BikeBiz Bicycle and cycling retail news

Over on the bulletin board, IBDs have been asked not to show you their BikeBizBibles. Go get your own copy! Some reps have already splashed their own cash but if your employer equips you with a car, petrol, home fax, laptop and cellphone why not a £25 fact-packed directory that will save you time and equip you with the same 'knowledge' that British bike shops now have at their finger-tips?

When it's Bike Week. This nine-day, UK-wide celebration of all-things bicycling starts on Saturday. Will the glorious weather continue? If so, the hundreds of Bike2Work events around the country will see thousands of new cyclists arrive at work glowing with the realisation cycle commuting is fast, fun and free...

The number of cycle journeys made in London has increased by 67 percent during the past five years, reveal figures released yesterday by Transport for London.

Confusingly billed in a press release as a "David and Goliath partnership" - didn't the shepherd-boy kill the giant? - the EPoS provider which started life in the bike trade will now piggy-back into many new retail sectors thanks to the marketing muscle of Fujitsu, the third largest IT company in the world.

Retail analysts believe Halfords is outperforming the High Street. On Thursday, the company releases its first set of full-year results since flotation.