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Posted October 14, 2019

DENDERMONDE, Belgium (BRAIN) — Cycling legend Eddy Merckx was admitted to the emergency room at a Belgian hospital Sunday following a heavy crash while riding his bike, the Belgian daily Het Nieuwsblad reported.

Posted October 14, 2019

DURANGO, Colo. (BRAIN) — A bonus episode of the Channel Mastery podcast features Amazon expert Larry Pluimer, who examines recent Amazon policy changes and how they relate to specialty retail this holiday season.

Posted October 14, 2019

Defining retailers by their primary brand is a poke in the I. Specifically, the one at the beginning of IBD.

Posted October 13, 2019

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — The Boulder Valley Velodrome, built by a partnership that includes Boulder retailer Doug Emerson, is likely to close by the end of the year.

Posted October 13, 2019

It’s now dawning on most companies as well as dozens of dealers that Interbike’s withering away has been a colossal mistake.

Posted October 12, 2019

DURANGO, Colo. (BRAIN) — Ed Zink, the owner of pioneering mountain bike store Mountain Bike Specialists and a founder of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 71.

Posted October 9, 2019

ARCADIA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Over the years Bicycle Retailer & Industry News has conducted Dealer Tours in most major markets in the U.S. and Canada, riding bikes from store to store and learning about the market and local cycling community. This week we are on our first retailer tour via e-bikes, visiting shops in the Los Angeles area.

Posted October 8, 2019

Now that you are living the dream of owning a bike shop, have you stepped back to evaluate whether it got you where you wanted to be?

Posted October 7, 2019

By Michael Gamstetter

ADELAIDE, Australia (BRAIN) — Rarely does a company take to social media to claim another supplier violated its intellectual property rights. But that's been the approach of Zidaz Izaz, owner of the handlebar brand Eyropro.

Posted October 7, 2019
Stan's No Tubes' new DART Tool will be available later this month.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany (BRAIN) — By the end of Eurobike last month, an abused mountain bike tire still held air. A multitude of tubeless tire sidewall and tread punctures were sealed quickly and efficiently with Stan's No Tubes' new DART Tool that will be available later this month.

Posted October 6, 2019
REEB Cycles' Jeff Lenosky demonstrating "The Punch" during an Outerbike group ride.

MOAB, Utah (BRAIN) — With a cheeky event title that played off Interbike's indoor setting, Outerbike has now lasted a decade — and officially into the post-Interbike era.

Posted October 6, 2019
Skullcandy's new Vert Wireless Earbuds were a year in development.

MOAB, Utah (BRAIN) — If you're going to listen to music on the bike, Skullcandy wants to make it as safe and efficient as possible.

Posted October 3, 2019
Hubs and cassettes were on the original list, but testimony from industry apparently led to their removal.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BRAIN) — The industry escaped another potential tariff threat — this time on European hubs and cassettes — likely thanks to testimony in Washington from Matt Moore, QBP's counsel and chair of the legal and legislative committee for the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association.

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