Kevin Rouse joins True Communications
MILL VALLEY, Calif. (BRAIN) — True Communications has hired industry veteran Kevin Rouse to join the agency's public and media relations team.Rouse will join True as an account manager starting...
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German protective gear brand, Bliss, looks to US market
HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. (BRAIN) — Bliss, a Germany-based protective gear brand, is looking to come to the U.S. market this year with its line of lightweight mountain bike pads.Matthias Ascherl, a former...
View ArticleASI hires Simone to lead new business development
PHILADELPHIA (BRAIN) — Industry veteran George Simone has joined Advanced Sports International in the newly created role of vice president of global business development. Simone is charged with...
View ArticleChicago expo to focus on 'unconventional' bikes
TONLEY PARK, Ill. (BRAIN) — This October's first annual Chicagoland Unconventional Bicycle Expo will showcase recumbents, recumbent tricycles, quadracycles, folding cycles, tandems, velomobiles,...
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Alchemy works with Dave Earle and Sotto Group on new mountain bike offerings
DENVER (BRAIN) — High end framebuilder Alchemy Bicycles is expanding beyond its road and 'cross offerings with a carbon hardtail mountain bike that it is now shipping, and plans to expand its mountain...
View ArticleMobile shop franchiser Beeline Bikes gets $2.6M in funding from Backcountry.com
Mobile repair and retail service looks to expand via franchise business.SAN CARLOS, Calif. (BRAIN) — Beeline Bikes has closed a $2.6 million Series A financing round led by Backcountry.com, owner of...
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OneUp offers narrow-wide chainrings for Shimano's 11-speed XT group
SQUAMISH, British Columbia (BRAIN) — OneUp Components is now offering narrow-wide chainrings for Shimano XT M8000 and MT700 cranks, designed to be used with Shimano's new 11-speed offroad groups.The...
View ArticleChrome returns to Colorado roots with Denver retail store
SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — Chrome Industries was established in Boulder, Colo., in 1995, but is now based in San Francisco. The bag company is returning to its roots with the opening of a new store in...
View ArticleRaleigh sponsors NBDA's 'America's Best Bike Shops' program
KENT, Wash. (BRAIN) — Raleigh Bicycles is sponsoring the National Bicycle Dealers Association's "America's Best Bike Shops" program for 2015. The program highlights and promotes bicycle retailers that...
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Bianchi offering mountain bikes in the US again
HAYWARD, Calif. (BRAIN) — After an approximately four-year hiatus, Bianchi USA is once again offering mountain bikes here. The Italian company stopped offering mountain bikes in the U.S. in 2010 as it...
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Ass Savers sponsors USA Cycling and supplies Team USA
SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — Ass Savers, the Swedish maker of lightweight rear fenders, is sponsoring USA Cycling for the 2015 season and will provide Team USAC members with customized fenders."One of our...
View ArticleMarzocchi's parent, Tenneco, to shut down suspension business
UPDATEDLAKE FOREST, Ill. (BRAIN) – Tenneco plans to discontinue its Marzocchi motor bike fork suspension and its mountain bike business, and will liquidate its Marzocchi operations, the company...
View ArticleThule sales up 20 percent in quarter, helped by currency fluctuations
SEYMOUR, Conn. (BRAIN) — Thule Group is reporting a net sales increase of 20 percent in its second quarter, a result helped by favorable currency fluctuations. In currency neutral figures, the...
View ArticlePinkbike and NICA announce 'media partnership'
BERKELEY, Calif. (BRAIN) — The National Interscholastic Cycling Association and Pinkbike have announced their media partnership for the 2015 and 2016 season.Pinkbike will provide NICA with advertising...
View ArticleBlair Clark named president of GU Energy Labs
BERKELEY, Calif. (BRAIN) — GU Energy Labs has named Blair Clark as its president and COO.Clark, an industry veteran who has worked in executive position at Specialized, Giro and Smith, joined GU as...
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Eliel enters cycle clothing market aided by its own California factory
ENCINITAS, Calif. (BRAIN) — A startup cycling clothing company is benefitting from its own California-based factory, which produces custom and inline items for its Eliel road bike clothing and Wattie...
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Nick Hage promoted to new role at CSG
WILTON, Conn. (BRAIN) — Nick Hage, who started with Cannondale in 2010 in sales operations, was recently promoted to the role of vice president, sales and operations for Cycling Sports Group's...
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Accell Group: Net profit up 21 percent in first half
Growth from e-bike sales in Europe; North American performance 'below expectations.'HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands (BRAIN) — Accell Group N.V. noted that operating profit in the first half of the year was...
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Selle San Marco unveils custom saddle for Rudy Project 3EPIC MTB Marathon
ROSSANO VENETO, Italy (BRAIN) — Selle San Marco has unveiled a custom Regale Racing Protek saddle for the Rudy Project 3EPIC Mtb Marathon event.The limited edition saddle commemorates the first edition...
View ArticleFitzgibbins, co-founder of Australian distributor JetBlack, sells shares and...
BAULKHAM HILLS, Australia (BRAIN) — Trent Fitzgibbins, one of the co-founders of the Australian distributor JetBlack Products, has sold his share in the company to co-founder Tony Simmonds and plans to...
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