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CINCINNATI, OH (BRAIN) Feb 22, 12:04 MT— The Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition is conducting a survey on career satisfaction, compensation and benefits, and gender-related workplace experiences and is putting a call out for the bike industry to take part. The OIWC Workplace Study 2012, sponsored and conducted by Leisure Trends Group, takes about 15 minutes to complete

PHILADELPHIA, PA (BRAIN) Feb 21, 08:53 MT— Fuji Bikes is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall its step-through Saratoga cruisers due to potential frame breakage. The company is recalling about 10,500 bikes, model years 2008-2010, sold to specialty retailers nationwide

On Friday, after months of negotiations, Cervélo founders and owners Phil White and Gerard Vroomen sold their 16-year old company to Pon Holdings , the Dutch company that also owns Germany’s Derby Cycle and the Holland’s Gazelle. Soon after the deal was made final, White spoke with BRAIN web editor Steve Frothingham over the phone from Toronto. White discussed the origins of the purchase, what he’s expecting with the company’s new owners and some of the history of Cervélo, including its involvement with pro cycling with its own Cervélo TestTeam and the Garmin-Cervelo squad

CULLOWHEE, NC (BRAIN) Feb 17, 11:19 MT— Construction will begin this spring to develop a 350-acre public trail network on Western Carolina University land here. A $5,000 Specialized Dealer Grant through Asheville retailer Motion Makers helped leverage funding for the $130,000 project.

CULLOWHEE, NC (BRAIN) Feb 17, 11:19 MT— Construction will begin this spring to develop a 350-acre public trail network on Western Carolina University land here. A $5,000 Specialized Dealer Grant through Asheville retailer Motion Makers helped leverage funding for the $130,000 project

From C-list

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If you believe that you would be a valuable asset to the great staff that we already have, we are accepting applications for sales and service positions. You must present a positve attitude as well as the skills to impress our customer base. We love bicycles. If you would be excited to work here, please use this link for PDF application http://thebicyclelink.com/brands/PDF_2012/Job%20Application.pdf. or come into the store to apply.

TORONTO, Canada (BRAIN) Feb 14, 14:10 MT— Cervélo’s relationship status with Pon Holdings remains, to use Facebook terminology, complicated. Canada-based Cervélo announced late last year that it and the Dutch conglomerate Pon had entered a “financing arrangement.” As part of the agreement, Pon obtained right of first refusal to purchase Cervélo

Things are heating up, this is not a drill people.

From MassBike

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We told you late last week that the crisis in federal transportation funding was only getting worse, and to stay tuned for an Action Alert. This is it. The consensus among advocacy groups, like the Alliance for Biking and Walking, Transportation for America and MassBike, is that there is no chance for salvaging the House transportation bill. MassBike is in close touch with the Massachusetts delegation and is confident that we will have their unanimous opposition to this horrible transportation bill. (Which is why we are not asking you to contact your House Representatives about killing H.R. 7 – but you can if you want.)

Hope, then, lies in the Senate. Over the past few days, two amendments have been proposed to the Senate’s transportation bill (MAP-21, or S. 1813) that would fix many of the problems relating to bike funding. Without these amendments, the three key sources of funding for biking and walking (Transportation Enhancements, Safe Routes to School, and Recreational Trails Program) will no longer receive dedicated funding and will instead be forced to compete with many other programs for a smaller pot of money.

Today, we need you to contact Senator Kerry and Senator Brown to ask them to support the Cardin-Cochran Amendment and the Klobuchar Amendment.

 

Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Thad Cochran (R-MS) are co-sponsoring an amendment which would give local communities more access to Transportation Enhancements and Safe Routes to School. In Massachusetts, this amendment would likely make it easier for towns and cities to access this funding.

Senator Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) amendment would restore dedicated funding to the Recreational Trails Program, a key resource for off-road trails.

In Massachusetts, these programs have been leveraged into hundreds of millions of dollars of investment in off-road trails, paved multi-use paths, and improved signage, drainage, and crossings that remove barriers to biking. Just a few examples of worthwhile projects that received funding were:

• The Independence Greenway in Peabody for path construction;
• The Ashuwillticook Rail Trail in North Adams for trail construction;
• The New England Mountain Bike Association for maintenance and improvement of numerous off-road facilities around the state.
• The Jamaica Pond Trail in Boston for both construction and land acquisition.

We are asking you to do two things:

1. Call and/or email your Senators TODAY, tell them why bicycling is important to you, and ask them to SUPPORT the Cardin-Cochran Amendment and the Klobuchar Amendment to MAP-21 (S. 1813).

Senator John Kerry: (202) 224-2742, Email (select “Transportation” as Topic)
Senator Scott Brown: (202) 224-4543, Email (select “Transportation” as Topic)

Don’t have time to write your own email? Click here to send a pre-written email message.  
2. Email action@massbike.org and let us know you contacted them!

We know that we have been sending out a lot of Action Alerts on federal issues, but we want you to know that it’s only because the situation has grown that dire. Thanks so much for adding your voice to this crisis – and stay tuned for more developments!

Yuba opens distributor Down Under, adds new hires • U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame launches Legends Gran Fondo May 6 • A social network for bike shops launched SAUSALITO, CA (BRAIN) Feb 13, 13:06 MT— Cargo bike manufacturer Yuba Bicycles has opened a distributor in Melbourne, Australia, serving Australia and New Zealand, said Benjamin Sarrazin, Yuba’s owner and founder