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The £33m cycle theme park planned for Derby "will not have a particularly green tinge," said the project's cycle consultant, Jim McGurn. But Bikeland would "put a lot of money directly into the UK cycle industry."

Following four complaints, a leaflet sent to MPs last year urging them not to support Eric Martlew's kid lid bill has been censored by the Advertising Standards Authority. The leaflet was produced by the CTC, the London Cycling Campaign and the Cycle Campaign Network. Roger Geffen of the CTC said the amendments were "minor" and that the substantive points had been confirmed.

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Jim McGurn of the Company of Cyclists had the idea for a large-scale bicycle try-out centre ten years ago. Part of his dream was put into reality at Doncaster's Earth Centre, which closed October 2004, but with cash and a fair-wind a full-on, pedal-powered Bikeland would be more than just a test track and a fleet of roadsters and recumbents, it would be the world's first cycling theme-park.