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Yesterday at the Detroit Motor Show, Ford unveiled a family-sized electric car for sale by 2003. The US car maker also introduced two electric bikes, one a folder, both available for sale via the internet by the summer...

Foes Racing the bike brand ridden by Missy Giove to a US Norba Championship in 99 and 2nd in the World DH Championships has so far been available mainly consumer-direct. Andrew Newsome of Foes Racing UK now wants a select bunch of IBD stockists

BTI has re-launched its website to compete with www.bikebiz.co.uk. Itll be advertised in the next BTI but get the exclusive lowdown by accessing Peter Lumleys site today (www.ksa-journals.co.uk)

Swallow Tandems has held two closing down sales to raise cash but will the creditors see any of it?

Chris Turner says he has bought MMB. He came out of a bankers/financiers meeting on 7th January and said it was a done deal. Hes says he's also taken an option on Cabals ProCycling although Cabal deny this (Cabal also say it's not yet a done deal)

There is such a thing as a FREE lunch. Exhibitors at the Cycle and Leisure Show can send BikeBiz text and pix and we¹ll publish them in our special Show Preview issue. For free.

If you're one of the 4489 bike industry names who get emailed with the Coffrin Report from America you'll know how good it is. In amongst all the US news ­ that's interesting but not directly relevant to UK readers ­ there was a cracking idea contained in this month's Report...

In a press release issued at 2pm today Raleighs new MD has announced that more modern premises would be sought

Martin Baxendell is to take a 15 month round-the-world trip before returning and (ha, ha!) settling down

Total Mountain Bike may be gone but its not forgotten: Future are to launch a quarterly listings title. And MBUK is to go a bit more woodsy