Tag Archives: Quality Bicycle Products

Bicycle companies: great places to work. Plus, rod-operated drum brakes

Posted on August 5, 2013 by

Bicycle Retailer reports more than a dozen of Outside Magazine’s 100 Best Places to Work are bicycle companies. Continue reading →

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Big wheel, modest income. And bicycling in Oregon adds up

Posted on May 24, 2013 by

When I worked in retail in the early 1980s, I liked Quality Bicycle Products because they had what my customers wanted, and its catalog was a pleasure to use. Today, Quality is more than a wholesale supplier to bicycle shops: … Continue reading →

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Bike job news: no gram counters at Surly

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

  Quality Bicycle Products has updated its open positions page again. Let’s see: product manager, buyer, industrial designer—all in beautiful Bloomington, Minnesota. And a marketing manager position is still open. Let’s check those, hmm, Surly qualifications: “You better like bikes. … Continue reading →

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Quality Bicycle Products announces third distribution facility, job openings

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

The bicycle industry, like most industries, includes manufacturers, distributors, marketers, retailers, fans and customers. One distributor (and increasingly in recent years, marketer) I’m a big fan of is Quality Bicycle Supply. Three reasons: The company treats its employees right, it’s focused … Continue reading →

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