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BOULDER, CO (BRAIN)—SmartEtailing.com and Finish Line Technologies are now working together to bring Finish Line's instructive YouTube video to SmartEtailing clients' websites.

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA (BRAIN)—DealerCamp has added the Dirt Grand Prix to its list of activities.

Tagged Events

LEXINGTON, SC (BRAIN)—The Hawley Company is now distributing First Endurance and FuelBelt products.

Tagged Distributor news

MORGAN HILL, CA (BRAIN)—Specialized has launched a comprehensive sustainability initiative by incorporating Outdoor Industry Association Eco-Index evaluation of their products during product creation, and leading a carbon fiber recycling coalition.

Tagged DEI and Sustainability

MADISON, WI (BRAIN)—The Heartland Velo Show is adding some new activities on August 27-28 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

Richard Schwinn will be making a presentation entitled “Schwinn Paramount – Handbuilt Legend."

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Congrats to Gary Fisher on getting hitched over the weekend. To read sfgate's account of the Fisher nuptials from a distance, click on title and then "Visit Link."

TEMECULA, CA (BRAIN)—Craig "Stikman" Glaspell is stepping down as marketing director of Intense Cycles. This Friday will be his last day.

MUNICH, Germany (BRAIN)—Exhibitor registration is tracking up for Bike Expo’s third edition to be held in Munich this summer.

There is a 26 percent increase in registrations compared to the same time last year, according to a press release issued Monday by the show's organizer, Messe München.

Tagged Tradeshows and conferences

Peloton Magazine's first film, "The Pillars of Italian Cycling" is now live. Click on title and then "Visit Link" to check it out.

KENT, WA (BRAIN)—Seattle Bike Supply is now distributing Campagnolo in the United States.

Tagged Distributor news

CARRBORO, NC (BRAIN)—Titanium frame manufacturer Kish Fabrication, owned by Jim Kish, will move to the Chapel Hill, North Carolina area in June from its current home in San Luis Obispo, California.

CLOPPENBURG, Germany (BRAIN)—Derby Cycle reported a revenue increase of 40 percent during the first half of its financial year doubled sales of electric bikes, according to a financial report released Monday by the German company.

Tagged Earnings/Financial Reports

MADISON, WI (BRAIN)—In celebration of National Bike to Work Day, Saris Cycling Group announced that May, a fifth grader from Oklahoma, was selected as the winner of its first national bicycle awareness poster contest, which was held in partnership with bicycle advocacy groups nationwide.

ASI held a contest last Thursday to see who could "pink it out the best" among its employees, celebrating the Fuji-sponsored Geox-TMC team's participation in the Giro d'Italia.

KESWICK, Ontario (BRAIN)—The Bicycle Trade Association of Canada (BTAC) has introduced a new visual identity for both the association and its trade show, ExpoCycle.

SAN DIEGO, CA (BRAIN)—Zoic Clothing has joined the growing list of suppliers to The Bike Cooperative, a member-owned organization that maximizes efficiencies and profit for
independent bicycle retailers.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT (BRAIN)—Dave Donahue of Kinetic Representatives is Ibex Outdoor Clothing's new Mid-Atlantic sales rep covering New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington, D.C. and Maryland.

SEASIDE, CA (BRAIN)—A small group of top Specialized dealers gathered in California’s Central Coast Thursday morning as stage five of the Amgen Tour of California left the overcast skies of Seaside bound for Paso Robles.

Tagged Events

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The League of American Bicyclists estimates that about one million people in cities across the country will commute to work on two wheels today, May 20, designated as National Bike to Work Day.

Tagged Advocacy/Non-profits

FORT LEE, NJ (BRAIN)—A trio of founders want to eliminate the hassle and cost associated with athletes transporting their bikes to races and have launched a high-end, race-day ready rental bike company.

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