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Posted December 14, 2009

BETHEL, CT (BRAIN)—Employees from Bethel, CT-based Cycling Sports Group (CSG) gathered last Friday to refurbish over 100 donated children’s bicycles and tricycles for community placement through local non-profit Danbury Youth Services.

Posted December 14, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BRAIN)— The Alliance for Biking & Walking is awarding $104,000 in grants to five grassroots biking and walking advocacy organizations.

Posted December 14, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (BRAIN)—The North American Handmade Bicycle Show will offer a limited number of exhibitor tables to new builders, starting with the 2010 show, in Richmond, Virginia, February 26-28.

Posted December 13, 2009

MILL VALLEY, CA (BRAIN)—Wilderness Trail Bikes (WTB) has said its collaboration with IMBA (International Mountain Biking Association) was an overwhelming success.

Posted December 13, 2009

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (BRAIN)—Momentum Magazine has a new editor as the magazine's former web editor, Sarah Ripplinger, steps into the position. Former editor Amy Walker will now focus on her role as creative director/co-publisher.

Posted December 13, 2009

"Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get on up, it's bobsled time!"

—Sanka Coffie from "Cool Runnings"

Posted December 13, 2009

PALO ALTO, CA (BRAIN)—Bernie Hoffacker, the original owner of Palo Alto Sport and Toy World and Palo Alto Bicycles, died on December 5 at Stanford Hospital.

Posted December 13, 2009

CARLSBAD, CA (BRAIN)—Focus bicycles will be sold through Performance’s Web site, catalog and select retail locations beginning this spring.

Posted December 10, 2009

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN)—It started as a simple factory making hunting rifles. Now, TH Industries is known for its brand that is becoming an icon in high-end bicycle components: FSA. (Click on headline for PDF newsletter.)

Posted December 10, 2009

MONTEREY, CA (BRAIN)—Light & Motion has received the 2009 Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) for the fifth consecutive year by the State of California.

Posted December 10, 2009

FLETCHER, NC (BRAIN)—Cane Creek has hired Chris Strout as its new director of domestic sales. Strout will be responsible for championing Cane Creek’s dealer and distributor initiatives in the U.S. market.

Posted December 10, 2009

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (BRAIN)—Ten years after opening its doors for the first time in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Specialized Bicycle Components western distribution center has moved to a new facility located just a stone’s throw from its former location.

Posted December 10, 2009

TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN)—The bike business is hitting the skids as 2009 wraps up with November sales reports from Merida showing a month on month drop in business of 21 percent, Giant down 14 percent, Kenda down 24 percent and component maker Lee Chi down 20 percent.

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