News
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT (BRAIN)—Ibex Outdoor Clothing will be providing a direct distribution channel beginning with the spring 2012 season.

PHOENIX, AZ (BRAIN)—Industry veteran Tim Jackson has been hired as marketing manager for the BH and Pivot brands.
CHICAGO, IL (BRAIN)—Abus has two new distributors in the United States with Hawley Company and KHS. Abus will also continue to distribute through J&B Importers in the United States.
Abus founded a North American subsidiary earlier this year in Chicago.
SEATTLE, WA (BRAIN)—Raleigh Bicycles and MFG Cyclocross are kicking off the cyclocross season two months early with Raleigh's Midsummer Night's Cyclocross at the Raleigh Retailer Summit at Suncadia Resort in Roslyn, Washington, on July 21.
PETALUMA, CA (BRAIN)—CamelBak has hired Hugh Ewing as its sales and operations manager.

TEMECULA, CA (BRAIN)—Intense Cycles has hired Scott Sharples as marketing manager/brand ambassador.
POMONA, CA (BRAIN)—In another industry first, the 2011 Recumbent Cycle-Con Convention & Trade Show is featuring a Recumbent Dealer of the Year Award. The award is sponsored by Recumbent & Tandem Rider Magazine.
PHILADELPHIA, PA (BRAIN)—In honor of Fuji's Mountain Bike World Champion, Annika Langvad, who won the 2011 UCI Marathon World Championships in Montebelluna, Italy on June 26, Fuji Bikes has declared July "Mountain Bike Month," launching a brand new mountain bike blog— www.fujib
FRISCO, TX (BRAIN)—Mark Whitehead, a member of the U.S. track cycling team that participated in blood doping during the 1984 Summer Olympics, creating a scandal that led to the practice being banned from the sport, has died. He was 50.
Details regarding his cause of death weren't available.
OAKLAND, Calif. (BRAIN) — German maker of high-end components, Syntace GMBH, has re-launched the brand into the North American Market after pulling out a little over a year ago to re-evaluate its strategy, according to a release.
“Women want to feel safe, women then will ride, and ride more than men.”
—Julie Hirschfeld, who opened a bicycle boutique for women in New York City. Click on link to read NY Times story on how male cyclists continue to outnumber female cyclists in the city.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA (BRAIN)—Interbike exhibitors and industry designers are invited to submit beautiful, smart and stylish clothing, accessories and bikes for potential inclusion in the Interbike City Style Fashion Show, presented Momentum Magazine.
MISSOULA, MT (BRAIN)—Nominations are now open for Adventure Cycling Association's 7th annual Bicycle Travel Awards.