Industry News
BEND, Ore. (BRAIN) — Industry veteran Mike Albright has launched his own distribution company, Cascade Velo Distribution, where he will cater to small independent retailers.
WILTON, Conn. (BRAIN) — Ten-Point, a bike fit studio based in Amersham, England, is now the European training and service center for Dorel's Guru Fit System.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (BRAIN) — KMC Chain has reached an agreement to become title sponsor of the Providence Cyclo-cross Festival for the next two years. The event will be called the KMC Cyclo-cross Festival for its 2014 and 2015 editions.
WINDHAM MOUNTAIN RESORT, N.Y. (BRAIN) — A lift-serviced mountain bike park is being developed at Windham Mountain Resort in New York for riders of a wide variety of skills and ages.
NORTH VANCOUVER, British Columbia (BRAIN) — Trident Sports will be the exclusive distributor of Whistler Performance Lubricants in Canada.

DENVER (BRAIN) — Frames from Domahidy Designs’ first production batch will be available in October, and company founder Steve Domahidy is taking preorders now.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BRAIN) — Bikerumor.com has added former freelancer Saris Mercanti as a tech editor, growing the cycling tech blog’s full-time staff to three members. Tech editor Zach Overholt and founder Tyler Benedict are the other two full-timers.
LEADVILLE, Colo. (BRAIN) — Infinit Nutrition is supporting the Chris Klug Foundation — a group that promotes organ and tissue donation — at the Leadville 100 mountain bike race, which gets underway in Colorado on Saturday morning.
PETALUMA, Calif. (BRAIN) — CamelBak’s sales totaled $79.7 million in the first half of the year, up from $77.3 million in sales during the same period last year.

PITTSBURGH (BRAIN) — Dirt Rag and Bicycle Times magazines are now available in all digital formats via Magzter.
SALT LAKE CITY (BRAIN) — Ross Evans and his dad, Art, are at Outdoor Retailer's Summer Market to keep the utility side of cycling front and center as retailers stream past their booth outside the Salt Palace.
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (BRAIN) — Fox sales hit $142.5 million over the first six months of 2014, up 14 percent compared to the same period last year. The sales increase reflects a 35 percent growth in powered vehicle products and a 2 percent growth in mountain bike products.
CARLSBAD, Calif. (BRAIN) — Spy Inc. on Wednesday reported an 18 percent decrease in second-quarter sales compared with a year earlier, ending 12 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth at the optical brand.
MONTREAL (BRAIN) — Dorel Industries, parent company of Cannondale Sports Group and Pacific Cycle, which includes the Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, Mongoose, Caloi, IronHorse and Sugoi brands, reported double-digit revenue growth in the second quarter across its bike segment.
LOS ANGELES (BRAIN) — The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved a host of new extension names, including .bike, as a new Top Level Domain with an open registry.
MIAMI, Fla. (BRAIN) — J&B Importers has once again made the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's list of 100 percent Green Power Users.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (BRAIN) — Time Sport USA has announced that it has moved its warehouse from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City. In relocating the warehouse, the company hopes to reduce freight costs for dealers and expedite delivery of its pedals, cleats and composite framesets.
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BRAIN) — QBP has made several additions to its U.S. sales team.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Two Brothers Racing has come a long way from its early days based out of a Southern California garage during the 1980s and early '90s.
KETCHUM, Idaho (BRAIN) — Club Ride Apparel has named Lambert as its distributor in Canada.