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The US Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Shimano, today announced a voluntary recall of 13 260 aftermarket road bike brake cables.

The war of words between Dan Bromage and Mark Noble continues. It all started when Noble took out an ad in Media Week, claiming to outsell some other action mags. Bromage, the cycle mag publisher at Future, wrote to Media Week and BikeBiz.com, rubbishing Noble's sales figures. Now, in this week's Media Week, Noble's ad is aired once more because the mag has published a letter from Noble. He writes: "MBUK may sell more copies yes; but is it the magazine the riders want to be in? Is it the publication the professional riders want to be featured in? Or, is MBUK the magazine that riders are actually embarrassed to be in, for fear of ridicule by their peers?"

The war of words between Dan Bromage and Mark Noble continues. It all started when Noble took out an ad in Media Week, claiming to outsell some other action mags. Bromage, the cycle mag publisher at Future, wrote to Media Week and BikeBiz.com, rubbishing Noble's sales figures. Now, in this week's Media Week, Noble's ad is aired once more because the mag has published a letter from Noble. He writes: "MBUK may sell more copies yes; but is it the magazine the riders want to be in? Is it the publication the professional riders want to be featured in? Or, is MBUK the magazine that riders are actually embarrassed to be in, for fear of ridicule by their peers?"

Yoshio Yagi, former president of Maruishi Cycle Industries Ltd., was handed a two year jail term on Tuesday, suspended for four years. He had been found guilty of arranging a fake capital increase in a double gearing scam. PLUS: A former executive of Vans shoes, will be jailed for up to 71 months for accepting $4.7m in kickbacks from Chinese factories.

The Dutch MTB brand will be exhibiting at the Bike Show at Stoneleigh Park in April and is seeking bike shop stockists. The UK sales manager is Be One rider Bas de Bever, a DH/4X world cup winner. As well as visiting Brit IBDs, de Bever will ride UK MTB events in 2005.