The Bicycle Product Suppliers Association (BPSA) has endorsed the Professional Bicycle Mechanics Association, a new organization based in Austin, Texas Austin, Texas dedicated to the promotion and development of - and advocacy for ...
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Legislation that would update state vehicle and traffic laws for e-bikes remains alive in California, but has floundered in New York, where advocates are now focused on broadening support ahead of another push next year, according to ...
This blog post was written by?Fred Clements, executive director of the?National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blog posts can be read on A small but resolute group of bicycle industry leaders stormed Capitol Hill ...
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Industry figure Howie Cohen was remembered at a service in Erie, Colo., Saturday, where family and friends laughed and cried as stories of Cohen's generosity, enthusiasm and loving spirit were shared. Industry attendees included Gene ...
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Rains along Colorado's Front Range — from Fort Collins to Denver — eased up a bit Friday morning, but were expected to resume later, adding to already historic flooding in one of the U.S.'s most popular cycling destinations and ...
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Supporters of the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association are hoping to push its membership count to over 100 companies for the first time for the organization's 100th anniversary next year. The BPSA has mailed a promotional newsletter and ...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (BRAIN) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission is proposing a rule change that would affect importers and manufacturers of bikes, helmets, cycling apparel and children’s products, and is accepting written ...
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Training with power remains one of the most elite market niches in cycling: so expensive that even some ProTour teams limit their riders' access to power meters, keeping them under lock and key and lending them out for limited tests. In the ...
Tags: Transportation, bike, software, hardware
Leisure Trends Group will present a webinar Thursday that will include 2012 retail sales data and a look at emerging product categories, including new technologies. LTG retail analyst JJ Rudman?will present cycling retail sales data drawn ...
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BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Are cyclists interested in sustainability? An industry group is looking to measure consumers' attitudes and behaviors before the Bicycle Leadership Conference holds a session on sustainability in April in ...
Bicycle Product Suppliers Association members’ shipments to bike shops grew a modest 2 percent last year to 2.6 million bikes. Sales dollars were up 6 percent, helped by strong sales of more expensive hybrids, full-suspension 29ers ...
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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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POSTFACH, Germany (BRAIN) — Disc brakes on road bikes? Not so fast, says Germany’s brake specialist, Magura. Magura has launched a study logging how a number of test riders use disc brakes over miles of European roads before ...
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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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The return of seasonable fall weather had a chilling effect on IBD sales in October, as overall merchandise sales declined by 4 percent in units and 7 percent in dollars to $170 million, according to Bicycle Product Suppliers Association ...
Tags: Report, IBD sales, Road bikes, Mountain bikes, Transit and fitness bikes