While the biggest charity "thons" were flat or slightly down in 2012, most dedicated to cycling saw healthy increases.? "When we look at the results, the really strong results are in the cycling area," said David Hessekiel, president of ...
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Colfax Fluid Handling has announced that Gunter Connert is now in charge of Direct Sales to Power & Industry customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Colfax Fluid Handling is a business of Colfax Corporation. As Direct Sales ...
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The production of cotton in Paraguay, which had began to recover slowly during the previous three seasons, has declined by about 50 percent during the current harvesting season, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) ...
Some Lapierre models this year can be had with its computer-controlled shock system called e:i. Though the system was developed with RockShox, Lapierre holds five patents on the technology and retains exclusive use of the system. In a ...
Troy had a garage full of bikes, 20 years' experience wrenching, a daughter getting braces soon—and an itch to try a lightweight carbon 29er hardtail.? So when the 41-year-old from the Pacific Northwest—who asked that his last ...
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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 ...
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Benjamin Cox says that sourcing a line of accessories from Taiwanese, Chinese and Vietnamese manufacturers for his single-location store is a big investment of capital and time. He's personally had to learn all the tricks of the trade ...
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MAG Mutual Insurance Company (MMIC) has received final approval from the Oregon Insurance Department to move ahead with the acquisition of Utah Medical Insurance Association (UMIA). The acquisition plan of Utah-based medical professional ...
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Taiwan 2.0 is taking shape on this industrious island with a generation of factory founders nearing retirement, clearing the way for their children to assume new leadership roles. It's a transition phase that is natural, given the fact ...
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Atlanta-based MAG Mutual Insurance has completed the acquisition of South Carolina Physician Assurance, which is owned, operated and governed by South Carolina physicians, for an undisclosed amount. Following completion of the ...
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Retailer Tony Farrar is riding in the hills of northern New Mexico with his friends, who are also his customers, when their bikes start making noise and their gears mis-shift. “They always blame me,” said Farrar, owner of Bike ...
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We are living at the age of technology and it has made our life very comfortable and easier. In the field of welding, technology has touched greatly that's why this field has become fulfilled in touch of science and technology. Today there ...
Retailer Tony Farrar is riding in the hills of northern New Mexico with his friends, who are also his customers, when their bikes start making noise and their gears mis-shift. "They always blame me," said Farrar, owner of Bike 'N Sport in ...
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There may be a sliver of light at the end of the tunnel for retailers frustrated with creaky, plastic-y, non-serviceable OEM bottom brackets in $8,000 bikes. A new generation of aftermarket designs goes directly after creak and ...
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There's a technology race going on in the bicycle industry, and it's leaving retailers in a scramble to keep up. Frame and component makers have introduced a slew of new axle, bottom bracket and fork interfaces in the past few years as they ...
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