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CANTON, Ga. (BRAIN) — Brian Drebber, a longtime announcer for bicycle races and other events, died Thursday after colliding with a deer while riding a motorcycle here.
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Charlie Cooper has left PeopleForBikes, where he had been vice president of membership and development since 2014.
PORTLAND, Ore. (BRAIN) — Echos Communications has hired Caitlin Giddings, a former staff writer and associate editor for Bicycling magazine, to manage copywriting for the company's cycling clients. Giddings also previously worked at Runner's World magazine.
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — More bike industry members plan to tell a multi-agency committee that proposed tariffs will harm the industry and consumers and not achieve the adminstration's stated goals.
Virginia-based Conte's Bicycle Group, LLC is pleased to announce that Chris Duffy has joined the Company as National Road Product Manager and National Director of Fitting Services. Chris will work out of the Company's Virginia Beach headquarters and travel extensively to the Company's Virginia, Washington, D.C.
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Bike shipments to dealers were off 5.6 percent through July, or 77,329 bikes fewer than the same period last year. But there was good news: dollar business was up $43.4 million to $667.5 million year to date.
PORTLAND, Ore. (BRAIN) — Chris King Precision Components will once again host an industry panel discussion at its open house at the company's headquarters in October. The weekend of events will also include a Builder Summit.
CHICAGO—SRAM is pleased to announce that Nicole Piasecki has joined its Board of Directors. Ms. Piasecki recently retired from Boeing, where she was part of the senior management team for the Commercial Aircraft Group for 20 years.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (BRAIN) — Kent International's project to bring back the iconic Univega bicycle brand is continuing to progress. The company will show its new product line at Interbike next month and already has more than half the country covered by a sales rep force, company officials told BRAIN.
PULLMAN, Wash. (BRAIN) — Local news reports say 6-year-old Denny Curran died last month following a bike crash in which he was struck in the stomach by an exposed handlebar.
The Pullman Police Department announced on its Facebook page that Curran died from internal injuries including a torn artery.
MILL VALLEY, Calif. (BRAIN) — Wilderness Trail Bikes plans to reshore some wheelbuilding next year to supply U.S. original equipment and aftermarket customers.
The company plans to build wheels at its Novato, California, warehouse, using U.S.-made hubs and spokes and rims made in China.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (BRAIN) — Arnold Kamler, the CEO and chairman of Kent International, plans to testify in Washington this week against proposed tariffs and on behalf of Kent and a newly formed entity, the Reshoring Bicycle Production Team.
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The subject was supposed to be the 25 percent tariffs the Trump administration wants to impose on virtually all bicycle products coming out of China.
DAYTON, Ohio (BRAIN) — If the Trump administration is imposing tariffs on Chinese bikes in an effort to protect domestic bike manufacturing, Huffy's CEO says that ship has sailed.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (BRAIN) — Former world champion cyclist Marty Nothstein said investigations for sexual misconduct stem from an anonymous "smear" that was sent to authorities soon after he announced he was running for U.S. Congress.
GUNDELFINGEN, Germany (BRAIN) — Tout Terrain, a maker of custom touring, bikepacking, city and e-bikes and single-wheel, suspended child and cargo trailers, is transitioning to a dealer-direct sales model in North America effective Sept. 1.
SEATTLE (BRAIN) — Rad Power Bikes, a Seattle-based direct to consumer e-bike brand, says it will increase the price of its U.S. e-bike models by $200, and its commercial-grade e-trike model by $800. The price increases will take effect Aug.
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — July retail sales were up 0.4 percent seasonally adjusted from June and increased 4.9 percent unadjusted year-over-year, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the National Retail Federation. The numbers exclude automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (BRAIN) — Niner Bicycles is investing in enhanced operational capabilities to provide partially assembled bikes to its U.S. dealers.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (BRAIN) — Interbike has announced the schedule for the 2018 edition of its Electric Theatre, which includes e-bike education sessions offered each day during the trade show. The Electric Theatre's presenting sponsor is Bosch.
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