Fizik has produced 15 custom saddles in different shades of red and is auctioning 11 of them with proceeds going to World Bicycle Relief. The saddles are on display at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, which kicked off Friday in ...
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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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It’s shortly before Christmas, and Steve Flagg is just days away from leaving Minnesota for six weeks of mountain biking in the friendlier winter climes of Sedona, Arizona—an indulgence the founder of Quality Bicycle Products ...
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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. ...
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. ...
Currie Technologies has hired Daniel Shiau vice president of R&D and product engineering. Shiau has a background in the bicycle and electric bicycle industries. He worked for Giant Bicycle, most recently in the role of new product ...
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BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Are cyclists interested in sustainability? An industry group is looking to measure consumers' attitudes and behaviors before the Bicycle Leadership Conference holds a session on sustainability in April in ...
OSAKA, Japan (BRAIN) — Shimano sales gained 11 percent last year to $2.6 billion (245.8 billion yen). Sales of Shimano bicycle products were $2.1 billion (198.2 billion yen) a 12 percent increase, while fishing sales were up 8 percent ...
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The Bicycle Trade Association of Canada is calling for nominations for its inaugural BTAC Awards. The awards will be presented at the annual ExpoCycle Bike Show in Montréal in September. The awards will be given in four categories: ...
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The three-day Triathlon Business International Conference, which concluded Tuesday, underscored the organization’s focus on the growth of commerce surrounding the sport. Attendance dipped about 8 percent compared to the previous year, ...
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Leisure Trends Group is hosting a webinar for NBDA members Wednesday to provide analytics and insights gained from ongoing tracking of monthly point of sales data from independent bicycle dealers. The one-hour webinar is being presented by ...
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Bike shops in Colorado and Pennsylvania are gathering donated gear for the Afghanistan cycling team. Mountain biker activist Shannon Galpin, the founder of Mountain2Mountain, will bring the gear back to the country this spring. Galpin has ...
Giant has announced plans to build a new $50 million (NT$1.5 billion) headquarters and research and development complex by 2016. Taiwan’s No. 1 bicycle manufacturer says it needs more room for its factory, which will eventually ...
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Two and a half years ago Brian Ballard bought his first Pedego electric bike. He and life partner Elizabeth Black have enjoyed owning and riding their bikes so much that the couple invested in opening a Pedego e-bike store along Pacific ...