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Moneysavingexpert.com is doling out cash to seven charities. One of the them is the British charity which ships reconditioned bikes to Africa. Click on the link within, scroll to the base of the page and vote. The charities that get the most votes get the most cash. The site is donating £40 000. Hurry, the vote ends Tuesday night...

The Cycling Australia board of management met at the weekend and discussed the new 'high performance' programme for BMX riders in readiness for the sport's inclusion in the 2008 Olympics. And the board is seeking an official "review" from the world's governing body of cycling into why and how it dropped the men's kilometre and women's 500m time trials from the Olympics.

Both Chris Hoy and Jamie Staff entered track cycling via BMX. Hoy signed the petition when it started on Saturday night; Staff has been moving house in California but has signed now. BikeBiz.com called Staff this morning and asked how he - a top BMX racer and trackie - felt about the UCI's kilo and 500m cull...

The gym equipment company has paid $68m for Pearl Izumi and taken on $6m of assumed debt.

The 10 000+ names include Phil Liggett, Chris Hoy, Theo Bos, the Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, Bradley Wiggins, the president of the American Track Racing Association, race organiser Alan Rushton, BMXer Geth Shooter, the president of the biggest bicycle manufacturer in the world, and editors of international cycle magazines. In reaction to the petition, the UCI has released a statement that raises more questions than it answers...