Retail
PENNSVILLE, NJ (BRAIN) Wednesday August 15 2012—After six years in business, Van Homan has decided to close the doors of his New Jersey BMX shop Two by Four. The shop will officially close sometime in the coming weeks.
LONGVIEW, WA (BRAIN) Wednesday August 15 2012—Mark Plotkin brings his 25 years of industry experience to Southwest Washington with his new bike shop, Canyonview Cyclery.
IRVINE, CA (BRAIN) Tuesday August 14 2012 6:12 AM PST—A couple of thefts of Colnago models at two shops in Southern California during the same week, and a theft of a Colnago at the recent Gran Fondo Giro D'Italia in Pasadena, have retailers and the Italian bike supplier on alert.
PORTLAND, OR (BRAIN) Friday August 10 2012 4:45 PM MT—Molly Cameron, owner of the Portland Bicycle Studio, recently consolidated the operation's bike and repair shop, formerly The Veloshop, and the fit studio into a single, larger location.
NATICK, MA (BRAIN) Friday August 10 2012 12:34 PM MT—Massachusetts retailers are gearing up for some of their biggest days of the year this weekend, when the state's Sales Tax Holiday gets the cash registers ringing.
GILBERT, AZ (BRAIN) Monday July 30 2012—A-1 Bike Center has relocated from its home of 20 years in Mesa, Arizona, to a larger location in nearby Gilbert.
EVANSTON, IL (BRAIN) Friday July 27 2012 4:35 PM MT—Alex Añòn has relocated his secondhand bike and service shop, Bucephalus Bikes, to 1424 Lake Street in Evanston, Illinois.
SANTA MONICA, CA (BRAIN) Tuesday July 24 2012 3:07 PM MT—E-bike manufacturer Currie Technologies has relocated its brand-exclusive IZIP Store from Venice, California, up the coast to Santa Monica.
RICHMOND, VA (BRAIN) Tuesday July 24 2012 8:27 AM MT—When Rowlett’s Bicycles closed its doors after 95 years in business, Randy Bohn jumped at the chance to expand his own thriving bicycle shop, Pedal Power.
OREGON CITY, OR (BRAIN) Tuesday July 24 2012 8:21 AM MT—Up-and-coming Oregon City gains a full-service bicycle dealership with the opening of First City Cycles.
PHOENIX, AZ (BRAIN) Monday July 23 2012—CJ Culley, new owner of Cactus Bike, has reopened the shop at one of its original locations in Ahwatukee, a neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona.
NEW YORK, NY (BRAIN) Wednesday July 18 2012 8:13 AM MT—The BRAIN Dealer Tour hit the Big Apple Tuesday, racking up nearly 40 miles of riding around Manhattan and over the George Washington Bridge to New Jersey to visit a shop in New Jersey.
MARTINEZ, GA (BRAIN) Tuesday July 17 2012 7:08 AM MT—Chain Reaction Bicycles is making the move to a larger location in the coming months.
NEW YORK CITY, NY (BRAIN) Monday July 16 2012 5:56 AM MT—Bicycle Retailer & Industry News editors are on their way to New York City to embark on the 11th Dealer Tour, which starts Tuesday.
LANCASTER, NY (BRAIN) — Tom’s Pro Bike in upstate New York is undergoing a major expansion that will triple its size.
OVERLAND PARK, KS (BRAIN) — Recreational Equipment, Inc. will open its first Kansas store this fall, in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City.
TUSTIN, CA (BRAIN) Monday July 9 2012 6:41 AM MT—Tani Walling, owner of The Path Bike Shop in Tustin, plans to open a second location off Live Oak Canyon Road in Trabuco Canyon.
CLEVELAND, OH (BRAIN) Friday July 6 2012 2:41 PM MT—Raleigh Bicycles, Century Cycles and Bike Cleveland are teaming up this summer and asking cyclists in Northeast Ohio to share their riding stories in the My Reason to Ride Cleveland Video Contest.
LAKE FOREST, CA BRAIN) Friday July 6 2012 8:04 AM MT— Close on the heels of closing his longtime store in the coastal city of Dana Point, Revo Cycles owner Darrin Duhamel is shutting down his second location inland just off Interstate 5 in Lake Forest.
BETHLEHEM, PA (BRAIN) Friday July 6 2012 6::21 AM—The BMX scene gains a new face in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with the opening Thursday of Kurent BMX.