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Thomson ships titanium riser bar
MACON, GA (BRAIN) — Thomson's new titanium riser bar is 780mm wide with a 15mm rise. Backsweep is 8 degrees, upsweep is 5 degrees.Thomson says that while titanium is not as light as carbon, it has "an...
View ArticleCequent headquarters gets major renovation
PLYMOUTH, MI (BRAIN) — Cequent Performance Products, the maker of ROLA auto racks and cargo boxes, doubled the office space at its headquarters this summer and updated existing areas. While the address...
View ArticleSwobo hires Kevin Murphy for sales and marketing position
FORT COLLINS, CO (BRAIN) — Swobo has hired Kevin Murphy as director of sales and marketing.Murphy will be responsible for increasing sales efforts via Swobo’s IBD network and online partners....
View ArticleYakima hires two new sales directors
BEAVERTON, OR (BRAIN) — Yakima Products has hired two new sales directors.Justin Manthe has been named director of sales, West, and Ben Tindall is director of sales, East. BEach report to Jason...
View ArticleAustin Chow joins 110% as president
JACKSONVILLE, FL (BRAIN) —Athletic recovery brand 110% has hired Austin Chow as president. Chow will lead all brand strategy, marketing, sales and product development efforts to for the brand, which is...
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Sampson offers new road pedal, the Fondo
DENVER, CO (BRAIN) — Sampson Sports' new Fondo pedals were developed to provide ease of use and high-performance. The pedals feature a large shoe/pedal contact area for comfort, a very thin profile...
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KindHuman releases steel framesets
TORONTO, Ontario (BRAIN) — KindHuman is releasing a line of three steel framesets to complement the carbon fiber models it announced earlier this year. The line consists of three models for road,...
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Ogden brings Taiwan industry to Utah
OGDEN, UT (BRAIN) — City officials in this old railroad town built on the edge of the Wasatch Mountains have embarked on one of the boldest efforts in the bicycle industry to woo Taiwanese executives...
View ArticleFounder of Canada’s Winterborne Bicycle Institute passes away
GUELPH, Ontario (BRAIN) — Jason ‘Jay’ Filer, owner and lead instructor of Canada’s only bicycle mechanic certification school, has died. Even though Filer had been fighting a two-year battle with...
View ArticleLeisure Trends pre-Interbike webinar set for Thursday
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Market research firm Leisure Trends Group is hosting a one-hour webinar Thursday, September 12, to discuss retail sales trends as a warm-up for the upcoming Interbike show.Retail...
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Former Zipp director buys Silca, will move it to Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (BRAIN) — Joshua Poertner, the former technical director of Zipp Speed Weaponry, has purchased the legendary Italian pump brand, Silca, and plans to relocated the brand and all its...
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Divine Cycling Group turmoil continues: Blue on the block, Serotta divided
Serotta brand is split off from its factory, which gets its first order — for a TomacSARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (BRAIN) — Divine Cycling Group is less than a year old but seems to have produced more gray...
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Bianchi starts shipping Countervail bikes, bringing batch to Outdoor Demo
LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — Bianchi USA executives are calling the launch of the brand's Infiniti CV road bikes one of its more important product launches ever. The bikes feature the Countervail vibration...
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Sigma shipping GPS bike computer
ST. CHARLES, IL (BRAIN) — Sigma is now shipping its first GPS-enabled bike computers, the ROX 10.0. The ROX 10.0 has GPS, ANT+ and power features. It offers route guidance and navigation, in addition...
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LeMond to introduce three bikes at Interbike
Limited edition bikes to be made in France by TimeMINNEAPOLIS, MN (BRAIN) — LeMond LLC will introduce three models of a limited edition road bike at the Interbike expo in Las Vegas next week. The...
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EE Cycleworks looking for a partner to make crank
CHATTANOOGA, TN (BRAIN) — After nearly 12 months of development and testing, Pacenti Cycle Design has decided not to pursue the high-end crank market with the EE Cycleworks crank design. “I believe...
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Osmo launches nutrition products for women
FAIRFAX, CA (BRAIN) — Osmo Nutrition has launched three new hydration and recovery products formulated to meet women’s performance needs. Osmo co-founder and chief research officer Dr. Stacy Sims...
View ArticleDice, Schwinn to be recognized at OIWC awards
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — The Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition will recognize Jenn Dice, VP of government relations at Bikes Belong, and Anna Schwinn, lead engineer at QBP, with the Pioneering Woman...
View ArticleSBS promotes Quattrocchi, Strawn
SEATTLE, WA (BRAIN) — Seattle Bike Supply has promoted John “JQ” Quattrocchi to vice president of purchasing and product development and Rickey Strawn to national sales manager as the Accell...
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Fred Clements: The E-Commerce Challenge
Editor's note: This blog post was written by Fred Clements, executive director of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blogs can be read on...
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