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Change in bike commuting by state. Data is below.

WASHINGTON, DC (BRAIN) — Bike commuting grew about 10 percent from 2011 to 2012, according to U.S. Census Burea data released this week.

Tagged Advocacy/Non-profits

BURNABY, British Columbia (BRAIN) — Sugoi, a brand of Dorel Industries, will supply the USA Cycling Team with race-day apparel, starting at the world road championships later this month.

Tagged Racing & Sponsorship
Gene Smith with a banner signed at Interbike by Cohen's friends

Industry figure Howie Cohen was remembered at a service in Erie, Colo., Saturday, where family and friends laughed and cried as stories of Cohen's generosity, enthusiasm and loving spirit were shared.

LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — You, who left your air-conditioned room one morning last week, walked through the gently perfumed, climate-controlled corridors, and stopped for your half-caff latte at the Starbucks along the way (extra ice, please!) before strolling into the cool confines of the Mandalay Bay Conv

Tagged Interbike
Ed Dalton

OXNARD, CA (BRAIN) — Albabici, the California-based distributor of Italian brands, has hired former Showers Pass owner Ed Dalton to try and expand sales of the Nalini clothing line in the U.S.

Redline's Multi Space Design allows 130mm or 135mm rear spacing.

LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — SBS's Redline has been a go-to brand for U.S. cyclocross racers for decades and the company — now part of the Accell Group — is continuing to do its own thing when it comes to 'cross, even though Accell's Raleigh and Lapierre brands have their own cyclocross ambitions.

LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — Wahoo Fitness has exceeded its goal of raising $100,000 through a crowd-funding site to put a new version of its bike computer into production.

Tagged Interbike

By Alan Snel

LAS VEGAS, NV  (BRAIN) — NICA is expanding its high school mountain bike racing league into Georgia.

Tagged Interbike
Serotta at Interbike Wednesday.

LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — Ben Serotta finds himself at this Interbike without a place to call home. The industry veteran, who was fired this summer from the company he founded 41 years ago, had new business cards printed two days ago. 

Tagged Interbike

SHARON HILL, PA (BRAIN) — Carbon component maker Enve, visibility brand Nathan and bag maker Timbuk2 were each named to Inc. magazine's list as one of the fastest growing 5,000 private companies in the U.S. 

Tagged Interbike

SAN DIEGO, CA (BRAIN) — One Industries Corp., recently acquired by Transom Capital Group, has appointed Jeff McGuane as president and CEO, the company announced in a press release. 

MANCHESTER, NH (BRAIN) — The Bike Cooperative has added eBike suppluer Currie Technologies to its roster of brand partners. Effective immediately, members of The Bike Cooperative will earn additional rebates on all purchases of Currie e-bikes, including eFlow, IZIP, and their newest e-mountain bike, Haibike.

BEVERLY, MA (BRAIN) — Craft Sportswear North America has hired two new sales representatives to cover the New England and Southern California territories. 

National nonprofit boosts local and state support.
Blumenthal spoke at the Interbike Industry Breakfast Wednesday

LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — Bikes Belong is rebranding as PeopleForBikes to bring clarity and simplicity to the organization. The Bikes Belong Coalition and Bikes Belong Foundation will be renamed the PeopleForBikes Coalition and the PeopleForBikes Foundation.

Tagged Advocacy/Non-profits / Interbike

LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — As Interbike opens Wednesday, Jamis is releasing the news that it has bought the cruiser brand Nirve Sport.

Tagged Mergers, Acquisitions & Investments / Interbike

Editor's note: This article, originally published in September 2013, has been edited to clarify that LeMond LLC did not acquire Time USA, but had become the exclusive distributor of Time frames and bikes in the U.S., as well as a non-exclusive distributor of Time pedals.

Tagged Mergers, Acquisitions & Investments / Interbike / Distributor news

BOULDER CITY, NV (BRAIN) — If you want to gauge just how much traffic OutDoor Demo gets, one way to do it is by the amount of water that’s ingested. 

Tagged Interbike

CORTEZ, CO (BRAIN) — Mountain bike racing legend John Tomac is licensing his name to U.K. internet retail Planet X for a new line of bikes.

Company founder Joshua Hon keeps cool under the Tern tent at Outdoor Demo.

LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — Folding bike brand Tern has secured $4.3 million in funding from private investors, which the company will use to accelerate global expansion and to ramp up its product development.

Tagged Interbike

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA (BRAIN) — Lifeboat Events has sold its DealerCamp to Joe Wrona, an attorney from the event's host community of Park City, Utah.

Tagged Events

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