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OXNARD, CA (BRAIN) — Albabici, the California-based distributor of Italian brands, has hired former Showers Pass owner Ed Dalton to try and expand sales of the Nalini clothing line in the U.S.

LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — SBS's Redline has been a go-to brand for U.S. cyclocross racers for decades and the company — now part of the Accell Group — is continuing to do its own thing when it comes to 'cross, even though Accell's Raleigh and Lapierre brands have their own cyclocross ambitions.

LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — Wahoo Fitness has exceeded its goal of raising $100,000 through a crowd-funding site to put a new version of its bike computer into production.
By Alan Snel
LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — NICA is expanding its high school mountain bike racing league into Georgia.
LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — Ben Serotta finds himself at this Interbike without a place to call home. The industry veteran, who was fired this summer from the company he founded 41 years ago, had new business cards printed two days ago.
SHARON HILL, PA (BRAIN) — Carbon component maker Enve, visibility brand Nathan and bag maker Timbuk2 were each named to Inc. magazine's list as one of the fastest growing 5,000 private companies in the U.S.
SAN DIEGO, CA (BRAIN) — One Industries Corp., recently acquired by Transom Capital Group, has appointed Jeff McGuane as president and CEO, the company announced in a press release.
MANCHESTER, NH (BRAIN) — The Bike Cooperative has added eBike suppluer Currie Technologies to its roster of brand partners. Effective immediately, members of The Bike Cooperative will earn additional rebates on all purchases of Currie e-bikes, including eFlow, IZIP, and their newest e-mountain bike, Haibike.
BEVERLY, MA (BRAIN) — Craft Sportswear North America has hired two new sales representatives to cover the New England and Southern California territories.

LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — Bikes Belong is rebranding as PeopleForBikes to bring clarity and simplicity to the organization. The Bikes Belong Coalition and Bikes Belong Foundation will be renamed the PeopleForBikes Coalition and the PeopleForBikes Foundation.
LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — As Interbike opens Wednesday, Jamis is releasing the news that it has bought the cruiser brand Nirve Sport.

Editor's note: This article, originally published in September 2013, has been edited to clarify that LeMond LLC did not acquire Time USA, but had become the exclusive distributor of Time frames and bikes in the U.S., as well as a non-exclusive distributor of Time pedals.
BOULDER CITY, NV (BRAIN) — If you want to gauge just how much traffic OutDoor Demo gets, one way to do it is by the amount of water that’s ingested.
CORTEZ, CO (BRAIN) — Mountain bike racing legend John Tomac is licensing his name to U.K. internet retail Planet X for a new line of bikes.
LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — Folding bike brand Tern has secured $4.3 million in funding from private investors, which the company will use to accelerate global expansion and to ramp up its product development.
LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA (BRAIN) — Lifeboat Events has sold its DealerCamp to Joe Wrona, an attorney from the event's host community of Park City, Utah.
ST. GEORGE, UT (BRAIN) — Executives from 16 Taiwanese companies expect to finish their Tour of Utah Tuesday when they arrive at Interbike’s Outdoor Demo in Bootleg Canyon.

LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — As rains continued to fall in Colorado Monday, several cycling businesses in sunny and dry (and hot) Las Vegas for the Interbike expo were gathering donations for Colorado flood victims.
ASHEVILLE, NC (BRAIN) — The Mann Group has appointed customer service and retail strategist Kevin Simpsonto the new role as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO).