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Posted August 9, 2013

CRESTED BUTTE, CO (BRAIN) — The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame has announced its 2013 inductees and has announced a planned move from Crested Butte to Marin County, California.

Posted August 9, 2013

RAPID CITY, SD (BRAIN) — Strider Sports will promote its no-pedal balance bikes at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge stage race in Colorado later this month, with Strider Adventure Zones at each stage and a Strider race at the final stage finish in Denver. The race is Aug.

Posted August 9, 2013

WATERLOO, WI (BRAIN) — Trek Bicycle and World Bicycle Relief raised $90,000 through its July "Trek Match" program. Trek will match the donation to WBR, which will be used to provide about 1,500 bikes to students, healthcare workers and entrepreneurs in Africa.

Posted August 8, 2013

IRVINE, CA (BRAIN) — Felt Bicycles showed off its 2014 mountain bike line to a group of editors and a handful of retailers at the company’s headquarters in Irvine, California, this week.

Posted August 8, 2013

WESTPORT, CT (BRAIN) — Compass Diversified Holdings, the parent company of Fox and CamelBak, reported that Fox sales over the first half of the year reached $125.2 million, an increase of 18 percent from a year earlier, whereas CamelBak sales dropped 9 percent to $77.3 million. 

Posted August 8, 2013

TAMPA, FL (BRAIN) — American Classic has named Cody Gilbertson to head its U.S. inside sales office.

Posted August 8, 2013

CHICAGO, IL (BRAIN) — SRAM has added two new members to its North American OEM sales team.  Bicycle industry veteran Rick Wilks joins SRAM as a senior OEM account manager and Alex Berge joins SRAM as an OEM account manager.

Posted August 8, 2013

SCOTTS VALLEY, CA (BRAIN) — Fox Factory Holding made its initial public offering of 8,571,429 shares of its common stock late Wednesday at an offering price to the public of $15 per share. The stock surged as high as $19.47 before closing the trading day at $18.61.

Posted August 7, 2013
Ben Serotta

Ben Serotta, who was recently fired from the company he founded 41 years ago, shares some thoughts with the cycling community.

Posted August 7, 2013

CARLSBAD, CA (BRAIN) — Eyewear maker Spy Inc. on Wednesday reported its ninth consecutive quarter of growth with sales of $10 million for the three months ended June 30, up 6 percent from the second quarter a year earlier.

Posted August 7, 2013

OSAKA, Japan (BRAIN) — Shimano’s overall sales through June were $1.4 billion (133.1 billion yen), up from $1.3 billion (123.6 billion yen) over the first six months last year.

Posted August 7, 2013

MADISON, WI (BRAIN) — Yellow Jersey Bike Shop is moving out of the city and into Arlington, a small town just north of Madison. The doors will open in its new space on October 1.

Posted August 7, 2013

TAIPEI, TAIWAN (BRAIN) — Organizers of next year’s Taipei Cycle Show are calling out now for entries in its annual design and innovation contest—one of the premier events at the international expo.

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