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NEW YORK, NY (BRAIN) — Giant has delivered 20 of the 100 mountain bikes that it is donating to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. The 20 bicycles will help Occupy Sandy’s team of medics travel around Brooklyn and the Rockaways treating those who are unable to get to the medical attent

LOS ANGELES, CA (BRAIN) — Champion System will provide the official leaders' jerseys for the 2013 Amgen Tour of California, the race announced Friday.
The custom race jerseys will be awarded to the race leaders in various categories throughout the eight-day competition from May 12-19, 2013.
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Leisure Trends Group and the National Sporting Goods Association have reached an agreement that will provide NSGA members with access to retail sales data from Leisure Trends' Sporting Goods RetailTRAK program.
PORTLAND, OR (BRAIN) — Longtime Bicycle Transportation Alliance employee Tom Rousculp is joining Vanilla Bicycles, Rousculp announced this week.

BOSTON, MA (BRAIN) —BMC Switzerland is promoting a new contest which will award two lucky winners with BMC granfondo GF01 Ultegra Di2 complete bike and an all-expense paid trip to Belgium to see the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix.
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Polar Bottle is offering a special insulated water bottle, the sale of which will benefit the American Red Cross disaster relief fund.
DENVER, CO (BRAIN) — Clothing maker Primal is supporting the 2013 National Bike Summit with a sponsorship package the company said is worth $50,000. The package includes financial support for the event as well as custom jerseys for all attendees.

EDINBURGH, United Kingdom (BRAIN) — Nukeproof mountain bike products will once again be available in North and South America next season, available from the Scottish distributor Hotlines via Vancouver, Canada-based Stuart Kerr.

BAD NAUHEIM, Germany (BRAIN) — Arno Raaijmakers has joined JD Group as Benelux service manager for the company's TransX electric bike drive systems.
MIAMI, FL (BRAIN) — A major shipping logistics firm says that "the likelihood of a strike is high" after contract negotiations broke down this week between the longshoremen's union and East Coast port operators.
PENTICON, British Columbia (BRAIN) — Podium Imports has been appointed Canadian distributor for Swiss-based Suplest cycling shoes, the company announced this week.
VICTOR, ID (BRAIN) — QBP brand Salsa Cycles will be the presenting sponsor of the Fat Bike Summit and Festival Event, slated for January 25-28 in Island Park, Idaho.