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The rider-owned magazine - with symbiotic website - needs to sell more copies and sees IBDs as a tough, but necessary, nut to crack. Many IBDs can't sell mags, but those that can (or would like to) may be interested in Singletrack's latest POS offering
Read More »Smith jumps into the unknown as he resurrects Kjerag.com
Sports-trainer-cum-journalist Dave Smith is now also a dotcom entrepreneur as he takes on the responsibilities of the English-language part of Kjerag.com, the event registration site with daily sports news, including cycle sport news
Read More »Peugeot bikes to be discontinued in the UK
In the UK – but not Europe as a whole - the car-to-bikes brand will be a cars-only brand from December onwards
Read More »Claud Butler joins Concept in new look Motor World
Fifty stores in the 200-strong Motor World chain will stock Claud Butler Racing MTBs, including the Mad Dog and Super Moto models
Read More »JP Saville leaves Paligap for Madison
John "JP" Saville was the UK face for Kona right up until Second Level Sport lost the distribution agreement to Paligap Ltd, a new company founded by former employees of Caratti/Schwinn-GT. Saville worked with Paligap for three months but has now joined Madison and will look after Rocky Mountain and other brands
Read More »Wealthy landowner is secret backer of the Bulwell Three
The three gardeners who are holding up Raleigh’s planned move to a former allotment site on the outskirts of Nottingham are being financially backed by a farmer who wants Raleigh to use his land for its new factory. The Raleigh MD says all allotment holders are being amply compensated and that Nottingham city council and the Environment Agency are to install toad crossings and relocate bats on the Bulwell site, so the farmer’s £10 000 legal fight will not win through
Read More »Air-powered pogo stick ‘too dangerous for kids’
RetailWeek today calls Airgo, the air-powered pogostick, the "must have" Christmas toy for 2001. But Hamleys won't let kids any where near them...
Read More »BikeForce is not a cowboy outfit
No, it's Native American one. The dealer group has launched Tribal, a members-only bike brand
Read More »Kryptonite launch Euro range of locks
Making their debut at Eurobike, the new Kryptonite KrF2 products include three chains, eleven different cables, three U-locks and one disc lock. They are not as super-tough as standard Kryptonite locks but offer security in “low to moderate crime areas”
Read More »BlackBox products from RockShox to go on sale
Starting in Autumn, RockShox BlackBox products will be available as after-market items. Products like SID Carbon BlackBox will be available to the after-market for at least three months before OEMs will be able to spec it
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