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Posted November 4, 2008

EAGLE, ID (BRAIN)—Industry veteran Brian Stuart Grieger died unexpectedly at his home from a massive heart attack on October 27. He was 53.

Posted November 4, 2008

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA (BRAIN)—Outdoor Retailer, a division of Nielsen Business Media, has announced the opening of online buyer registration for its Outdoor Retailer Winter Market Expo and Backcountry Base Camp scheduled to run January 21-25, 2009.

Posted November 3, 2008

CHICAGO, IL (BRAIN)—Members of the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association met on a conference call Monday morning to discuss lingering questions about complying with the new consumer product safety law.

Posted November 3, 2008

LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)—Robert Roman has joined the Bicycle Retailer and Industry News sales team as its in-house account manager.

Posted November 3, 2008

MILAN, Italy (BRAIN)—The Italian bicycle and motorcycle show kicks off today in Milan. The exhibition, in its 66th edition, will run until Sunday, November 9, but today and tomorrow are trade-only days. On Thursday the show opens to the general public.

Posted November 3, 2008

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN)—Taiwanese manufacturers appear to be investing heavily in cycling’s future even as global industries retrench in one of the toughest financial downturns in decades.

Posted November 3, 2008

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

—Barack Obama, president-elect of the United States

(PHOTO of Sock Guy PROMO NOT FOR SALE Obama sock)

Posted November 3, 2008

LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)—It looks as though the bicycle industry wants some change at the top.

Posted November 3, 2008

BY JASON NORMAN

LAS VEGAS, NV—The troubles on Wall Street were hard to discern at Interbike where the mood of those attending and exhibiting was largely positive.

Attendance at the show was up once again, as more than 23,400 exhibitors and retailers filled the Sands Expo and Convention Center.

Posted November 3, 2008

BY NICOLE FORMOSA

BETHESDA, MD—The clock is ticking for manufacturers who haven’t yet reacted to the new consumer product safety reform legislation.

Posted November 3, 2008

BY MATT WIEBE

Posted November 2, 2008

BOULDER, CO (BRAIN)—Held in the Glenn Miller ballroom at the University of Colorado, the first annual Rocky Mountain Bicycle Show, presented by Hudz and Wheels Manufacturing, was a success in the eyes of both organizers and exhibitors.

Posted November 2, 2008

NEW YORK, NY (BRAIN)—Based on figures from an annual count of bicyclists conducted since 1984, the New York City Department of Transportation said that commuter cycling rose a remarkable 35 percent between 2007 and 2008.

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