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Back in April, Race Face of Canada – the bombproof kit brought in by Silverfish – launched a search for the world’s top freeriders. They had to send in videos of themselves in action, with visitors to raceface.com voting on the winner, who would pocket $10 000

Ben Evans has been replaced by Beccy Sims. Evans has been given the title 'editor in chief'

A former female employee has emailed me with a tale of IBDs versus Halfords. She wanted to get her bike serviced. No local IBD could help her, nor could the local Halfords, but Halfords still got the sale. How?

24 year old Spaniard Eduard Aguilera is to replace Xavier Nicolas as the PR officer for Shimano Europe. Aguilera was formerly the editor of Spanish MTB magazine, Solo Bici

The A5 bi-monthly MTB ‘zine launched by Steve Toze in 1996 is now aiming for bigger and better things. Race goers will now have to cough £2 for a copy but bike shops get 50 copies free. They can either sell them for the cover price or give them away to favoured customers

“We are seeing strong underlying growth in the folding bicycle segment of the market, despite less than ideal market conditions,” said Dr. David Hon (Da – Hon – geddit?), talking about his company's projected sales for 2001

Allproducts.com, the multi-category business-to-business trading hub, has closed its Shenzen office. Allproducts.com acts as an online clearing house and product finder for industries as diverse as cosmetics to 'ships & accessories'. It also has a bicycle and accessories category

Flashing speed cameras, that is. CTC welcomed the announcement by Transport Minister John Spellar that four more police forces may join the speed camera 'hypothecation' scheme.

I.D. Magazine's 47th Annual Design Review, “America's largest and most prestigious juried design-recognition program”, according to IDonline, praised the futuristic design of SRAM’s two-axis brake lever

Top-end bike suppliers: want your website crawled all over by 1000+ high-calibre cycle-mad consumers? First Impressions Research is seeking twenty global bike companies to partake in a paid-for research programme that can help you spot fatal flaws in your website offering. 780 affluent consumers have been signed up so far – they can win $5000 for their web crawl – and First Impressions is now looking for at least 220 more, especially from Europe “where cycling is king”