Rumbleship adds B2B portal for its partner brands
SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — Rumbleship is making a B2B website available to any of the brands that are available to dealers through its service.With the portal, brands can tap into dealer-direct sales and...
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45NRTH launches website for fans of groomed winter fat biking
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BRAIN) — 45NRTH, the QBP-owned fat bike brand, has launched a consumer website focused on groomed winter fat biking locations.GroomedSingletrack.com includes information on where to...
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OEM frame maker introduces its own brand of frames
PORTLAND, Ore. (BRAIN) — ZEN Bicycle Fabrication is launching its own frame line branded, ZEN. The company's road, adventure road, cyclocross, 29er and expidition frames retail for $1,250 to $1,399...
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Frostbike 2015: QBP welcomes retailers and suppliers for annual gathering
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BRAIN) — Old man winter played Minnesota nice and released his icy grip on the Midwest just in time for QBP's annual Frostbiike event, which kicked off Friday at its Twin City...
View ArticleSeeking Chief Bicycle Technician and Experienced Techs
NM Bike n Sport in spectacular Santa Fe, New Mexico is looking for a couple of friendly, well versed technicians to oversee daily service operations. Applicants must be passionate cyclists with...
View ArticlePacenti hires Rick Vosper Marketing Services
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (BRAIN) — Pacenti Cycle Design has named Rick Vosper Marketing Services as its agency of record, the company announced Monday."The wheels and components portion of our business is...
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Polygon UR team to ride Box Components' shifter/derailleur system
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BRAIN) — Cycle Group Inc., the parent company of Box Components and Promax USA, has partnered with the Polygon United Ride mountain bike team as its shifter and derailleur sponsor. The...
View ArticleBob Kmoch promoted to president of Pacific Cycle Group
WILTON, Conn. (BRAIN) — Dorel Sports has promoted Bob Kmoch to president of its Pacific Cycle Group division. Kmoch has been serving in a dual role as both interim president and CFO for the past year...
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Laminated 2015 Wheels MFG derailleur hanger chart now available
LOUISVILLE, Colo. (BRAIN) — For a limited time, a special laminated version of the 2015 Wheels Manufacturing derailleur hanger chart is available at no charge to IBDs in the U.S.Designed for shop use,...
View ArticleRidley Bikes hires Lift Creative Studios for North American communications...
CARLSBAD, Calif. (BRAIN) — Ridley Bikes has hired Lift Creative Studios to handle public relations and specific marketing projects in North America this year.Lift's founder Steve Driscoll has...
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Ghost bikes now available at REI
SEATTLE (BRAIN) — REI now has Ghost bikes available at its stores and its website.The Seattle-based co-op announced last year that it would become the exclusive U.S. retailer for the German-based...
View ArticleJay Townley: 'Tough Love' is needed
Editor's note: The following opinion piece is by Jay Townley, a well-known bike industry analyst. His full biography is below his article.I used the term "tough love" at the recent IBD Summit, but...
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QBP names vendor of the year and honors retailer with Clay Mankin Award
QBP awards Jenson USA's CEO and DT Swiss at Frostbike.BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BRAIN) — At its Frostbike event last weekend, QBP bestowed its 2015 Clay Mankin Award on Mike Cachat, the CEO of Jenson USA in...
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View ArticleSommerville Sports offers its custom clothing customers a deal on SH+ helmets...
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (BRAIN) — Sommerville Sports is now offering its custom clothing customers a special deal on helmets and sunglasses from the Italian brand SH+.Any Sommerville Sports custom clothing...
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Reynolds introduces All Terrain Road disc brake wheels
SANDY, Utah (BRAIN) — Reynolds Cycling is offering a carbon-rim disc brake wheel for gravel-riding and cyclocross, the ATR (All Terrain Road) Disc Brake wheel.“When designing these wheels, we wanted to...
View ArticleCervélo co-founder Gerard Vroomen and René Wiertz buy 3T
BREMBATE, Italy (BRAIN) — Cervélo co-founder Gerard Vroomen has teamed with René Wiertz — the current president and CEO of 3T — to buy the component company.Vroomen sold his stake in Cervélo three...
View ArticleRay Keener: The S-Word and Manifesto Musings
Editor's note: Ray Keener is a longtime friend of Bicycle Retailer. Ray's background includes stints as a bike retailer, executive director of the Bicycle Industry Organization, editor of a trade...
View ArticleLouis Garneau paintings raise $80,000 for Team Rwanda
SAINT-AUGUSTIN-DE-DESMAURES, Quebec (BRAIN) — Louis Garneau has sold four of his own paintings at $20,000 each to support Team Rwanda, the country's national cycling team, which is composed of young...
View ArticleBonk Breaker sponsors Cannondale-Garmin team
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Young nutritional brand Bonk Breaker is sponsoring and supplying its first UCI ProTour team for this season: The Cannondale-Garmin squad.The California-based brand has...
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