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MURRIETA, CA (BRAIN)—Silverfish UK has signed an exclusive deal to distribute the complete range of Turner Bikes to the UK cycle market.
Southern California's Turner Bikes is owned and run by Dave Turner who has been designing and producing high-end mountain bikes for more than 15 years.
MONTGOMERYVILLE, PA (BRAIN)—The Bicycle Product Suppliers Association (BPSA) has announced a preliminary agenda for its 2009 Bicycle Leadership Conference (BLC) to be held in conjunction with the Sea Otter Classic, April 15-17, 2009, at the Embassy Suites in Seaside, CA.
SANTA CRUZ, CA (BRAIN)—Easton Bell Sports has hired industry veteran Chris Tutton as director of OE sales for Easton Cycling and Powersports. Tutton will focus on driving the Easton brand to the OE customer for both cycling and motorcycle products.
PORTLAND, OR (BRAIN)—Portland’s burgeoning bicycle industry gets another boost this weekend with the Oregon Manifest Handmade Bike Show that runs through Sunday.
The show is designed to showcase Portland’s bike culture through the lens of local frame builders and the bikes they create.
BETHESDA, MD (BRAIN)—The Consumer Product Safety Commission is soliciting ideas on how best to facilitate a new third-party testing requirement for children’s products, which includes bicycles.
CHICAGO, IL (BRAIN)—With more than 20 years of industry experience, Bill Keith has been hired by SRAM to fill a new road components product manager position.
"I look forward to continue building on that iconic strength along with the outstanding road product team SRAM now has in place," Keith said.
NEW YORK, NY (BRAIN)—Come out on October 17 and 18 and join George Hincapie to support a great NYC charity.
VENTURA, CA (BRAIN)—The California Bikefest is being held on Saturday, December 6 at the Crowne Plaza in Ventura Beach.
NORCROSS, GA (BRAIN)—Blue Competition Cycles is betting its unique, new promotional program will have its new Triad multisport/time-trial bike flying out of stores.
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN)—VeloGear, a 14-year-old catalog operation, is for sale. Anyone interested in buying a turn-key company in the cycling industry with a list of 200,000 names might find a bargain.
Congrats to GT veteran Mark Peterman, who got hitched this past weekend. It was an A-list gathering as Lopes, Peaty and Hans were all in attendance. "It was a very good night,"Peterman said.
AUSTIN, TEXAS (BRAIN)—The owner of an Austin, Texas wheel manufacturing plant plans to rebuild following a fire that destroyed the factory on September 23.