BRAIN Staff

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May 24, 2013

ST. PAUL, MN (BRAIN) — Park Tool has released the third edition of its Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair.

Posted in New Products
May 24, 2013

NEWBURY PARK, CA (BRAIN) — Not long after Specialized unveiled its new wind tunnel, employees at Giant challenged the fellow Californian brand to a duel.

Posted in Industry News
May 23, 2013
First annual sales growth since 2007 for the retailer

LOS ANGELES, CA (BRAIN) — Sport Chalet Inc. posted fourth-quarter earnings Thursday, reporting a 6.8 percent increase in comparable store sales for the quarter ended March 31 compared with the same period in 2012.

Posted in Retail News
May 23, 2013

MONTREAL, Quebec (BRAIN) — Dorel CEO and president Martin Schwartz told shareholders at the company's annual meeting Thursday morning that despite the slow start to the year—which he attributed to bad weather that persisted through April—he remains confident that the recreational and leisure segment will

Posted in Industry News
May 23, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BRAIN) — The League of American Bicyclists’ Women Bike program recently awarded $7,500 in grants to organizations in four cities in an effort to engage more women of all ages and from all backgrounds in cycling. 

Posted in Industry News
May 23, 2013
The new XO shifter in red

CHICAGO, IL (BRAIN) — SRAM is introducing an upgraded version of its mountain bike trigger shifters for three of its parts groups, and is trickling down its Type 2 anti-chain slap feature to its X7-level rear derailleur.

The company said all the updated parts are available this month.

Posted in Product/Tech
May 23, 2013
Ice Toolz 54R1 disc brake kit

ATASCADERO, CA (BRAIN) — Ice Toolz' new tool offerings include the 54R1- Disc Brake Universal maintainance Kit.

Posted in New Products
May 23, 2013

MILAN, Italy (BRAIN) — Italian eyewear company Luxottica Group reported this month that first-quarter sales for its wholesale division — in which Southern California-based Oakley is a key brand — jumped 7.5 percent compared with a year earlier to 781 million euros ($1 billion), helping propel overall comp

Posted in Industry News
May 23, 2013

BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Three new brands — Chamois Butt’r, Wilderness Trail Bikes and LegLube — have added SmartEtailing’s Buy Local Now referral feature to their websites.

Posted in Industry News
May 22, 2013

VISTA, CA (BRAIN) — Dorothy Nichols has joined women’s bike apparel brand Shebeest as its national sales manager, heading up sales in the IBD and specialty sporting goods channels. Nichols, who will be based out of Denver, Colorado, will begin the new role June 3.

Posted in Industry News

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