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Posted October 6, 2008

MONTEREY, CA (BRAIN)—On-Line camping reservations for the 2009 Sea Otter Classic will open on Saturday Nov. 1 at 9 a.m. (PST).

Posted October 6, 2008

KAILUA-KONA, HI (BRAIN)—The Ford Ironman World Championship Demo Days presented by Triathlete magazine kicks off today at noon, running through Friday. Demo Days will be held inside the Ford Ironman Village at Hale Halawai in the heart of downtown Kailua-Kona on Alii Drive.

Posted October 6, 2008

Check out this wonderfully done short tribute film that William Savage (of Klunkerz fame) created for John Finley Scott's MTB Hall of Fame Induction ceremony.

If you weren't at Interbike and didn't see it, click on link for Part one. (Part two can be seen in Related Videos to the right of the screen.)

Posted October 5, 2008

LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN)—As the bike industry descended on Las Vegas for Interbike ‘08, it wasn’t all business.

Posted October 5, 2008

BETHEL, CT (BRAIN)—Cannondale had a new face at its Outdoor Demo booth two weeks ago.

Posted October 5, 2008

Of course I still remember
Ol Flouncin' Freddy
We were pumping gas
Down at El Sobrante Shell
His Mustang was his pride n' joy
He liked to dance the cowboy,
Hanging out at Jack In the Box
But eat at Taco Bell.

—Primus

Posted October 5, 2008

LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)—So you weren't able to attend this year's Interbike. Never fear, BRAIN is here.

Click on the link to read each Show Daily issue in PDF form.

Posted October 2, 2008

FERNDALE, WA (BRAIN)—A new cycling industry partnership between Cannondale Sports Group and Bohle Group GmbH/Schwalbe North America was finalized on the floor of Interbike 2008.

Posted October 2, 2008

BETHESDA, MD (BRAIN)—A five-hour public hearing held by the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday cleared up some of the confusion surrounding how the bicycle industry will comply with the new product safety law, but questions still remained after the marathon meeting.

Posted October 2, 2008

Last Thursday at Interbike, during SRAM's booth "Happy Hour," the company did a dealer promotion giving away a HammerSchmidt equipped bike. "Who knew serving free beer and giving away killer product would attract so many people?" said SRAM's Eric Schutt.

Posted October 2, 2008

WASHINGTON, DC (BRAIN)—Employers of people who bike to work stand to gain a $20 per month tax credit per cycling employee, according to the final version of the Wall Street bailout bill, H.R. 1424, passed this afternoon.

Posted October 1, 2008

BETHESDA, MD (BRAIN)—The Consumer Product Safety Commission will hold a public meeting this morning to discuss the new third-party testing requirement included in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.

Posted October 1, 2008

ELKTON, MD (BRAIN)—Reinforcing its commitment to growing participation in the outdoors, W.L. Gore & Associates has launched a new Web site called giveawarmfuzzy.com.

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