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Champion System to do leaders' jerseys for ATOC
LOS ANGELES, CA (BRAIN) — Champion System will provide the official leaders' jerseys for the 2013 Amgen Tour of California, the race announced Friday.The custom race jerseys will be awarded to the race...
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Giant delivers 20 bikes to Sandy relief effort
NEW YORK, NY (BRAIN) — Giant has delivered 20 of the 100 mountain bikes that it is donating to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. The 20 bicycles will help Occupy Sandy’s team of medics travel around...
View ArticleTJX acquires Sierra Trading Post
CHEYENNE, WY (BRAIN) — Outdoor gear close-out retailer Sierra Trading Post has been sold to The TJX Companies Inc. for $200 million, the companies announced Friday.TJX, based in Framingham,...
View ArticleFoxconn invests $200 million in GoPro
SAN MATEO, CA (BRAIN) — Foxconn, the company best known for manufacturing iPhones in enormous factories in China, has invested $200 million in action camera company GoPro.Foxconn, which is...
View ArticleNordin resigns from Fallbrook as San Diego office relocates
SAN DIEGO, CA (BRAIN)—Al Nordin will step down as president of Fallbrook Technologies’ bicycle division at the end of the year as the company’s San Diego office moves to corporate headquarters near...
View ArticleASI adds five more outside reps
PHILADELPHIA, PA (BRAIN) — Advanced Sports International, parent company of Fuji, SE, Kestrel, Breezer and Oval Concepts, has hired five new sales representatives in territories across the U.S.Glen...
View ArticleThe London Bike Show
Start:January 17, 2013 End:January 20, 2013 Location: ExCel, London, United Kingdom www.thelondonbikeshow.co.ukThe London Bike Show is the UK’s premier cycling exhibition and in 2012 attracted over...
View ArticleMidwest Bicycle Expo
Date:January 27, 2013 Location: Gateway Center, Collinsville, IL www.trailnet.orgsteve@trailnet.org The Midwest Bicycle Expo features vendors, a swap meet and classic bike show spread out over 33,000...
View ArticleCore Bike
Start:January 27, 2013 End:January 29, 2013 Location: Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom www.thebikeplaceshow.co.ukThe Bike Place trade show was started in 2010 by a group of U.K....
View ArticleSpecialty Bike Expo
Start:January 30, 2013 End:February 2, 2013 Location: Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL. specialtybikeexpo.comSpecialty Bike Expo is a new bicycle industry conference and trade show designed to help...
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Diamondback and Jenson team up on holiday giveaway
RIVERSIDE, CA (BRAIN) — Retailer Jenson USA has teamed up with Diamondback to donate 20 BMX bicycles to school children this holiday season. The giveaway, coordinated by the East Hills Business Council...
View ArticleBikes Belong ups dues; elects new executive board
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) – The Bikes Belong Coalition recently elected new executive board officers during a December meeting of its board of directors. Mike Mercuri, vice president of SRAM, has moved into...
View ArticleSRAM sponsors Specialized-lululemon team
CHICAGO, IL (BRAIN) — In 2013 SRAM will sponsor and supply one of the world's top women's road racing teams. Specialized-lululemon.The team is built around a nucleus of veterans and neo-pros that...
View Article40-year-old SoCal shop set to close
RIVERSIDE, CA (BRAIN) — After more than four decades in business, California Cyclery & Supply Riverside Schwinn in Southern California’s Inland Empire is closing as the shop’s rented building...
View ArticleFive Boro Bike Tour registrations open January 22
NEW YORK, NY (BRAIN) — Registration for the 2013 TD Five Boro Bike Tour opens Jan. 22 at noon.The May 5 tour, said to be America's largest cycling event, is a 40-mile trip through all of New York's...
View ArticleGiro buying back helmets sold into Costco
SCOTTS VALLEY, CA (BRAIN) — Giro Sports Design is buying about 1,500 helmets that were diverted into Costco storesin the West recently.The company said an authorized dealer sold the lids to Costco,...
View ArticleBicycle exports from Taiwan steady in first three quarters
TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN)—The number of complete bicycles exported from Taiwan dipped slightly in the first nine months of the year, but the units’ value continued to climb. Between January and...
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New retail chain plots aggressive growth for 2013
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (BRAIN) — A quickly growing startup retail chain in Florida is headed into 2013 with plans for rapid expansion outside its home state.In May, BikeStreet USA began acquiring...
View ArticleCalifornia retailer Steve Bowen dies on ride
PALOS VERDES, CA (BRAIN) — Steve Bowen, owner of Palos Verdes Bicycle Center, died Sunday of natural causes while riding in Malibu with a friend, according to the store.The family has not announced...
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Corsair seeks U.S. distributor for brand relaunch
RENO, NV (BRAIN) — Corsair Bikes is seeking a U.S. distribution partner as the premium freeride mountain bike brand rolls out an international relaunch.The brand’s complex linkage frames were perhaps...
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