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Peopleforbikes Hosts Top Executives at D. C. Fly-in

Nov 10, 2015

PeopleForBikes last week was in Washington D.C. for an all-women’s Fly-in with sixteen of top bicycle industry executives to help make biking better in America. PeopleForBikes leaders and industry executives met with members of ...

Tags: Peopleforbikes, biking

QBP Is Putting The Final Touches on a New in-House Brand of Accessories Called MSW

Nov 27, 2013

Quality Bicycle Products is putting the final touches on a new in-house brand of accessories called MSW. The Taiwan-sourced line will only be sold through IBDs, and the Minnesota-based distributor is targeting keystone margins or higher, ...

Tags: QBP, roll, houseB, brand, accessory

Being a Viable Alternative to Shimano Is Not Easy for The Taiwanese Company Microshift

Nov 7, 2013

Being a viable alternative to Shimano is not easy for the small Taiwanese company MicroShift. Not only is it in the prototyping stages of its own electronic drivetrain development, but it recently invested in a huge forging machine for cog ...

Tags: Transportation, bike

Privateer Program for Foundry Was Be Launched by QBP

Nov 7, 2013

Quality Bicycle Products hopes to get more shop employees on its Foundry brand of carbon bikes and is extending special pricing to retail employees. Most Foundry models are being offered at 25 percent below wholesale during the months of ...

Tags: Bicycle, bike, Transportation

Q-Outdoor Distributes Many Outdoor Brands

Nov 1, 2013

Q-Outdoor, a division within Quality Bicycle Products, has cobbled together two assortments of outdoor products for bike shops to consider bringing in as a seasonal buy. The selections include 'cross and fat bike-related accessories. ...

Tags: bike, Transportation

QBP and Ridley Bicycles Are Ending Their Distribution Agreement Feb. 1

Oct 22, 2013

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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The Minnesota Company Plans to Break Ground Next Spring on The New Distribution Center

Sep 6, 2013

Quality Bicycle Products is purchasing a 19-acre site in East Hempfield Township in Lancaster County to serve as the location for the distributor's upcoming 120,000-square-foot distribution center in Pennsylvania. QBP previously leased a ...

Tags: bike, Transportation

American Will Cut The Number of Distributors Selling Shimano Components From 18 to 6

Jul 15, 2013

American, in a major shake-up of its U.S. distribution network, will cut the number of distributors selling Shimano components from 18 to six effective Jan. 1, 2014. The decision to streamline its distribution network, said Yutaka ...

Tags: Shimano, bikes

Quality Bicycle Products Has Hired Amber Schult as Western Regional Sales Manager

Jun 28, 2013

Quality Bicycle Products has hired Amber Schult as western regional sales manager. She will manage outside sales reps and account managers. The distributor now has three regional managers that make up its national sales force — Schult ...

Tags: Transportation, bike

Spain's Rotor Bike Components Has Opened a U.S. Brand Management Office

Jun 26, 2013

Looking to expand its North American business, Spain's Rotor Bike Components has opened a U.S. brand management office and will launch a new multichannel distribution model stateside. The new Boulder office will initially be staffed ...

Tags: Transportation, bike, Rotor Bike

The Consumer Product Safety Commission Is Proposing a Rule Change

Jun 14, 2013

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 ...

Tags: BPSA, CPSC Rule Change

Succession Is Succession, and It Is Difficult

Mar 21, 2013

Editor's note: The following article appeared in the March 1 issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News and is part of our series of articles on succession in the bike industry. When Peter Enright agreed to friend Spence Wolf’s ...

Tags: Bicycle Retailer, Bicycle Industry, bike

Quality Bicycle Products Expects Little Impact on Attendance at Frostbike

Feb 25, 2013

With snow shutting airports and icing up Interstates, Quality Bicycle Products expects little impact on attendance at Frostbike which opened today with various seminars. Tomorrow QBP’s Frost Bike expo opens with over 130 vendors ...

Tags: Quality Bicycle Products, Frostbike, bike industry

An Indulgence The Founder of QBP Might Not Have Considered Just a Few years ago

Feb 25, 2013

It’s shortly before Christmas, and Steve Flagg is just days away from leaving Minnesota for six weeks of mountain biking in the friendlier winter climes of Sedona, Arizona—an indulgence the founder of Quality Bicycle Products ...

Tags: Steve Flagg, mountain biking, Quality Bicycle Products

Bicycles Plus Owner John Crews Marked His Shop's Silver Anniversary in Unusual Fashion

Dec 10, 2012

Bicycles Plus owner John Crews marked his shop's silver anniversary in unusual fashion: He completely overhauled his already successful 25-year-old business. Earlier this year, the longtime Specialized and Trek dealer had come to a ...

Tags: shop's silver anniversary, Bicycles Plus, Bicycle Products

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