PORTLAND, OR (BRAIN) — Longtime Bicycle Transportation Alliance employee Tom Rousculp is joining Vanilla Bicycles, Rousculp announced this week. Rousculp held many posts during his six year tenure at the BTA, a non-profit bike ...
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EDINBURGH, United Kingdom (BRAIN) — Nukeproof mountain bike products will once again be available in North and South America next season, available from the Scottish distributor Hotlines via Vancouver, Canada-based Stuart Kerr. ...
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OCEANSIDE, CA (BRAIN) — Southern California's Pacific Coast Cycles has been awarded the 2012 Sam Braxton Bike Shop Award by Adventure Cycling Association. Owner Chuck Hoefer, a master mechanic and wheel builder, opened his shop in ...
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BRUSSELS, Belgium (BRAIN) — The European TwoWheel Retailers' Association is hosting a meeting on Jan. 10 in Brussels to clear up any confusion around the new e-bike legislation. The six-hour schedule includes time with ...
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LANCASTER, NY (BRAIN) — Tom’s Pro Bike Shop recently reopened as a Specialized Elite Shop in an expanded space four times the size of its previous store. In its current stand-alone building since 1997, Tom’s Pro Bike ...
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CHULA VISTA, CA — Bicycle Warehouse, a seven-store chain in San Diego County, is replacing one of its locations with a new one that was merchandised in cooperation with Giant USA. The Giant Partner Store is in Chula Vista at 3513 ...
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WASHINGTON, DC (BRAIN) — Norco and Wilier Triestina each separately issued bike recall notices Tuesday in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Norco is recalling some 24- and 26-inch-wheeled dirt jumping bikes ...
Tags: Norco, 26-inch-wheeled dirt jumping bikes, Havoc bicycles, XP Bicycles
Business Line reported that the Renault Duster and the KTM Duke 200 have been selected as the Indian Car of the Year 2013 and the Indian Motorcycle of the Year 2013, respectively. Mr Raghupati Singhania CMD of JK Tyre and Industries, gave ...
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Images courtesy of bikehugger.com Charging your device with pedal power is nothing new, but where are we now as far as advancements? The development was starting early in 2006 where a dynamo could be attached to a bicycle to power ...
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CHEYENNE, WY (BRAIN) — Outdoor gear close-out retailer Sierra Trading Post has been sold to The TJX Companies Inc. for $200 million, the companies announced Friday. TJX, based in Framingham, Massachusetts, owns the T.J. Maxx, ...
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SAN DIEGO, CA (BRAIN)—Al Nordin will step down as president of Fallbrook Technologies' bicycle division at the end of the year as the company's San Diego office moves to corporate headquarters near Austin, Texas. Fallbrook is best ...
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E-Max will launch licensed products worldwide in spring 2013. A fresh The Trash Pack sticker collection and trading card game will hit arrive in spring 2013. Spain-based E-Max will launch the products worldwide excluding North America ...
Tags: Toys, licensed products, Trading Cards, Stickers
NORCROSS, GA (BRAIN) — Steven Harad is crafting a business plan to bring Blue Competition Cycles back to profitability as its new chief executive officer. Lake Rudd Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Rhode Island, ...
Tags: bike brands, Sports International, Elite Bicycles, Bicycles
DENVER, CO (BRAIN) — Clothing maker Primal is supporting the 2013 National Bike Summit with a sponsorship package the company said is worth $50,000. The package includes financial support for the event as well as custom jerseys for ...
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NEW YORK, NY (BRAIN) — Giant has delivered 20 of the 100 mountain bikes that it is donating to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.?The 20 bicycles will help Occupy Sandy's team of medics travel around Brooklyn and the Rockaways treating ...
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