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Written by Karl on April 19, 2011/Park Tool News
Eric Hawkins named Small Business Executive of the Year
Park Tool President Eric Hawkins received a BRAINy award at the recent Bicycle Leadership Conference. Hawkins was chosen by the staff of Bicycle Retailer and Industry News as the Executive of the Year for small businesses in the cycling industry.
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Written by Karl on April 15, 2011/Park Tool News
Park Tool in Roubaix
Some good shots on velonews.com of Park Tool equipment being used in Roubaix, France after the big Paris-Roubaix race April 10, 2011.
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Written by Karl on April 1, 2011/Park Tool News
Park Tool Company Announces Tool Sharpening Service to the Bicycle Industry
Park Tool now offers a sharpening service for cutting and machining tools. The facers, reamers and taps are the expensive part of the cutting tool system so extra care needs to be taken to ensure smooth cuts and long life. Dull cutters can produce poor results and waste time. Cutters that are regularly sharpened are faster, safer, easier to use and produce better results.
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Written by Karl on March 3, 2011/Park Tool News
iceBike Open House 2011
Pictured in this article is our European Show Display. This booth features almost our entire product line, and travels all over Europe attending consumer and trade shows in several different countries.
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Written by Calvin on March 2, 2011/Park Tool News
Erik Jellum and the Kelly Benefit Strategies–OptumHealth Early Season Work
I have spent the past 2 weeks in Minneapolis, building bikes, organizing parts and working on the trailer. It has been a cold couple of days with the temperature never getting warmer than 10 below zero. Any work that needs to be done outside is done with haste as I'm afraid to lose a limb to frostbite. Luckily for me the team’s service course is big enough to take over the entire space to build bikes, and building bikes some how takes up a lot of real estate.
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Written by Calvin on February 17, 2011/Park Tool News
Park Tool in Roatan
While Park Tool's own Don Schoff was vacationing on the tiny island of Roatan, he wandered into Native Sons Dive Shop and found himself face to face with one of our PRS-4W-2 repair stands. Known for his TS-2.2 work, he also likely assembled this PRS-4W-2!
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Written by Karl on February 10, 2011/Park Tool News
Park Tool Named QBP Vendor of the Year
Quality Bicycle Products (QBP) announced that Park Tool Company has been chosen as their Vendor of the Year for 2010. The award presentation was made during QBP’s Frostbike open house.
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Written by Calvin on February 10, 2011/Park Tool News
Wind Tunnel Time for the Kelly Benefit Strategies—OptumHealth Pro Cycling
It’s that time of year when Pro teams are sending the TT specialist to the wind tunnel to tweak their positions. Nowadays though, not only do the fast time trialists visit the wind tunnel but also GC riders will spend time working on their technique. The time spent in the wind tunnel is very valuable and even the smallest changes can pay off big with wins later on in the season. Not, only does the wind tunnel help the riders become more aero it’s also a great showcase for the teams sponsors to feature the newest equipment.
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Written by Karl on February 10, 2011/Park Tool News
Park Tool Recognized with Two 2011 ADDY® Awards
Park Tool, the bicycling industry’s most revered tool brand, earned "Judge’s Choice" and "Gold" at the ADDY® Advertising Awards competition held Saturday, February 5 in St. Cloud, MN. The awards recognized outstanding work in photography for Park Tool’s "Blue is" ad campaign.
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Written by Karl on February 2, 2011/Park Tool News
Park Tool Named Official Tool Supplier of Garmin-Cervélo Professional Racing Team
Slipstream Sports announced today that they have chosen Park Tool Co. of Saint Paul, Minnesota to be the Official Tool Supplier of the Garmin-Cervélo Professional Racing Team.
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