BikeBiz Bicycle and cycling retail news

Dynacraft of the US is to market a line of mid to high-end bikes using the name of gamer sk8r hero Tony Hawk. Oddly enough, the UCI is currently taking skateboarding under its wing, pushing it as an Olympic sport.

Chris Dodman, Cannondale's Advanced Project Engineer, is the latest speaker to be confirmed for Materials in Bicycles, London, July 6th. He joins Alex Moulton, Mike Burrows, Chris Boardman, Cy Turner and others. PLUS: design students can nab a place on the Bicycle Design Summer School, a Royal College of Art event linked to the materials conference

The July BikeBiz will have focus features on computers and HRM/GPS devices, and on BMX/freeride. SUPPLIERS: Pix and info on the latest and greatest of your products are required ASAP.

This is the limited edition Tour De France 2007 bottle, featuring Londres as the start city.

Halfords has today reported it has reached an agreement with Britain's Olympic gold-medal winning Chris Boardman to market a range of bikes and accessories using his name. Halfords is also sponsoring the ITV coverage of the Tour de France.