Month: October 1999

MEQUON, Wis. (BRAIN) — Hayes Performance Systems has promoted Ryan Day to mobile marketing specialist. Day will staff Hayes’ second U.S. Performance System Road Show van, based in Charlotte, N.C. Day has been with Hayes for over three years. Leading up to his new role, Ryan has been responsible for Wheelsmith spoke production, then advanced to …

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LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — Bike media who attended Tuesday night’s Media Preview event chose the Tern GSD bikes as their favorite product at the event. The GSD is a compact, small wheeled cargo bike with electric assist, It can carry up to two small passengers or one large one, or hundreds of pounds of cargo. …

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LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — Cervélo’s 40×40 booth stands out in a sea of smaller displays at Mandalay Bay. The brand hopes to capitalize on the absence of others with its redesigned bikes. After several years’ hiatus, Cervélo is back at Interbike (Booth 17198) and has one of the largest and snazziest booths on the floor. Not …

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LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — Gregg Bagni is like no other personality in the business. He’s hyper-informed, super-energetic and bubbling with creativity. A master at networking, he has a heartfelt enthusiasm for bicycles and, just as important, for the state of retail. Still, Larry Hewett, Thule’s national sales manager and a longtime friend, noted, “He’s not everyone’s …

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LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — The two Belgian brands Ridley and Eddy Merckx are making their first combined appearance here at Interbike, as the brands unveil their dual strategy. Ridley’s parent company, then known as Race Productions, took over the Merckx brand in June. The company has since been renamed Belgian Cycling Factory NV. The Merckx U.S. …

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Indianapolis was named as one of 52 places you must visit in 2014 by The New York Times following the opening of its Cultural Trail, said keynote speaker Brian Payne. LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — Brian Payne, CEO of the Central Indiana Community Foundation, began his keynote at the Industry Breakfast lamenting that Indianapolis wasn’t chosen as …

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LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — Yamaha, known for its motorcycles and powersports products, is raising the curtain — halfway, at least — on a new, four-model line of electric bikes that it will launch in the United States and Japan early next year.  Yamaha is displaying only prototypes at its booth at the Interbike show this week, …

Yamaha soft-launching line of house-brand e-bikes at show Read More »

LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — Interbike is moving to the Reno-Sparks Convention Center next year and to Lake Tahoe’s Northstar California resort for its outdoor festival and demo. The RSCVA has nearly a dozen people here walking the show and manning its 20×20 booth, which is in the lobby area. “It’s a big deal for us,” said …

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Longtime friend at Interbike says Timothy Watkins was well-known and loved in the local bike community. LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — The Sheriff’s Office in El Paso County, Colorado, has begun a homicide investigation after a longtime mountain bike trail advocate and retail mechanic was found dead Sunday. Timothy Watkins, 60, a mechanic at Old Town Bike …

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