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Posted August 19, 2008

Talk about a dedicated rider.

Click on link to read Ezra Caldwell's story.

Posted August 18, 2008

BEIJING, China (BRAIN)—Not that the other Olympic sports aren't exciting, but nothing will probably hold a candle to BMX racing's first time out at this year's Games.

The Men's and Women's preliminaries start today.

Click on link to see full story.

Posted August 18, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BRAIN)—A bill that strengthens the reach of the governing body that oversees product safety regulations, including those for bicycles, has cleared its final hurdle.

President George W. Bush signed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 into law last Thursday.

Posted August 18, 2008

LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN)—Interbike's annual OutDoor Demo at Bootleg Canyon, Nevada, is on schedule to meet or exceed last year's event.

Currently, the OutDoor Demo has 63,500 of net-sold, square-feet of exhibit space and is continuing to grow as manufacturers submit exhibiting contracts.

Posted August 18, 2008

GT's BMX racer and Olympian Mike Day will be making his first ever appearance on Fuel TV's The Daily Habit. Check it out tonight at 6 p.m. (PST)/9 p.m. (EST).

Posted August 17, 2008

"Would you like a room with a nice big work space? What's this look like a Holiday Inn?"

Posted August 17, 2008

CHICAGO, IL (BRAIN)—BE Innovations of Chicago has signed an agreement with Performance, Inc., to sell ZYM Endurance and ZYM Catapult portable sports drinks in Performance
Bicycle stores nationwide.

Posted August 17, 2008

CHATTANOOGA, TN (BRAIN)—American Bicycle Group has hired Jeff Zajac as its new plant manager.

"We are extremely delighted to have Jeff joining the team and look forward to his proficiency in overseeing the daily operation of the plant," said Peter Hurley, chief executive officer of ABG.

Posted August 17, 2008

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany (BRAIN)— Nissan will be shifting into high gear at Eurobike, as the Japanese carmaker has signed on as the sponsor and partner of the leading trade show for the international bicycle industry this September 4-7.

Posted August 17, 2008

BOULDER, CO (BRAIN)—The Selling Cycling web- and DVD-based staff training program recently set a new record by surpassing its 300,000th training incident for the 2008 season, according to Ray Keener, Growth Cycle President.

The success is the result of several factors, Keener said.

Posted August 15, 2008

BY JASON NORMAN

DOWNIEVILLE, CA—The legend lives on. That was the resounding chorus echoed by everyone who attended this year’s Downieville Classic.

Posted August 15, 2008

BY MEGAN TOMPKINS

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Retailers can expect fewer unannounced sales calls this season as outside reps scale back visits due to escalating gas prices.

Posted August 15, 2008

BY LYNETTE CARPIET

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Move over Paris, you have some American competition. Well, not quite. But a much scaled-down version of its highly successful Vélib bike rental system should be hitting the nation’s capital this month after a few months delay.

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