Boulder, Austin and Asheville to host cyclocross nationals • D'Amour Bicycle to distribute American Classic in Canada • Specialized and Strava promote climbing challenge • Alpine Bike Parks offers starter package for bike park lovers • Selle San Marco strengthens marketing team
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (BRAIN) Feb 29, 17:01 MT—USA Cycling has announced the locations of the next three editions of the national cyclocross championships.
The organization has departed from its usual practice of awarding two-year contracts for national championships. Instead, four different communities will host 'cross nats in the next four years.
“We had three outstanding bids making the only logical choice to award all three communities,” said USA Cycling's managing director of national events, Micah Rice. “The decision to award one-year contracts for the championships will also help foster cyclocross racing in three distinctively different parts of the country.”
In January 2013, Madison, Wisconsin, will complete its two-year contract to host nationals.
The following year, Boulder, Colorado will host nationals at Valmont Bike Park. The park, completed last year, has already hosted several major events.
Austin, Texas, will host the 2015 nationals at Zilker Park, an urban park near the heart of downtown Austin.
Finally, Asheville, North Carolina will host nationals in 2016, at the historic Biltmore Estate. The national championship course will be set amongst the 8,000 acres of America’s largest home, nestled in the mountains of western North Carolina.
D'Amour to distribute American Classic in Canada
TAMPA, FL (BRAIN) Feb 29, 16:46 MT— D’Amour Bicycle and Sports, Inc. is the new Canadian distributor for American Classic.
“The addition of American Classic strengthens our position as the one-stop distributor for IBDs in Canada,” said company founder Denis D’Amour. D'Amour is also the new North American distributor of Kuota bikes, which are spec’d with American Classic wheels.
D'Amour has American Classic wheels in stock. More information: www.amclassic.com or www.damourbicycle.com
Specialized and Strava promote climbing challenge
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (BRAIN) Feb 29, 16:39 MT—Specialized is working with Strava, the maker of a ride-tracking app and website, to promote a climbing challenge for cyclists.
The Spring Classics Challenge asks riders to pile up as many vertical feet of climbing as possible between March 15 and April 30 — spring classics season in Europe. Riders who total 105,000 vertical feet will win a special water bottle and award from Specialized.
The rides, of course will be tracked via Strava's site, using a GPS bike computer or a smart phone with the Strava app. Registration is free at Strava.com.
Specialized founder and CEO Mike Sinyard says he's going to attempt the challenge himself. "I wouldn’t doubt if a bunch of us here in Morgan Hill hit that 105,000 foot goal,” Sinyard said.
Alpine Bike Parks offers starter package for bike park lovers
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) Feb 29, 16:53 MT—Communities interested in building a bike park can get started with a low-cost package from park designers and builders Alpine Bike Parks.
The company has designed and built parks across the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Its new Parkstart package includes everything needed to present a professional bike park concept to a local government for approval and funding.
The $3,600 package includes project startup consulting, an online design charette, a conceptual site plan with two revisions, artist's renderings, cost estimates and more.
Alpine Bike Parks is based in Whistler, British Columbia and Boulder, Colorado. More information.
Selle San Marco strengthens marketing team
VICENZA, Italy (BRAIN) Feb 29, 17:27 MT— Federico Gardin has joined Selle San Marco as its new marketing manager at the company’s headquarters in northern Italy.
Gardin, 30, comes to Selle San Marco from Bianchi where he had been a product manager since 2007. He has a degree in marketing and communications from the University Ca’ Foscari in Venice.
“After a great experience in Bianchi that I want to thank for all, I professionally and personally felt it was important for me to take this new business opportunity. There are exciting challenges ahead and I realized that in San Marco there are the right resources to successfully fulfil them,” Gardin said in a press release.
Gardin’s hire as well as the addition of Luca Mathia Bertoncello as brand and design manager is part of Selle San Marco’s efforts to strengthen and improve its presence in Italy and in international markets.
