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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (BRAIN) — Mobile bike shop Velofix is expanding to 41 locations with the addition of franchises in Canada and across the U.S.
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (BRAIN) — Yakima has promoted Jason McGibbon to vice president of sales and Chris Sautter to Product Development Center director, a new role at the rack and cargo product maker.
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Registration has opened for the Better Bike Share Conference in Philadelphia, which will bring together city leaders, businesses, advocates, neighborhood leaders and social justice groups to discuss making bike share more accessible to underserved communities.
REDLANDS, Calif. (BRAIN) — Footwear brand Five Ten is now accepting payment from its Canadian retailers in Canadian dollars.

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — BMC Switzerland and VeloNews are running a sweepstakes that will award a Taylor Phinney hand-painted BMC Teammachine SLR01 frame, to raise awareness of the Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson's.
ODGEN, Utah (BRAIN) — Mavic has named Lyman Public Relations as its agency of record for the U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — Küat Racks has hired True Communications as its media relations agency. True Communications will assist Küat Racks with media relations and outreach. Based in Springfield, Missouri, Küat has been in business since 2005.
MONTREAL (BRAIN) — Dorel Industries reported that its bike business, Dorel Sports, saw revenues drop by $6.4 million or 2.5 percent to $253 million in the fourth quarter of 2015. Removing the impact of foreign exchange rates, organic revenue was up about 3 percent, the company said.
AUSTIN, Texas (BRAIN) — Strava will host a panel on bike commuting and its Strava Metro service at the SXSW Interactive conference here on Saturday. The panel discusion will be led by Strava's co-founder and CTO, Mark Shaw.

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Five years after changing its magazine's name from VeloNews to Velo Magazine, the magazine's publisher has changed the name back. The first issue with the restored name, the April issue, hit newsstands Tuesday.

WATERLOO, Wis. (BRAIN) — Trek's Certified Service Center, a retailer service school the company announced last August, is now officially open. The center occupies 2,200 square feet at the company's Wisconsin headquarters and will offer more than 40 weeks of training this year.

SEATTLE (BRAIN) — G&O Family Cyclery, a three-year-old retailer that specializes in cargo and family transportation bikes, was damaged by an early morning blast Wednesday that destroyed three adjacent businesses in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood.
KENT, Wash. (BRAIN) — Raleigh USA told its dealers Tuesday that it would begin selling bicycles online to consumers who would then pick them up at a participating Raleigh dealer. Raleigh dealers will also be able to sell bikes valued at more than $1,000 at retail on their own websites.