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ADELAIDE, Australia (BRAIN)--A pair of U.S. and Australian handlebar makers are engaged in an oddly public dispute over intellectual property. Eyropro, an Australian brand owned by Zidaz Izaz, claims that [...]

MONTGOMERYVILLE, PA--The year continues to show signs of being very good, especially for suppliers selling road bikes, cruisers and suspension mountain bikes. In the first six months of the year, [...]

VICENZA, Italy -- Just two decades ago, Italy's bicycle industry represented the pinnacle of quality, innovation and style--and cyclists were willing to pay big bucks to own a piece of [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Like it or not, the bike industry is waist deep in national politics. As part of the League of American Bicyclist's fourth annual National Bike Summit, more [...]

SAN DIEGO, CA -- The Bicycle Product Suppliers Association's 2003 year-end report reads like someone compiled a worst case scenario to keep people out of the industry. The 21-page report [...]

BRANFORD, CT -- Who would have guessed that the industry's discount mail order companies would complain about unfair pricing practices? But this summer a few small players in the world [...]

BETHEL, CT -- Cannondale executives, forced to deliver a strong dose of financial medicine to the company's new owners, are striving to improve manufacturing, sales and customer service while shoring [...]

BURBANK, CA -- Rumors that Zapata Espinoza lost his job as executive editor at Mountain Bike magazine raced through the grapevine faster than Jimmy Deaton could speed down Mammoth Mountain's [...]

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA--For some reason artists seem drawn to the bicycle. Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp turned old bicycle parts into sculpture; early-twentieth-century bicycle advertisements have become valuable poster art; [...]

NASHVILLE, TN--Kate Brady and Jane Holston are a rare breed among bike shop owners. Although there are more than 5,000 other specialty retail bike shop owners in the United States [...]

BETHEL, CT -- Cannondale's senior management breathed a sigh of relief on March 20 when Pegasus Partners II bought the bike maker out of bankruptcy. According to officials at both [...]

LAGUNA BEACH, CA--When retailers are asked to rate bike suppliers, one name rises to the top--Trek. For the fourth year in a row, Trek is the industry's number one bicycle [...]

MILAN, Italy--Italy's Stella Azzurra may not be as well known as other Italian stem, handlebar and seatpost makers in the United States, but that soon may change. The company, while [...]

BOULDER, CO--What started as the sale of Schwinn/GT has turned into a high-stakes poker game and Huffy's $60 million bid is the hand to beat. But Schwinn/GT's mid-July bankruptcy and [...]

MONTGOMERYVILLE, PA -- Despite declines in several important bike categories in August, total wholesale unit and dollar sales for the first eight months of the year remained slightly up compared [...]

VILLORBA, Italy--Fausto Pinarello is a man alone among Italy's fraternity of flame builders and bike suppliers. The son of Giovanni Pinarello--a former professional racer, frame builder and the founder of [...]

NEW YORK, NY--Private-equity firm Fenway Partners bought Bell Sports for approximately $240 million from the investment group that owns the helmet and accessories supplier. Transfer of ownership could be complete [...]

LOS ANGELES, CA -- Graham Watson isn't the only cycling photographer with a busy calendar in July. Mark Clifford can probably lay claim to owning an equally frenetic mid-summer schedule. [...]

CAMBIAGO, Italy -- The spiritual center of Italy's bike industry is about 20 minutes by car from Milan. Less than a mile off the A4 Autostrada, the highway that connects [...]

FONTANIVA, Italy -- Rare is the man who will invest $2.5 million and 10 years of his life into a project that holds little prospect of ever dropping a penny [...]

MORGAN HILL, CA--Specialized once again lured a top executive away from one of its competitors. This time, the company hired Giant USA's vice president, Chris Smith, as its general manager. [...]

HILDEBRAN, NC -- Shane Cooper has many people to thank for his company's recovery from a devastating fire almost two and a half years ago. Among them are his employees [...]

SANTA CRUZ, CA -- Bell is looking for a new owner with deep pockets. According to Bell executives, the company has grown to the point that its investors can no [...]

IRVINE, CA--By now everyone knows about Shimano's inability to meet this year's strong demand for high-end road and mountain bike components as well as many middle and lower priced parts. [...]

SUN VALLEY, CA--Scott Montgomery is back in the bike biz and he is returning with a familiar brand--Scott USA. Montgomery, whose first day as Scott's U.S. bike division general manager [...]

When it comes to manly bike commuting, few can compete with Dave Gray, Surly's master of ceremonies. Gray commutes everyday, and in Bloomington, Minnesota, that means riding through stifling summer [...]

The California contingent, led by Paul Dorn, the executive director of the California Bicycle Coalition, (second from the left) meet with Rachel Miller, (center) a legislative assistant in Sen. Dianne [...]

BLOOMINGTON, MN -- Quality Bicycle Products has a reputation for doing things right. And its annual open house is no exception. For 17 years, Quality has hosted retailers and suppliers [...]

DENVER, CO--Trek Bicycle threw its weight behind Maverick American last month as the Boulder, Colorado-based design house fights Pacific Cycle for the right to sell and market its Monolink suspension [...]

There is no question about it: road bike sales are hot. But the industry is divided regarding how long this boom will last and if it even should be considered [...]

IRVINE, CA--A massive influx of orders for Shimano Ultegra and 105 road components has the Japanese component maker scrambling to meet demand and suppliers wondering if they can deliver high-end [...]

SANTA CRUZ, CA -- Bell Sports is spending more than a half-million dollars to test a new strategy for building brand recognition, stimulating retail sales and promoting cycling. The helmet [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C.--The League of American Bicyclists' National Bike Summit came of age in early March as nearly 400 advocates and members of the industry visited the nation's capitol and told [...]

SAN DIEGO, CA -- There was little doom and gloom in sunny San Diego. More than 195 retailers and suppliers met there for the first Bicycle Business Leadership Conference and [...]

BETHEL, CT -- Joe Montgomery and executives at Cannondale are hoping for a second chance at running the company. But their future and the fate of the company Montgomery founded [...]

LAGUNA BEACH, CA--In the Nov. 1 issue we delivered a synopsis of the Brand Preference Study done by Harvey Research for Interbike, the National Bicycle Dealers Association and Bicycle Retailer [...]

WASHINGTON D.C.--The League of American Bicyclists knows how to throw a party, and the industry is starting to take note. The League's second National Bicycle Summit in the nation's capitol [...]

WATERLOO, WI--John Burke did something last month few in the industry thought he could. But it was something those who know him well expected. When Burke, Trek's president, took center [...]

SAN ANTONIO, TX--Walking with a cane, wearing makeup and sporting a head of gray hair, John Burke may have looked like Franklin Delano Roosevelt but he had his eye on [...]

SAN ANTONIO, TX--Everyone in the industry knows last year's bicycle sales failed to set records. What no one knows-exactly--is how many units the industry's wholesale suppliers actually sold to retailers. [...]

CUSANO MILANINO, Italy -- The legendary Italian frame builder Ugo DeRosa is looking for a new U.S. distributor. DeRosa, one of Italy's best and oldest frame builders, is no longer [...]

MILAN, Italy -- The road bike is back and so was the energy in the halls of Italy's EICMA Show in mid-September. A decade ago, Italy's passion for road racing [...]

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY -- Chris Smith, who briefly held the title of general manager at Specialized last spring after leaving his job as vice president of Giant USA, landed a [...]

ANNECY, France -- Contrary to rumor and despite the hopes of many product managers, Mavic will not be debuting a new road group at this year's fall shows. Rather than [...]

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Fuji America will soon have a new larger home. Long based in Oakland, New Jersey, Fuji and SE Racing have been slowly moving to a new headquarters [...]

MILAN, Italy--Call him crazy, but Antonio Colombo said he believes steel frames could save Italy's bicycle industry. The president of Gruppo--the parent company of 3T, Cinelli and Columbus--recently invested $6 [...]

VICENZA, Italy--The men who built Italy's bicycle industry into one of the world's greatest, did so because they chose to. Often following stints as amateur or professional racers, men like [...]

ANNECY, France--The Adidas-Salomon Group, which includes Adidas shoes and apparel; Salomon skis, shoes, snowboards and other outdoor gear; Taylor Made-Adidas Golf and Mavic, reported increased sales in the second quarter, [...]

ANNECY, France -- Contrary to rumor and despite the hopes of many product managers, Mavic will not introduce a new road group at this year's fall shows. Rather than spend [...]

PARIS, France -- Continuing a sort of Tour de France tradition, Bell and Giro, both owned by Bell Sports, introduced new helmets at the big race in July. Newly crowned [...]