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Five executives from the Tour of Britain were at Wednesday's reception at the House of Commons arranged for the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group. They were there at the annual event because the Tour sponsored the reception, hoping to curry favour with the 57 MPs and 31 peers which make up the group.

Bluedesert - a supplier to the Israeli Defence Force (Tzahal) - has created a drinking-tube-and-bite-valve system that fits standard water bottles, doing away with bladders that suffer from "dirt accumulation, bacteria accumulation and problematic cleaning."

The Bermuda-based corporation's Q3 financial figures show margins increase in all divisions, except one. The Security and Safety Segment - home to Kryptonite - saw operating margins decline 16.5 percent year-on-year.

The Department of Transport will not be renewing the £3m contract employing AEA Technology Ltd, the rail to aerospace to nuclear power consultancy, to run the English Regional Cycling Development Team. ERCDT for short, this organisation was charged with auditing the cycle-friendliness of local authorities around the UK. PLUS: The National Cycling Strategy Board wants an extra £27m government cash to abolish itself and create two new organisations, Cycling England and the English Cycling Resources Board.

In an effort to get kids more active and help fight childhood obesity, the US House of Representatives has passed a resolution officially declaring the first Saturday in October each year 'National Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day.' Promoted by the International Mountain Bicycling Association, Take a Kid MTBing Day need not be just an American initiative...