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"Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that...”
—George Carlin. Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71.
CHARLOTTE, NC (BRAIN)—Gita Sporting Goods is teaming up with the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) and Nike to market and distribute Nike's new line of Livestrong cycling apparel.
One Hundred percent of Nike's profits from the entire Livestrong Collection goes to the LAF to help fight cancer.
PORTLAND, OR (BRAIN)—Showers Pass, known for its wind and waterproof cycling garments, recently consolidated product development and warehousing under one roof. The company has moved into a 6,000-square-foot building just outside of downtown Portland.
PARK CITY, UTAH (BRAIN)—A panel of high-level federal land managers from the U.S. and Canada addressed the future for mountain biking in national parks and on other public lands during the IMBA World Summit last Friday in Park City, Utah.
CANTON, MA (BRAIN)—After eight years at Kryptonite, Donna Tocci will step down as marketing manager.
Starting July 1, Tocci will be the director of web/new media for Ingersoll Rand, Kryptonite's parent company.
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN)—The Selling Cycling web- and DVD-based staff training program recently set a new record by surpassing its 300,000th training incident for the 2008 season, according to Ray Keener, Growth Cycle President.
The success is the result of several factors, Keener said.
"We paddle through the waves/
Confusion rest in our wake/
We paddle through the waves/
All solutions find their way."
—Unified Theory
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's IMBA executive director Mike Van Abel (yes, that speck in mid-air is him) launching himself off a massive ski jump to kick off the IMBA World Summit on Wednesday, June 18 at Utah's Olympic Park. Not a bad way to get the crowd riled up.
(Photo: Rachael Lopes, Hilride)
PARK CITY, UTAH (BRAIN)—John Burke, president of Trek Bicycle Corporation, challenged the bike industry to pledge $10 to IMBA for every full-suspension mountain bike sold in the U.S., during his keynote address Thursday at the IMBA World Summit in Park City, Utah.
LOMBARD, IL (BRAIN)—Sylvia Koslow, who owned and operated Koslow Cycle in Illinois with her husband Andrew for three decades, passed away on June 14.
She was 83.
VALENCIA, CA (BRAIN)—Hi-Torque Publications will launch an all-new Web site, Roadbikeaction.com, on July 5.
MALLORCA, Spain (BRAIN)—Retailers will see a brand new line of road bikes for 2009 from Giant at various trade shows this fall, including Interbike.
LOS ANGELES, CA (BRAIN)—Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and AEG, owners respectively of the Tour de France and the Amgen Tour of California, have formed a marketing partnership to grow and develop each other’s events, the companies announced this week.
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