CENTRAL ISLIP, NY (BRAIN)—A federal judge on Wednesday slightly modified the bid procedures for the upcoming auction of bankrupt Iron Horse Bicycle Company.
In a short 15-minute telephone hearing, Judge Alan S. Trust approved a request from General Capital Partners—the facilitator of the auction proceedings—relieving GCP from a previous requirement to publish notice of the bid deadline and auction date on nine industry Web sites.
An order signed June 22 by Judge Tru...read more
Topic: Legal
07/01/2009 5:00 PM MST
BETHESDA, MD (BRAIN)—The Consumer Product Safety Commission cemented its decision this week to grant the bicycle industry a two-year stay of enforcement against a new lead limit law.
The Commission, which first announced its intention to grant a stay back in May, published its decision on Tuesday in the Federal Register. The stay of enforcement is effective until July 1, 2011.
The lead law is part of the Consumer Product Safety Information Act, which was enacted by ...read more
Topic: Political
07/01/2009 5:00 PM MST
VICENZA, Italy—The Shimano Europe sales office has teamed up with Dainese to distribute the Italian brand of protective gear.
On Wednesday, Shimano became the exclusive distributor of the Dainese bike collection in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Shimano sees the partnership as an ideal opportunity to growth the market of mountain bike protection gear in Europe.
“Mountain biking developed itse...read more
Topic: International
07/01/2009 5:00 PM MST
DOVER, VT (BRAIN)—Renée Hicks, the former coordinator for the Pedro’s and Kenda Mountain Bike Festivals, has joined up with Mount Snow to promote the Mount Snow Mountain Bike Festival in Dover, Vermont on August 7-9.
“Renée brings a wealth of industry knowledge that will help transform a merely fun event into a cannot miss bike festival,” said Greg Fisher, marketing operations and event director at Mount Snow. “She's tuned to what mountain bikers want in a festival, which is rid...read more
Topic: People
07/01/2009 5:00 PM MST
Big shout out to Jet Blue Airways, which is waiving its $50 checked bike fee for the month of July in celebration of the Tour de France.
The airline is also wooing cyclists by airing the Versus channel live on personal seatback TVs during the Tour so fans won't miss any race coverage while they're flying.
Click on the link above for more info....read more
Topic: The 5th Spot
07/01/2009 5:00 PM MST
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