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Daniel James runs a website which details bikes that have been stolen. Now, hes got a good idea and wants to see if it has legs. Would worldwide manufacturers start a new system of frame numbering?

Sustrans thanks the UK bicycle industry for the bike levy scheme on a Year Planner to be sent to the whole trade

Raleigh is to shortly take delivery of their first Stratos rear shock units.

Raleigh, Giant, Peak Performance, SRAM, Dawes, Pashley, Cannondale, and Leisure Systems International have booked a presence at next years Urban Tour, the third annual running of the MBUK Road Show. Local IBDs can book nearer the time.

In what ought to be a powerful polemic for getting more people on bikes the AA have released a hard hitting report that shows that British car drivers must be bonkers to drive through congested city centres. Of course, the AA doesnt put it this way: they feel Britains motorists are hard done by compared to those on the continent...but, in parts, the new report - The Great British Motorist 2000 - is very cycle-friendly