Nutcase to unveil artist-edition helmets
PORTLAND, Ore. (BRAIN) — Nutcase Helmets will release a series of limited-edition helmets commissioned from three international artists. Along with the Artist Edition helmets the Portland-based...
View ArticleKask hires Nat Ross as North America brand manager
GOLDEN, Colo. (BRAIN) — Kask has hired Nat Ross as its North American brand manager, the Italian helmet brand has announced.Ross will operate from Golden, Colorado. Ross comes to the brand from Lizard...
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Bianchi unveils new time trial/tri frame at the Tour
BERGERAC, France (BRAIN) — At the Tour de France's penultimate stage Saturday, Bianchi unveiled a new time trial/triathlon frameset that uses the company's Countervail vibration canceling...
View ArticleAccell North America Road Show: Bay Area California
Start:July 30, 2014 End:July 31, 2014 Location: Hilton San Fran. Airport Bayfront 600 Airport Boulevard Burlingame, CA 94010
View ArticleCarbon repairer Ruckus builds service network
PORTLAND, Ore. (BRAIN) — Ruckus Composites is reaching out to IBDs to build a dealer base for its carbon fiber repair services. The company’s Trusted Carbon Fiber Service Network aims to simplify the...
View ArticleHighway Two pledges 1% of orders to NICA
Distributor challenges industry to do the same.BERKELEY, Calif. (BRAIN) — Highway Two, a California-based distributor, is pledging to donate 1 percent of its sales to the National Interscholastic...
View ArticleOutdoor Gear Canada to distribute Redline BMX in Canada
QUEBEC (BRAIN) — Outdoor Gear Canada will be the exclusive distributor of Redline BMX bikes in Canada, starting with the 2015 model year. Redline is owned by Accell North America."Redline is one of the...
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Yakima introduces two new tray-style hitch racks
BEAVERTON, Ore. (BRAIN) — Yakima Products is expanding its line of tray-style hitch racks with the new FourPlay and TwoTimer models."This style of bike carrier is the fastest growing category on the...
View ArticleInterbike adds new retail education courses
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (BRAIN) — Interbike has expanded its retail education schedule for this year's show. To complement the NBDA’s popular Super Seminar Series, several additional sessions have...
View ArticleOptic Nerve's parent company renames itself, launches new sunglass brand
One by Optic Nerve shades will be at more accessible price.WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (BRAIN) — The company behind Optic Nerve sunglasses and goggles is renaming itself and launching a second sunglass brand,...
View ArticleFred Clements: Are bikes the black hole of IBD profitability?
A blog by NBDA executive director Fred Clements.Editor’s note: This blog post was written by Fred Clements, executive director of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements’ previous blog posts...
View ArticleNational Bicycle Tourism Conference
Start:November 5, 2014 End:November 8, 2014 Location: San Diego, Calif. BicycleTourNetwork.comThe National Bicycle Tourism Conference brings together bicycle event professionals, tourism leaders, and...
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Challenge offers Chicane 'cross tire with 320 tpi cotton casing
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (BRAIN) — Challenge is releasing a Team Edition version of its Chicane cyclocross tubular, with a 320 tpi cotton casing.Last season Challenge offered its Grifo and Limus tubulars with...
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Crankbrothers adopts MAP and e-commerce policy
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (BRAIN) — Crankbrothers has enacted a minimum advertised price (MAP) policy and a new e-commerce sales policy, each effective immediately.The brand has pegged its MAP at 10 percent...
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Canadian retailer, FGL Sports, recalling bike and skateboard helmets
CALGARY, Alberta (BRAIN) — The Canadian sports retail chain FGL Sports is recalling the Capix Evo and Capix Jr Evo Bike and Skateboard Helmets, which were sold exclusively through FGL Sports-owned...
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PressCamp media choose best products
Smith's new road helmet earns the most votes from editors.LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (BRAIN) — Media participants at last month's PressCamp in Utah have chosen Smith's new Overtake road helmet as the best...
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Sapim giving away Zipp wheel to shop using the brand's sticker
OLNEY, Ill. (BRAIN) — Sapim USA will be giving away a Zipp 404 clincher wheelset to a shop that displays a Sapim sticker on its front door, van or elsewhere.Sapim is mailing the stickers to bike shops...
View ArticleDealerCamp canceled; promoter blames resort dispute
PARK CITY, Utah (BRAIN) — The organizer of DealerCamp has canceled this year's event, saying a dispute between rival ski resort operators has made it impossible to hold the trade event this season. A...
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Dynacraft recalls bikes sold at ToysRUs
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — Dynacraft is recalling about 3,100 youth bikes, sold exclusively at Toys"R"Us, because the front wheel can fall off. Consumer are being told to stop using the bikes and to contact...
View ArticleLeisure Trends: IBD sales down all around in June
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Merchandise sales at IBDs fell 5 percent in June over the same period in 2013 to total $373 million, according to Leisure Trends Group's latestRetailTrak IBD sales summary. And...
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