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Electrics to power up Eurobike 27 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Eurobike opens Tuesday with outdoor demo day FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany (BRAIN) — A wet and cold spring and summer dampened bike sales and inflated supplier inventories in Europe and globally, leading ...
Shimano recalls mechanical disc road brakes 27 Aug 2013 | 01:16 am
IRVINE, CA (BRAIN) — Shimano is voluntarily recalling its mechanical disc brake calipers for road bikes sold after February last year. The affected models are the BR-CX75, BR-R515 and BR-R315. Th...
LEVA president Sid Kuropchak passes away 26 Aug 2013 | 10:34 pm
STOCKTON SPRINGS, ME (BRAIN) — Sidney Kuropchak, president of the Light Electric Vehicle Association, passed away in her sleep over the weekend. Kuropchak had battled cancer over the past year. Kurop...
LeMond appoints Bryan Melton sales and marketing director 26 Aug 2013 | 08:16 pm
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (BRAIN) — LeMond LLC has appointed industry veteran Bryan Melton as its director of sales and marketing. Melton was most recently sales manager for Felt Bicycles where he has been for...
Dahon to produce, distribute Ford-branded bikes 26 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
DUARTE, CA (BRAIN) — Folding bike maker Dahon has entered into a licensing agreement with Ford Motor Co. to produce a complete line of Ford-branded bicycles. The line of folding and electric bikes fo...
Skopre named European distributor for iBike Newton products 26 Aug 2013 | 07:23 pm
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany (BRAIN) — Skopre S.r.l. is now the exclusive European importer and licensee of iBike Newton's power meter products. Skopre is working with Velocomp, the parent company of iB...
Campagnolo offers streamlined EPS battery 26 Aug 2013 | 06:57 pm
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany (BRAIN) — Campagnolo is introducing a new, more streamlined version of the battery used with its EPS electronic groups. The EPS V2 Power Unit is a cylinder-shaped battery tha...
Fred Clements: Your local bike shop: great, OK, or distressing? 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
A blog by NBDA executive director Fred Clements Editor's note: This blog post was written by Fred Clements, executive director of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blogs ca...
BRAIN publisher steps down as former editor takes over 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN) — Megan Tompkins, a former Bicycle Retailer & Industry News editor, has been named the magazine’s publisher. Tompkins is only the fourth person to lead the 22-year-old publica...
Report: Supplier sales on par with last July 24 Aug 2013 | 02:27 am
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — U.S. suppliers shipped roughly the same number of bikes to retailers in July as last year, resulting in some improvement in year-to-date sales. Sales to IBDs were up 0.1 percent...
