bikes continues to expand its reach by opening its seventh Pedego-branded store in less than three months in Southern California. Pedego Santa Monica opened its doors in early May, and will have a grand opening party this ...
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The League of American Bicyclists has announced 17 new Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC), bringing the total to 259 in 47 states. In addition, Fort Collins, Colorado, moved from a gold to platinum-level community, joining Portland, Oregon, ...
Interbike will host the final race of the 2013 USA CRITS criterium series during the trade expo in Las Vegas this fall. The USA CRITS Finals will be held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on the evening of Thursday, September 19. ...
The Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has approved new sections of the U.S. Bicycle Route System in Minnesota, Missouri and Kentucky. With these additions, the USBRS now totals 5,616 miles in 10 states. ...
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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Val Vanderpool has joined Bicycle Retailer and Industry News as a staff reporter. Vanderpool recently relocated to Orange County after spending the past year and a half piloting a demo van and teaching women’s clinics at bike shops ...
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Rottua sandals are handmade in California and feature re-purposed bike tires and tubes along with other materials. The sandals use tires for straps and tube liner between the toes. They also have eco-frendly, high quality micro fiber ...
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Repurposed furniture has taken recycling to the next level, where outdated scrap objects have been given a new lease on life. It has also given us a different perspective about how we look at things. Most repurposed furniture use scrap ...
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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