Distributor news
BLOOMINGTON, MN (BRAIN)—Temperatures hovering near zero degrees didn’t deter hundreds of bicycle retailers and product vendors from flocking to Bloomington, Minnesota over the weekend for Quality Bicycle Products’ annual Frostbike trade show held Feb. 15 to 17.
SANTA FE, NM (BRAIN)—Campagnolo and Fulcrum have added BTI as the latest distributor to the U.S. market.
BTI has received its first shipment of Campagnolo products and Fulcrum wheels from Italy and are ready to service the IBDs.
DALLAS, TX (BRAIN)—Hans Johnsen Company's 2008 catalog is arriving in dealer stores this week.
HOUSTON, TX (BRAIN)—Bike Medicine has increased its distributorship relationships by adding two additional wholesale suppliers for 2008.
OLATHE, KS (BRAIN)—Garmin, the leading developer of GPS, communication and sonar products, and Lambert, have announced that Garmin’s state-of-the-art GPS-enabled cycling computer and training tools will be distributed through Lambert’s nationwide network of IBDs in Canada.
SEATTLE, WA (BRAIN)—Corsair Bikes will be distributed by Cosmic Sports, BH Bikes/Tribal and 4Guimp through most of western Europe, and Wide Open Distribution company in the Pacific.
LOS ALTOS, CA (BRAIN)—Wordlock has partnered with Quality Bicycle Products for the distribution of Wordlock bike locks and padlocks throughout the United States and Canada.
VICTORIA, British Columbia (BRAIN)—Schwalbe and Lambert have announced that Schwalbe tires will be made available across Canada via a distribution partnership between both companies.
Lambert will be the direct sales and service link between Schwalbe North America, Victoria BC and Canadian IBDs.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA (BRAIN)—Lambert has become the Canadian distributor for Lezyne.
Former Truvativ owner Micki Kozuschek founded Lezyne, with accessories ranging from hand pumps to multi-tools to saddle bags.
BLOOMINGTON, MN (BRAIN)—Through its 5000Bikes campaign, Quality Bicycle Products is mobilizing the industry to donate enough revenue to purchase 5,000 bicycles for World Bicycle Relief (WBR).
BLOOMINGTON, MN (BRAIN)—Beginning in January, QBP and WTB will donate a portion of profits from sales of WTB Rocket V Team black saddles to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (BRAIN)—TRP’s new line of high-performance brake systems will be distributed by Lambert throughout Canada.
Boulder, CO (BRAIN)—SmartEtailing recently announced that it is partnering with Norco, Canada's largest bicycle and accessories supplier, to bring SmartEtailing's Web site services to bicycle retailers in the English-speaking provinces of Canada.