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FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany (BRAIN) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel will attend opening day of the Eurobike trade show this year, Wednesday, August 28.

Merkel will take about two hours to officially open Eurobike and then tour the show.

Tagged Eurobike

ALLENTOWN, PA (BRAIN) — The Gluskin Townley Group, publisher of the American Bicyclist Study, has hired industry veteran Al Budris to act as a sales rep for the study.

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England (BRAIN) — Cycling journalists Carlton Reid, of Britain, and Patrick Brady, of California, are each launching new bike books via campaigns on the crowd funding site Kickstarter.com.

Tagged Media/Publishing

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (BRAIN) — RIDES, an extended service program for bike retailers, is sponsoring next week's Bicycle Leadership Conference and exhibiting at the Interbike IBD Summit.

Tagged Events

BEAVERTON, OR (BRAIN) — Yakima announced the hire of Stephanie Bastin-Wells as global director of human resources and the promotion of Emily Davis to director of supply chain.

BERKELEY, CA (BRAIN) — Singletrack High, a documentary about the high school mountain bike racing movement, will be screened during the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California, later this month.

SEATTLE, WA (BRAIN) — Seattle Bike Suppy has hired Dirk Sorenson as marketing manager, the senior member of the distributor's marketing department. Sorenson’s 15-plus-year marketing career includes an extensive background working with leading action sports and consumer packaged goods products.

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (BRAIN) – Accell Group will merge bike production for its Batavus and Sparta brands, the company announced this week. Production will consolidate under one roof at the company’s headquarters in Heerenveen.

SANTA FE, NM (BRAIN) — BTI has hired Chris Blumenstetter as Cinelli brand manager, the company announced Friday.

OAKLAND, CA (BRAIN) — Nutritionals brand GU Energy, retailer Sports Basement of Walnut Creek and Kaiser Oakland Medical Center were this year's winners of the East Bay Bicycle Coalition's Bike Friendly Business Awards.

The companies will be honored at an event May 9 in Oakland.

Tagged Advocacy/Non-profits / Awards
KENT, WA (BRAIN) — Raleigh Bicycles is issuing a $50 rebate to all consumers who purchase certain Raleigh alloy-framed bike models now through May 31. The company also has extended its $100 carbon bike rebate program that was announced in February.

SIMI VALLEY, CA (BRAIN) — Currie Technologies announced Wednesday that it has launched an online store in partnership with Shopatron.

Tagged Electric bike / Web/Internet

PARK CITY, UT (BRAIN) — Eleven Event Services will produce the 2013 Raleigh Midsummer Nights Cyclo-cross race at DealerCamp 2013, held Thursday evening, July 25, during this year's camp.

Tagged Racing & Sponsorship / Tradeshows and conferences

WESTPORT, CT (BRAIN) — Compass Diversified Holdings, the parent company of Fox and Camelbak, exercised an option under its credit agreement to borrow an incremental term loan of $30 million.

VANCOUVER, BC (BRAIN) — Road cycling website Pezcyclingnews.com is close to launching a redesigned site, the third major iteration of the 11-year-old site.

Publisher Richard Pestes said the new site will go live in a matter of days or sooner.

Tagged Web/Internet

DENVER, CO (BRAIN) — Primal has become the official cycling apparel provider for Bike New York, the company announced Wednesday.

HAMONT, Belgium (BRAIN) — The Belgian bike fitting brand Cyclefit, which was owned by the now-bankrupt distributor Veltec Benelux, has a new owner, former Veltec Benelux employee Niels Heuvelman.

BIG FLATS, NY (BRAIN) — Stan’s NoTubes has chosen id29, a brand and communication design studio in Troy, New York, as its agency of record and long-term brand and marketing communications partner.

ALLENTOWN, PA (BRAIN) — The publisher of the American Bicyclist Study, a market study of adult bicycle consumers, is offering suppliers and retailers a chance to review an electronic copy of the study at no charge for 30 days.

Cratoni's Lennarz-Kellner at the Taipei Cycle Show. Photo: Lynette Carpiet

TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — German helmet maker Cratoni is taking a second stab in the U.S. The company recently announced plans to re-enter the already crowded lid market in North America, teaming up with SKS USA, which will be its exclusive distributor.

Tagged Taipei Cycle Show

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