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LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)—The Taipei Cycle Show gets underway next week and Bicycle Retailer & Industry News will deliver daily coverage of the four-day event.
WESTPORT, CT (BRAIN)—Annual sales for Fox Racing Shox fell 7.8 percent in 2009, but the company saw signs of recovery in the fourth quarter with double-digit growth during the last three months of the year.
SIDI America has announced the top 10 finalists in its contest to find the best rider-written stories about Sidi shoes. Voting has begun and the grand prize winner will be announced on March 17.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (BRAIN)—Steve Miller, president of the Tour of Utah cycling race, confirmed the event's dates and sponsors on Monday.
The USA Cycling sanctioned pro race will be Aug. 17 to 22 and Zions Bank is returning as presenting sponsor of the Tour for the fourth year, Miller said.
MONTEREY, CA (BRAIN)—With more than five weeks left until the Bicycle Leadership Conference, registrations are already ahead of last year's total.
WEST JORDAN, UTAH(BRAIN)—Reynolds Cycling has added a direct purchase option to consumers on its Web site, but the company's CEO says the move should not take sales away from its retailers.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA (BRAIN)—InCycle opened its fourth Southern California shop last Friday in Rancho Cucamonga at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains in San Bernandino County.
InCycle Inc. purchased the prime 5,500-square-foot Foothill Blvd location for $1.06 million back in January.
MATAWAN, NJ (BRAIN)—Pacific Health Labs (PHLI), manufacturers of Accelerade Sports Drinks, has signed a partnership with Saddleback Ltd, to distribute Accelerade products in the UK to the cycle sport industry.
PORTLAND, OR (BRAIN)—Oregon Manifest’s highly successful Constructor’s Design Challenge is moving to a biennial format.
VALENCIA, CA (BRAIN)—Intense Cycles' former director of sales and marketing Paul Cusick has taken the position of global sales manager at Sixsixone.
SANTA CRUZ, CA (BRAIN)—Santa Cruz Bicycles has purchased Swobo outright, buying out Tim Parr’s minority interest in the company.
FLETCHER, NC (BRAIN)—Citing the need for a headset solution that would facilitate the use of a tapered steerer fork (1.5 inch to 1-1/8 inch) in a standard ZeroStack headtube, Sean Chaney, owner of Vertigo Cycles, a custom frame builder from Portland, Oregon, approached Cane Creek with a brilliant, simple headset ide