Shimano on Thursday released some details of its new product changes for the first part of this year, including a new mountain bike group with trickle-down technology, some new 11-speed road wheels, gearing options for 650b and 29er bikes ...
For the second year, Tern will provide a bike share service at the SXSW new media and music conferences in Austin, which are held March 8-17 this year. This year Tern's bike share program is being sponsored by NBC’s Revolution TV ...
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Lynskey Performance is introducing a five-model line of U.S.-made titanium frames that will retail for $1,100, the company announced. Previously, the company's least expensive frames sold for more than $2,000. The Silver Series of ...
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Dallas-based triathlon retailer Playtri is expanding to a second location set to open in May that, the company claims, will be the world’s largest triathlon store. At nearly 11,000 square feet, the new store 25 miles away in ...
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French brands Mavic and Time announced Tuesday that they would collaborate on development of new clipless pedal technologies. The companies said they would work together to develop and market road and mountain bike pedals made in France ...
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Niner Bikes has bought a batch of individual one-year memberships to IMBA and will give the memberships to consumers who buy one of its new mountain bike models this year. The IMBA membership will be included with the purchase of every ...
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The Bikes Belong Coalition wants more retail members and has lowered dues for dealers joining for the first time to $100. The reduced first-time retail member rate is effective starting Friday, Feb. 22 and will run through Sept. 20. ...
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Tour de France hero Greg LeMond said he expects to begin selling bicycles again, possibly showing prototype models as early as this year's Interbike. "I've got quite a few different ideas," LeMond said in a Skype interview with BRAIN this ...
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Accell Group reported that revenues surged in 2012 largely due to bike brand acquisitions and growth in the electric bike market. Accell Group purchased Raleigh, Currie and Van Nicholas in 2012, and their acquisitions added 123 million ...
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John Frothingham, chief operating officer of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, will talk about how bike companies can work together to clean up the sport at the upcoming Bicycle Leadership Conference, organizers announced this week. ...
LEWISVILLE, NC (BRAIN) — Recumbent bike retailer Neighborhood Transportation is closing after six years in business as owner Bruce Hermann contends with health issues. Hermann was struck by a motorist while riding his recumbent four ...
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A longtime Jersey Shore shop is getting a fresh scrubbing as well as a new owner and name as DJ’s Cycles becomes Belmar Bike Shop. Property owner Dirk Reitsma had run DJ’s for 35 years before leasing out the shop five years ...
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Ethic Industries, the owner of the Alchemy Bicycle Company, is launching a bike painting service at its Denver headquarters. Chroma Fab will offer OEM painting for bike frame and fork manufacturers, as well as motorsports manufacturers. ...
SRAM is recognizing the growth in sales of fat bikes, offering new fat bike versions of its X9 and X5 cranks. The cranks have a 100mm wide spindles and dedicated SRAM 2X10 chainrings. The company said the design eliminates most ...
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The innovative Rinspeed Micromax concept has been revealed ahead of its world premiere at next month’s 2013 Geneva motor show. The quirky Swiss Micromax concept blurs the line between personal and public transport, combining the ...