Slidepad Technologies has named Ian Ferguson its new aftermarket sales director. Slidepad Technologies manufactures the Slidepad single-lever braking system. Ferguson will be responsible for aftermarket sales as well as introducing the ...
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Shipments of bikes to U.S. retailers in September took a bigger dip than anticipated, down 4.9 percent in dollars and 11.9 percent in units compared to the same month last year, according to the BPSA Topline for Cycling RetailTRAK from ...
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The retailers were as varied as they come on the first day of BRAIN's Dealer Tour of Seattle. The tour started at mega-retailer REI's flagship store, a stunning and expansive retail space that caters to commuters and families. The jaunt ...
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Car rack manufacturer Rocky Mounts has hired Bruno Maier as president. Maier comes to the Boulder, Colorado, company with more than 20 years of industry experience, including stints at Huffy Bicycle Co., Brunswick Bicycles and Cycling ...
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BRAIN editors, sponsors and industry guests are hitting the roads of Seattle, on bike, Tuesday on the first day of a three-day tour of the city's retailers. The Seattle BRAIN Dealer Tour is the third such event of 2013, following tours of ...
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The fourth annual Tour de Pink West Coast bike ride concluded this past weekend with more than 120 riders completing a three-day, 200-mile trip along southern California's coast and raising thousands of dollars for the Young Survival ...
Quality Bicycle Products and Ridley Bicycles are ending their distribution agreement Feb. 1. QBP had distributed Ridley's road and cyclocross bikes in the U.S. market since 2009. QBP will continue to support dealers and promote the Ridley ...
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Imagine designing and creating a building almost three stories tall completely out of bicycles and light. Over the course of two and a half weeks Ai Weiwei?fabricated the hypnotic Forever Bicycles installation in Toronto, Canada's Nathan ...
Italian clothing brand Santini will sponsor and supply the Belkin pro cycling team in a two-year deal that starts in January. The Belkin team is built on the former Rabobank team organization. The?Dutch-registered squad has been on Giant ...
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Canadian retailers are stuck between a rock and a government unwilling—so far—to drop a proposed tariff increase on imported bicycles despite a shutdown of all major bicycle manufacturing in Canada.? In a letter sent last week ...
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In line with the ethos upon which the Society of People Who Actually Make Their Own Sh*t (SOPWAMTOS) was founded, frame and component builder Bruce Gordon is set to open his first brick-and-mortar store this month. Bruce Gordon's Bicycle ...
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Cargo bike company Yuba Bicycles has signed a multi-year agreement with Outdoor Gear Canada that makes OGC the exclusive Canadian distributor of Yuba’s cargo bikes and accessories. “OGC will raise Yuba’s visibility in ...
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Subaru has detailed its next-generation EyeSight system, announcing a number of new driver-assist functons designed to improve vehicle safety. Subaru EyeSight is the Japanese car maker’s crash prevention system, designed to prevent ...
Legislation proposed by three Republican state lawmakers, dubbed the most draconian ever introduced in the nation to restrict cyclist rights, has been effectively scuttled. More than 250 people filled a meeting room Tuesday night to voice ...
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Editor's note: The following blog was written by James Moore, owner of?Moore's Bicycle Shop in?Hattiesburg,?Miss. Moore is the new president of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. When I opened my bike shop in 1984 an eight-year-old ...
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