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From one president to another, Dubya's Trek Fuel 98 - henceforth to be known as Mountain Bike One - was a gift from Trek president John Burke. President Bush believes bicycling is "mind expanding."

The Japanese bicycle maker is still under scrutiny for cooking the books and former execs have once again been called in for questioning.

Proving that Phil Liggett has pulling power in the UK, the fourth annual staging of the CTC president's first 'Challenge' ride attracted over 1000 riders last weekend in the Peak District. It was Liggett's first bike ride since before the Tour de France but he finished the 'short', 100km ride with energy to spare.

London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe and London mayor Ken Livingstone have added their support for the Tour of Britain, which ends in a Westminster crit on September 5th. It's also been revealed that the Tour winners will share a £60k prize fund. The highest profile competitor could be T-Mobile's Andreas Klöden, second in this year's Tour de France.

According to a typo on a Belgian news website, Lance Armstrong is going need some longevity pills if he's to go for the record of not seven Tour de France victtories but hundreds and hundreds of them...