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Posted July 31, 2013
Ben Serotta

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (BRAIN) — As the Serotta bicycle company fulfills final orders and prepares to shut down bike production here, founder Ben Serotta said he intends to continue making bikes, under his name or another.

Posted July 31, 2013
CEO says "funds never came" after merger with Blue and Mad Fiber

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (BRAIN) — Serotta has laid off 40 percent of its workforce and is planning to shut down production in the next two weeks, CEO Bill Watkins told BRAIN on Wednesday.

Posted July 30, 2013

SCOTTS VALLEY, CA (BRAIN) — Fox Factory Holding released more details on its planned IPO Tuesday, but it still has not set a date for the auction. 

Posted July 30, 2013

KENT, WA (BRAIN) — French bike brand Lapierre has launched a new website for its recently formed North American division.

Posted July 30, 2013

BUSNAGO, Italy (BRAIN) — F.S.A. Europe will be closed for summer holidays from Aug. 5-19. The office will re-open Aug. 20.  

Posted July 30, 2013

VAN NUYS, CA (BRAIN) — Easton-Bell Sports has hired two regional sales managers. Dan Knisely will handle the Eastern region and Canada and Chris Bogue will handle the West.

Posted July 30, 2013

BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Monica Davis, until recently a regional sales manager for Giant Bicycle, has been named publisher of Elevation Outdoors magazine and MountainGazette.com. The titles are owned by Summit Publishing and based in Boulder, Colorado.

Posted July 30, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC (BRAIN) — Ski and snowboard participation slumped 3 percent last season, largely due to a slow start to the season, according to a new industry report.

Posted July 29, 2013
The Liv/Giant Intrigue

DEER VALLEY, UT (BRAIN) — If there is one word that best describes Giant’s 2014 product line, it is bold.

Posted July 29, 2013
Store employees armed themselves with wrenches and seatposts to fend off surf-competition looters
In a bystander's video, an Easyrider employee fights to keep a bike.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA (BRAIN) — Neighbors and store employees helped fend off rioters looking to loot the Easyrider bike shop after the U.S. Open of Surfing ended here Sunday night.

Posted July 29, 2013

MANCHESTER, NH (BRAIN) — The Bike Cooperative has recently added Ellsworth Handcrafted Bicycles and Pedego as supplier partners.

Posted July 29, 2013

SUN PRAIRIE, WI (BRAIN) — Challenge has added a Buy Local Now button to its website, Challengetech.it.

Posted July 29, 2013

MONTREAL, Quebec (BRAIN)  — Outdoor Gear Canada has signed a multi-year agreement making OGC Linus's exclusive Canadian distributor, effective Sept. 1. OGC will distribute the company's bikes and accessories. 

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