Industry News
EUGENE, OR (BRAIN)—The BMX world lost one of its finest promoters this week when Scott Snook succumb to a long illness.
LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)—Bicycle Retailer was fortunate enough to catch up with the iconic Joe Breeze, asking him a few questions on his relationship with mountain biking pioneer John Finley Scott, who was murdered at age 72 last year.
BRAIN: How did you first get to know Scott?
LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)—Bicycle Retailer & Industry News is conducting its first ever industry-wide “Green Survey.”
VENTURA, CA (BRAIN)—Nema has just launched a new blog. It will be loaded with product, team, ride and event updates.
Click on the link to check it out.
Rebecca: You're not letting your employees take advantage of you, are you?
Norm: Yeah, maybe a little bit. Yesterday afternoon the guys decided to just knock off early and go bowling.
Rebecca: So what did you do?
Norm: I broke 200. Personal high. It was great.
—Cheers (1982)
ST PAUL, MN (BRAIN)—Minnesotans fancy themselves a hearty lot. But as the winter sun sets on the Twin Cities and temperatures drop into the single digits, even the most staunchly dedicated bicycle commuters take to the frozen streets in their heated four-wheeled machines for the trip home.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN)—Taipei Cycle officials said Wednesday that they would consider moving the show to an earlier date, possibly in January, beginning in 2009.
LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)—Bicycle Retailer & Industry News is conducting its first ever industry-wide “Green Survey.”
"When the weather makes you shiver...You get your food delivered." —BRAIN's Ron Bertola, already formulating a room service game plan for the OR Winter Market Show in Salt Lake City.
VALENCIA, CA (BRAIN)—H3 Publications (Road and Decline magazine), Bicycle Retailer and the City of Santa Clarita will be hosting an After the Event Party for the public, bicycle dealers, bike industry members and V.I.P. at the Valencia Westfield Mall on Saturday, Feb. 23.
PHILADELPHIA, PA (BRAIN)—The Bicycle Product Suppliers Association (BPSA) is under pressure to review and recommend changes to current temporary tariff reductions as well as respond to a Taiwanese proposal before the World Trade Organization (WTO) concerning a bicycle and components tariff reduction before the end o
OTTAWA, Quebec (BRAIN)—The Canadian government has extended its anti-dumping duties on low- and entry-level bicycles from China and Taiwan for another five years, but will drop the extra duties on frames priced at less than $50, FOB China and Taiwan.
LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)—Bicycle Retailer & Industry News is conducting its first ever industry-wide “Green Survey.”
FOXBORO, MA (BRAIN)—Delta Cycle Corp. moved into a new office space that will serve as a showroom for its products.
LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)—Bicycle Retailer & Industry News is conducting its first ever industry-wide “Green Survey.”
ST. LOUIS, MO (BRAIN)—The St. Louis Regional Bicycle Federation’s sixth Bicycle Swap Meet and Classic Bike Show is gearing up and it needs you to sell your bicycles and anything bicycle related.
SAN ANSELMO, CA (BRAIN)—Share the Trail, a campaign of the Bicycle Trails Council of Marin and Access4Bikes, has launched a new Web site as one of the key components of its public awareness program.
Marin Bikes announced that product manager Jason Faircloth and wife Amy had a baby girl Friday, December 7 at 10:17 a.m. Their daughter, Sofie, measured 22 inches long and weighed 8 lbs at birth. Both Amy and Jason are resting with their new joy.
DENVER, CO (BRAIN)—Serotta International Cycling Institute (SICI) has just announced the lineup for the 2nd Annual Cycling Science Symposium and Expo.
LOS ANGELES, CA (BRAIN)—Critical Mass' future may be as hazy as the L.A. skyline with police cracking down amid residents' complaints, according to a recent L.A. Times story.