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Posted February 27, 2013

SECAUCUS, NJ (BRAIN) — Action Bicycle’s annual expo returns for its 15th edition this Sunday, March 3, with more than 50 vendors, including four first-time brands.

Posted February 27, 2013

VAN NUYS, CA (BRAIN) — Bernie Doering, who headed Easton-Bell Sports’ global sales up until last summer, is back at the company. The former Nike executive had resigned his position with EBS last July. 

Posted February 26, 2013

BERKELEY, CA (BRAIN) — A documentary that details the positive impacts of the high school cycling movement is about to begin a nationwide tour. “Singletrack High” follows a diverse group of high school students through the 2012 mountain bike racing season. 

Posted February 26, 2013

HAVERHILL, MA (BRAIN) — French brands Mavic and Time announced Tuesday that they would collaborate on development of new clipless pedal technologies.

Posted February 26, 2013
Lynskey Peloton

CHATTANOOGA, TN (BRAIN) — Lynskey Performance is introducing a five-model line of U.S.-made titanium frames that will retail for $1,100, the company announced.

Previously, the company's least expensive frames sold for more than $2,000.

Posted February 26, 2013
Clif's Scott Whipps (left) and QBP's Steve Flagg

BLOOMINGTON, MN (BRAIN) — Quality Bicycle Products recognized Landry’s Bicycles for its local and national advocacy work and Clif Bar for its social and environmental activism with awards at its Frostbike open house last weekend.

Posted February 26, 2013

COCHRANE, Alberta, Canada (BRAIN) — The organization behind the ANT+ wireless protocol, used in many power meters and others sports monitoring products, announced a new generation of the protocol Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Posted February 26, 2013

 MCKINNEY, TEXAS (BRAIN) — Dallas-based triathlon retailer Playtri is expanding to a second location set to open in May that, the company claims, will be the world’s largest triathlon store.  

Posted February 25, 2013

FORT COLLINS, CO (BRAIN) — Niner Bikes has bought a batch of individual one-year memberships to IMBA and will give the memberships to consumers who buy one of its new mountain bike models this year.

Posted February 25, 2013
Snow curtails Sunday attendance
This tandem headtube from Robert Baylis Cycles was a crowd favorite.

DENVER, CO (BRAIN) — A record 200 exhibitors showed their wares at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show this weekend, and attendance was strong Friday and Saturday before being dampened somewhat by a strong snowstorm Sunday.

Posted February 25, 2013
From the magazine
February 2013 BRAIN cover

Editor's note: The following article ran in the February 1 issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News.

Posted February 25, 2013

FRYEBURG, ME (BRAIN) — Downeast Bicycle Specialists plans to hold its annual open house at the company's headquarters March 9 and 10 this year.

Posted February 25, 2013

PALO ALTO, CA (BRAIN) — Alan Nordin, former president of Fallbrook Technologies’ bicycle division, has joined Slidepad Technologies Inc. as an executive advisor.

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