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SANTA ANA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Longtime bike journalist Roy Wallack has been commissioned to write a book about Richard Long, the co-founder of GT Bicycles.
Long died in 1996 in a motorcycle accident while driving to Big Bear, California for a NORBA National. He was 46.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (BRAIN) — Niner Bikes has hired two new engineers and a new marketing manager.
The marketing manager is Zack Vestal, a former a tech editor at VeloNews and communications manager at Mavic. Vestal has most recently been the bike marketing manager for Scott USA.
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SAN ANSELMO, Calif. (BRAIN) — Supporters have started a campaign to help mountain bike author and historian Charlie Kelly preserve and digitize his collection of mountain bike documents.
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MADISON, Wis. (BRAIN) — A California judge has agreed to move a lawsuit filed by the family of the late comedian Chris Farley against Trek Bicycle Corp. to the Western District of Wisconsin court here, as Trek had requested.
BROOMFIELD, Colo. (BRAIN) — Vail Resorts, Inc. has agreed to purchase Triple Peaks, LLC, the parent company of Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont, Mount Sunapee Resort in New Hampshire, and Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Colorado.
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MORGAN HILL, Calif. (BRAIN) — Specialized Bicycle Components has bought Machines for Freedom, a women's cycling clothing brand founded four years ago by Jennifer Kriske. The brands will remain separate and Specialized described the purchase as "a bold investment in women's leadership."
![Endurance House Orange County opened in Laguna Niguel, California, in 2015. Endurance House Orange County opened in Laguna Niguel, California, in 2015.](https://bicycleretailer.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/article/EH%20OC.jpg?itok=Vij8r6SX)
AUSTIN, Tex. (BRAIN) — Endurance House locations in Jacksonville, Florida, and Laguna Niguel, California, have recently closed. The two stores were independently owned and operated franchises, each with an average four to six employees and around 3,000 square feet in size.
TORONTO (BRAIN) — In what may be the first program of its kind, Velofix will visit KindHuman's online bike buyers to take measurements before an order is completed. After the bike arrives, the mobile service provider returns to do final assembly.
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BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — The United Nations has designated Sunday, June 3 as the inaugural World Bicycle Day. Events are being planned around the world, including a gathering of international leaders at United Nations headquarters in New York City.
![Enve launched the wheels in Kansas on Friday. Enve launched the wheels in Kansas on Friday.](https://bicycleretailer.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/article/ENVE_IM_180601_27854.jpg?itok=Tl2jUrpI)
EMPORIA, Kan. (BRAIN) — Enve unveiled its new G Series gravel racing wheels at the Dirty Kanza's All Things Gravel expo here on Friday.
The series includes two wheelsets: the G23 (700c) and G27 (650b).
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BURNSVILLE, Minn. (BRAIN) — Otso's new Waheela S steel gravel frame features a custom lower headset spacer that maintains the frame geometry whether used with a rigid fork or a suspension fork like Fox's F32AX gravel fork.
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (BRAIN) — When retailer Onion River Sports closed its doors after 43 years in business last December, an outpouring of community support made it possible for the store's former manager, Kip Roberts, and his wife, Jen, to purchase the business.
WATKINSVILLE, Ga. (BRAIN) — Tifosi Optics has hired Dave Snow as its West Coast/Canada sales manager for the sunglass brand’s bike, run and golf specialty business.