Outdoor retailers — and suppliers — adding bike products
SALT LAKE CITY (BRAIN) — Anyone looking for a hotel room or a car to rent in this capitol city on the flank of the Wasatch Range can forget about it.Upwards of 23,000 outdoor retailers, exhibitor...
View ArticleSquirt Lube adds J&B as its second distributor
South Africa-made lube also distributed by QBPBOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Squirt Lube, which is imported from South Africa by Boulder International LLC, has added J&B Importers as its second U.S....
View ArticleQBP’s Jerry Pomije elected board president of NICA
BERKELEY, Calif. (BRAIN) — Jerry Pomije, QBP's vice president of operations and finance, was recently elected Board President of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, NICA.Pomije said his...
View ArticleTime Sport USA moves warehouse to Salt Lake City
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (BRAIN) — Time Sport USA has announced that it has moved its warehouse from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City. In relocating the warehouse, the company hopes to reduce freight costs for...
View ArticleJ&B makes EPA list of 100% green power users
MIAMI, Fla. (BRAIN) — J&B Importers has once again made the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's list of 100 percent Green Power Users.The Florida-based distributor is purchasing more than 1.4...
View ArticleNew .bike extension has suppliers taking notice
LOS ANGELES (BRAIN) — The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved a host of new extension names, including .bike, as a new Top Level Domain with an open registry.Scott...
View ArticleBike biz continues to rebound for Dorel in Q2
MONTREAL (BRAIN) — Dorel Industries, parent company of Cannondale Sports Group and Pacific Cycle, which includes the Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, Mongoose, Caloi, IronHorse and Sugoi brands, reported...
View ArticleSpy Q2 sales decline, ending growth streak
CARLSBAD, Calif. (BRAIN) — Spy Inc. on Wednesday reported an 18 percent decrease in second-quarter sales compared with a year earlier, ending 12 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth at the...
View ArticleAccell North America Open House
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View ArticleRocky Mountain Thunderbolt goes carbon
NORTH VANCOUVER, British Columbia (BRAIN) — Launched last year as an aluminum 27.5-inch trail bike, Rocky Mountain's Thunderbolt gets the carbon treatment for 2015.The Thunderbolt MSL's Smoothwall...
View ArticleFox mountain bike sales up 2% in first half
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (BRAIN) — Fox sales hit $142.5 million over the first six months of 2014, up 14 percent compared to the same period last year. The sales increase reflects a 35 percent growth in...
View ArticleXtracycle brings cargo bikes to the outdoor industry
SALT LAKE CITY (BRAIN) — Ross Evans and his dad, Art, are at Outdoor Retailer's Summer Market to keep the utility side of cycling front and center as retailers stream past their booth outside the Salt...
View ArticleDirt Rag and Bicycle Times digital editions available
PITTSBURGH (BRAIN) — Dirt Rag and Bicycle Times magazines are now available in all digital formats via Magzter.A Magzter app is now available on Apple, Android and Windows 8 devices. Magzter is soon...
View ArticleNiteRider contest will award shop employees trip to San Diego
SAN DIEGO (BRAIN) — Employees of retail stores that sell NiteRider products are eligible to enter a contest to win a free trip to the lighting brand's 25th anniversary celebration in San Diego this...
View ArticleXentis offers hand-made Austrian carbon wheels
CHICAGO (BRAIN) — Xentis-USA is now offering the complete line of Xentis carbon wheels in the U.S. The wheels are hand-made in Austria and are available to U.S. dealers from the Xentis-USA distribution...
View ArticleCamelBak sales gain 3% over the first six months
PETALUMA, Calif. (BRAIN) — CamelBak’s sales totaled $79.7 million in the first half of the year, up from $77.3 million in sales during the same period last year. Sales for the three months ended June...
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