By the end of summer, Erik’s Bike Shop should have opened its 20th location in a onetime autoworkers’ union hall across from the defunct Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plan right on the Mississippi River in St. Paul. It will be ...
Tags: Autoworker Building, Bike Shop, Bike
Some 1,183 students biked to school on Monday in Northeast Ohio. That set a daily record in the six-year old Bike to School Challenge. Monday's numbers were a third higher than on the first day of the week-long challenge last year. The ...
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Bicycle Retailer & Industry News editors and sponsors roll out Tuesday morning on a three-day tour of bicycle stores in Chicago. The BRAIN Dealer Tour will visit 13 stores by bike this week, sampling the growing infrastructure for bikes ...
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May 6, 2013 - Ontario Power Generation (OPG) says it has been awarded its first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certification by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) for the St. Lawrence Power Development ...
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Canada-based Onex Corp. has agreed to buy Nielsen Expositions, the owner of Interbike and the Outdoor Retailer shows, from Nielsen Holdings for $950 million. Interbike officials said they expected no immediate changes as a result of the ...
Raleigh is donating $50 to Ride 2 Recovery for certain road bike models sold between now and May 27. Ride 2 Recovery is a national program that uses cycling to help wounded veterans recover. "We think it is fantastic that cycling can be ...
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Aaron Bethlenfalvy, formerly Cycling Sports Group’s global vice president of design, has launched a design consulting business, Alpha Dog Design. Alpha Dog Design specializes in strategic planning and conceptual development of new ...
Tags: CSG Designer, Transportation
Strong Santa Ana winds in Southern California coupled with record high temperatures and low humidity have led to a series of wildfires. One of the largest blazes in Ventura County forced evacuations of neighborhoods in Camarillo and ...
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After 42 years serving Austin-area cyclists, retailer Freewheeling Bicycles will close its doors at the end of May. Freewheeling was founded in a garage apartment in 1971 by Frank B. Cook, who passed away in 1999. The shop quickly outgrew ...
Cannondale’s planned mid-summer move of its headquarters from Bethel, Connecticut, a few miles down Route 7 to Norwalk has local dealers cautiously optimistic. While the company hasn't officially announced the move, several local ...
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Specialist balance bike manufacturer Kokua has unveiled two new entry level bikes to its popular Like-a-Bike range. The new Hardy and Rosalie are both suitable for children aged between two and six-years-old. The Hardy has been ...
Federal officials have seized 10 web domains that were allegedly selling counterfeit products including Specialized bikes, clothing and shoes. Officials said other bike vendors including SRAM, Cervelo and Pinarello assisted in their ...
Tern is conducting a voluntary recall of some bike models because the company has discovered a weakness in the frame welds. Affected bike models are Verge S11i, X10, X20, X30h, and Eclipse S11i, produced between September 2011 and March ...
The Tillwig Spring 2013 Toy Award winners have been listed, including Brainstorm's Aqua Dragons (which picked up the Sterling Fun Award). In January, the British Toy and Hobby Association also awarded Aqua Dragons the Best New Hobby Toy ...
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized 10 websites that illegally sold trademarked cycling apparel and equipment globally. The initiative, which began in 2010, was in ...