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HOOD RIVER, OR (BRAIN) — Action sports company DaKine has been acquired by San Francisco-based private investment firm Altamont Capital Partners.

BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Suppliers sold fewer bikes in June compared to last year, suggesting it is unlikely that the industry will recover from weak sales early in the year.

HELSINKI, Finland (BRAIN) — Mavic sales slumped 5 percent in the second quarter, a decline parent company Amer Sports attributed to a late start to the cycling season in the U.S. and Central Europe.

Tagged Earnings/Financial Reports

DEER VALLEY, UT (BRAIN) — Lifeboat Events founder Lance Camisasca stood near the registration tent watching exhibitors finish setting up for today’s opening of DealerCamp.

Tagged Consumer Expos and Rides / Tradeshows and conferences

SAUSALITO, CA (BRAIN) – Tate Labs recently brought Craig Dennis onboard to head up engineering and to speed up its product development and design. Dennis has more than 20 years of engineering and design experience. Before joining he was co-founder of an engineering software company. 

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (BRAIN) — LeMond Revolution is becoming a supplier and co-title sponsor of the Australia-based anti-doping organization Bike Pure and its road racing team. 

Tagged Racing & Sponsorship

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (BRAIN) — Bonk Breaker has reached an agreement with USA Cycling to become the official energy, protein and nutritional bar of USA Cycling and the USA Cycling Team, the organization announced this week.

Tagged Racing & Sponsorship

BEVERLY, MA (BRAIN) — Working with a research firm, apparel maker Craft Sportswear North America recently surveyed more than 1,000 cyclists about how they shop for clothing and accessories—and saw opportunity for specialty bike dealers in the results.

DEER VALLEY, UT (BRAIN) — Accell North America kicked off three days of presentations and bicycle rides Tuesday night with a reception at a ski-slope restaurant in Deer Valley.

ANAHEIM, CA (BRAIN) — Cycle Group, Inc. has hired Anthony Thomas as its new mountain bike brand manager. CGI is a Southern Californian-based supplier of aftermarket bicycle components and accessories.

Mechanic and Park Tool employee Calvin Jones at the 2010 clinic.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (BRAIN) — USA Cycling has opened registration for this year's Bill Woodul Race Mechanics Clinic, which will be held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center here Nov. 13-17.

Tagged Racing & Sponsorship

SANTA MONICA, CA (BRAIN) — Peer-to-peer bike rental company Spinlister has launched a new mobile app, allowing bike owners and renters to connect worldwide.

BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Product Architects Inc., the maker of the Polar Bottle insulated sport bottles, has added several new full-time employees and promoted two of its veteran team members.

DEER VALLEY, UT (BRAIN) — Some 42 dealers plus staff and family members arrive Tuesday to kick off Accell North America’s annual dealer event—the first time dealers will see all of Accell’s line of bikes in one place.

Tagged Events

LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN) — When the tweets, follows and likes were all tallied, Chris Froome was the overall winner in this year's Tour de France social media race, as tracked by Bicycle Retailer.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA (BRAIN) — Several major brands are returning to the Interbike Expo this year after an absence of several years, show organizers said Tuesday.

Tagged Interbike

SNOW BASIN, UT (BRAIN) — QBP’s founder Steve Flagg occupies a unique position within the industry.

Tagged Distributor news

ROANOKE, VA (BRAIN) — QRide Inc, which produces QR code based emergency identification products, has hired Colorado-based SportDeb as an independent rep firm.  

PARIS, France (BRAIN) — Shimano is claiming victory in the 2013 Tour de France. 

Tagged Racing & Sponsorship

KENT, WA (BRAIN) — Richard Armaly of Rochester Hills, Mich., was the winner of Raleigh Bicycle's "Win a Trip to Bike DealerCamp" giveaway, the bike company announced Monday.

Armaly won an all-expense paid four-day trip to the event, which is being held July 25-27 in Deer Valley, Utah.

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