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Imagine youre a medium sized importer of mid-range bikes and you want a bit of extended credit. You go to your bank manager and in order to benchmark your turnover youre asked for the value of the bike market. What do you say?

If you empty bins for a living you can call yourself a sanitation consultant. A hairdresser is now a beauty therapist. How about a bike mechanic?

Britain is bringing up a generation of `couch potato' children who are at increased risk of early death from heart disease, experts warned yesterday. But, naturally, cycling can help...

The 247 participants on the Odyssey 2000 round-the-world bicycle tour they each paid £20,000 for the 366-day led expedition reach the UK on June 16th and will pedal from Dover to Bath. They are here the same week as all the big bike events are going on so they will generate even more publicity for cycling.

Not known for hiding his light under a bushel, Steve Boehmke of Rock Shox in the States has sent out a hire me email to MTB mags and bike companies all over the world.

COLBI the Comité de Liaison de Fabricants Européens de Bicyclettes is to be given observer status on the technical committee of the Union Cycliste Internationale

Jungle has appointed elite MTB racer Dickon Hepworth as the UK brand manager for Santa Cruz UK

BikeForce members are to get an exclusive Hot Wheels BMX for the Christmas market. Its a Mongoose in colours available only to BikeForce IBDs

Sales in the UK bike industry grew by about 4 percent last year but Halfords did slightly better with sales up by 7.7 percent, an increase over the previous years growth total of 5 percent. Profits were up by 14.6 percent. And now Halfords is seriously creeping into IBD territory...

It was going to be held in Center Parcs, Belgium, but now the ACT AGM is has been reined back a touch