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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Bikes Belong is rebranding as PeopleForBikes to bring clarity and simplicity to the organization. The Bikes Belong Coalition and Bikes Belong Foundation will be renamed the PeopleForBikes Coalition and the PeopleForBikes Foundation. ...
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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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Lapierre Bicycles has hired Verde PR & Consulting to represent it for public relations and related support, the companies announced Monday. Lapierre is part of Accell Group, the Dutch-owned company that also owns?Raleigh?America, Raleigh ...
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People for Bikes and Volkswagen of America unveiled a new campaign Wednesday called “Roll Together” that asks cyclists and drivers to be aware of each other on the road as National Bike Month begins. People for Bikes and ...
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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 ...
Homing in on many brick-and-mortar retailers' most daunting concerns—how to survive and thrive amid online price slashing and better market themselves in the crowded digital marketplace—the second edition of the IBD Summit ...
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A group of 20 leaders from the bike industry toured the nation's capital's new protected bike lanes on a trip hosted by Bikes Belong Foundation’s Green Lane Project on Monday. The tour highlighted protected bike lanes, also known as ...
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With Congress in the grips of the Great Sequester 3.0, it might seem an inopportune time for cycling advocates to storm Capitol Hill in the interest of pushing the two-wheel and pedestrian agenda. Considerably bigger fish and all. But ...
The Bikes Belong Coalition wants more retail members and has lowered dues for dealers joining for the first time to $100. The reduced first-time retail member rate is effective starting Friday, Feb. 22 and will run through Sept. 20. ...
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John Frothingham, chief operating officer of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, will talk about how bike companies can work together to clean up the sport at the upcoming Bicycle Leadership Conference, organizers announced this week. ...
A new research study is underway at Portland State University to measure the impact of protected bike lanes or “green lanes. The study is collecting quantitative data to examine ridership, safety and the economic impact of green lanes ...
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They came, they rode, they smiled. “This is sooooo much fun,” enthused a writer for O, the Oprah magazine, as she returned from a spin on a new Electra electric bike. A handful of mainstream media representatives, from ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (BRAIN) — Bicycle Retailer & Industry News editors and sponsors will canvas the Bay Area this week, visiting 14 retailers in the East Bay, Marin County and San Francisco by bike. Editors will post daily stories ...
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Editor's note: The following article appeared in the January 2013 issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News. WASHINGTON, D.C. (BRAIN) — While the industry’s three prominent advocacy groups decided to continue to work ...
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