Bike New York continues to see exhibitors sign up for its second annual Bike Expo New York show May 3-4. Specialized will return to the show, joining Raleigh, REI, Thule, Timbuk2, Primal Wear, Osprey, Nutcase, Eastern Mountain Sports and ...
Bern Unlimited has appointed three new sales agencies across the East Coast: Specialty Sports, Mountain Enterprises and Harrison Montgomery. "We've worked hard to earn our place at with specialty retailers in the action sports, snow and ...
Editor's note: The following article appeared in the January 2013 issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News. OLNEY, IL (BRAIN) —Magura picked up so much new disc brake spec for 2013 it topped up the diesel in two Sprinter vans ...
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The National Bicycle Dealers Association wants its members to know that it is not endorsing a service being offered by the Lex Group. Lex Group LLC, a company based in Burnsville, Minnesota, sent a letter to NBDA dealers last week ...
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (BRAIN) — Jim Harman, the retired CEO and president of Norco Products, died Saturday from complications following a stroke. He was 69. Harman joined Norco Bicycles — now part of Live to Play Sports ...
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Shaun Jackson, a former bike industry designer who co-founded the Eclipse company in the 1970s, died Tuesday after being injured in a small plane crash here on Saturday. The private plane's pilot was killed immediately after ...
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BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Sales at IBDs bounced back in November after October declines, with overall annual sales remaining on track for a record 2012, according sell-through data from the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association and ...
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LAGUNA BEACH, CA (BRAIN) — The Crankbrothers Race Club is a two-woman team for 2013 and has picked up several new sponsors including Scott Bikes. This year's team consists of Chloe Woodruff and Judy Freeman, who were both members ...
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VANCOUVER, BC (BRAIN) — Kickstarter.com continues to be a popular tool for innovators in the bike industry, who increasingly are using the crowd-funding site to complement other investment possibilities. The latest example is the ...
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BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — REI has awarded a $100,000 grant to the Bikes Belong Foundation to expand its Green Lane Project. The Green Lane Project is with six focus cities – Austin, Texas, Chicago, Memphis, Portland, Ore., San ...
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BRUSSELS, Belgium (BRAIN) — The early months of this year could bring resolutions on one or more duty and subsidy related investigations currently under consideration by the European Commission relative to trade between Asia and the ...
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BOULDER, CO(BRAIN) — An article about a pair of Colorado cyclists who video recorded a driver allegedly harassing them was the most viewed story on bicycleretailer.com in 2012. One of the riders was an industry insider — ...
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BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Leisure Trends Group and the National Sporting Goods Association have reached an agreement that will provide NSGA members with access to retail sales data from Leisure Trends' Sporting Goods RetailTRAK program. ...
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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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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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