BRAINy Award Winners
2008 (2008 BLC) Advocacy Advocacy Retailer: Mike and Claudia Nix, Liberty Bicycles, Retailer: Fred Boykin, Bicycle South, Decatur, GA Lifetime Achievement Asheville, NC Company: Saris Cycling Group Bill Austin Company: Advanced Sports (Fuji) Individual/Lifetime Achievement: Rich Olken Individual: Ariadne Delon Scott, Specialized International Individual Retailers Ying-Ming Yang, Taiwan Bicycle Exporters Association Retailers Best New Retailer: Mad Duck Sports, Grapevine, TX Best Pro Shop: Contender of Salt Lake City, UT Best Family Shop: Penn Cycle, Minneapolis, MN Green Companies Best Mountain Bike Shop: Mad Duck Adventure, Grape- Best New Concept: Goodale’s, Nashua, NH Specialized vine, TX Best Pro Shop: Belmont Wheel Works, Boston, MA Thule Best New Shop: Cynergy Cycles, Santa Monica, CA Most Improved Retailer: bikeseller.com, Little Rock, AK Pedro’s USA Best New Retail Concept: Downtown Bicycles, Fort Lauderdale, FL Green Retailers Best Family Shop: Penn Cycle, Minneapolis, MN 2003 (Interbike) Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) Mt. Airy Bicycles/College Park Bicycles, College Park, MD Lifetime Achievement Trailhead Cycle & Ski, Buena Vista, CO 2005 (2006 BLC) Phil Liggett
Advocacy Lifetime Achievement Male Athlete of the Year Retailer: Randy Clark, Bicycle Garage Indy, Gene Smith, Kool Stop Tyler Hamilton Indianapolis, IN Company: Planet Bike Suppliers Female Athlete of the Year Individual: Lance Camisasca, Interbike Large: Specialized Marla Streb Midsize: Raleigh Retailers Small: Bianchi Retailer of the Year Best New Shop: Plan B Cycling in Port Orange, FL Mike Nix, Liberty Bicycles Best Multi-sport Shop: Gear West Bike and Triathlon, Distributors Chris Kegel, Wheel & Sprocket, Hales Corners, WI Long Lake, MN National: J&B Importers Best Multi-Market Retailer: The Bike Source Regional: Seattle Bike Supply Best Ad Campaigns Best Family Shop: Penn Cycle, Minneapolis, MN Cervelo Best Pro Shop: Richardson Bike Mart, TX Accessory Brand Todson Most Female-Friendly Shop: River City Bicycles, Park Tool Portland, OR Best Booths Advocacy Crank Brothers Retailer: Landry’s Bicycles, Sharon, Massachusetts Nalgene 2006 (2007 BLC) Company: Giant Bicycle Individual: Bill Fry, Bell Sports Best Components Lifetime Achievement Oakley Bill Fields Retailers Shimano Best Pro Shop: Belmont Wheelworks, Boston, MA Trek Suppliers Best Family Shop: Plano Cycling & Fitness, Plano, TX Ultimate Large: Trek Best New Retail Concept: Roll Brands, Columbus, OH Midsize: Haro Most Improved Retailer: New Mexico Bike ‘n Sport, Santa Best Bike Most Improved: Orbea Fe, NM Serotta Ottrott Best New Shop: Boulder Cycle Sport, Boulder, CO Distributors Best Product of the Show National: Quality Bicycle Products 2004 (2005 BLC) Mavic Regional: Outdoor Gear Canada Suppliers Advocacy Accessories (Most Profi table Branded) Large: Trek, Giant (tie) Retailer: Jay Graves, The Bike Gallery Bell Helmets Midsize: Cannondale Company: Kona Cateye Computers Small: Fuji Individual: Joe Breeze
Distributors Women of the Year QBP Lisa Robinson, Sportworks SBS Martha Roskowski, America Bikes The Hawley Company Continued BRAINy Award Winners–con’t
2002 (Interbike) Advocacy Bike Supplier of the Year Retailer: Charlie McCormick & Phil Koopman, Tier 1: Trek Lifetime Achievement City Bikes, D.C. Tier 2: Haro Bill Austin Company: Steve Flagg & Mary Henrickson, QBP Tier 3: American Bicycle Group Individual: Gary Sjoquist Distributor of the Year Atheletes of the Year Tier 1: QBP Favorite Bike Brand (Bicycling, Mountain Bike maga- Male: Eric Carter, Mongoose/Hyundai Tier 2: The Hawley Co. zines’ 2002 Consumer Choice Awards) Female: Verizon Women’s Cycling Team Trek Bike Supplier of the Year Advocacy Tier 1: Trek Best 2003 Product of the Show Retailer: Hill Abell, Bicycle Sport Shop, Austin, TX Tier 2: Fuji Maverick American’s suspension fork Company: Trek Individual: Randy Neufeld, Chicagoland Bicycle Component/Accessory Manufacturer of the Year Cycling’s Woman of the Year Federation RockShox Elissa Margolin, executive director, League of American Bicyclists Man and Woman of the Year Outstanding Female Athlete Steve Flagg, QBP Alison Dunlap Cycling’s Man of the Year Mary Hendrickson, QBP Lance Armstrong Outstanding Male Athlete Retailer of the Year Dave Wiens Retailer of the Year Richardson Bike Mart, Richardson, TX Chris Kegel, Wheel & Sprocket, Hales Corners, WI Best Trade Ad Campaign Product of the Year Smart Etailing.com RockShox’s U-Turn Travel Adjuster 2001 (Interbike) Best Consumer Ad Campaign Shimano Lifetime Achievement 2000 (Interbike) Harry Manko Best Linear Exhibit Advocacy Maverick American Distributor of the Year Retailer: Chris Kegel, Wheel & Sprocket, Tier 1: QBP Hales Corners, WI Best Island Exhibit Tier 2: The Hawley Co. Company: Quality Bicycle Parts Smith Individual: Patrick Seidler, WTB Honorary Award: Rep. James Oberstar