One year after relaxing its motorcycle helmet law, Michigan has seen a 22 percent rise in medical insurance claim costs associated with cycle crashes. The data is clear: When helmets are off, injuries and death increase. The average ...
Tags: Motorcycle Injury, Michigan, Helmet Law
Easton-Bell Sports has hired some new faces and promoted some current employees in its Bell/Blackburn business unit. The company has hired Andrew McSorley as director of product marketing for the Bell bike division. McSorley will be ...
Tags: Bell&Blackburn, Transportation
Reusable plastic water bottles may be good for the environment, but a new study shows they might be bad for your health. There's a possibility that the chemical found in plastic water bottles, baby bottles and the lining of many food, ...
Tags: baby bottle, child bottle
Madison UK is the new distributor of Lazer helmets and eyewear in the U.K. and Ireland, Lazer announced Tuesday. Madison distributed Bell Sports helmets in the U.K. for many years before that relationship ended in February this year. ...
Tags: UK, Lazer Helmets, Eyewear
Dick’s Sporting Goods reported net income of $60.5 million for its fiscal first quarter ended May 4, up 5.8 percent from the comparable period in 2012. Net sales rose 4.1 percent to $1.3 billion, while consolidated same-store sales ...
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Easton-Bell Sports is rebounding from a tumultuous year—a dramatic reshuffling of top management, the departure of key staff and the return of Terry Lee as the company's CEO. Its helmet division—Giro and Bell—had taken a ...
Tags: Transportation, Sporting Goods
If you've ever wanted to film your adventures from multiple angles at once, with no crews, no extra equipment, and no reshoots, look no further than the ATC Chameleon! The groundbreaking ATC Chameleon action camera from Oregon Scientific ...
A new study by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) reflects a 9-percent increase in motorcycle deaths in 2012 to about 5,000 fatalities for the year. That marks the 14th year out of 15 that deaths have risen. The GHSA report ...
Tags: Motorcycle, Transportation
Mavic parent Amer Sports reported a 2 percent increase in sales for the first quarter on Thursday, and said it expected full-year sales to rise by at least 5 percent. For Amer's Mavic cycling brand, sales rose slightly to $47.6 million ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Mavic parent Amer Sports reported a 2 percent increase in sales for the first quarter on Thursday, and said it expected full-year sales to rise by at least 5 percent. For Amer's Mavic cycling brand, sales rose slightly to $47.6 million ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
In daily life Around the turn of the 20th century, bicycles reduced crowding in inner-city tenements by allowing workers to commute from more spacious dwellings in the suburbs. They also reduced dependence on horses. Bicycles allowed ...
Tags: Social Aspects, Historical Aspects, Bicycle
Some components, which are often optional accessories on sports bicycles, are standard features on utility bicycles to enhance their usefulness and comfort. Mudguards, or fenders, protect the cyclist and moving parts from spray when riding ...
Tags: Accessories, Bicycle
With five minutes to present an idea that could make a big impact on the industry, five industry leaders took to the stage Thursday morning during a session moderated by Jenn Dice, vice president of government relations for Bikes Belong, at ...
On Wednesday the Reuters news service, citing unnamed sources, reported that Easton-Bell Sports owner Fenway Partners was getting ready to sell the company. Easton-Bell Sports executives at the Bicycle Leadership Conference in Monterey, ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Bauer Performance Sports Ltd. announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter and nine months of Fiscal 2013 ended February 28, 2013. The 6% increase in overall revenues in the nine months of Fiscal 2013 was led by strong ...
Tags: Bauer Performance, Sports Sales