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The CTC's annual national rally will celebrate its 60th birthday next year when around 15 000 cyclists descend on York Racecourse on 26th and 27th June.

BMX pro Dave Mirra and Acclaim Entertainment, the New York-based PS2 and Xbox games publisher, have resolved their differences, says a rather plain statement from Acclaim. The statement doesn't mention the reason for the dispute and says Mirra is again helping to develop BMX-themed games for the company. Mirra had objected to the strippers and soft-porn images in BMX XXX, the successor to the 3m-selling Dave Mirra BMX games

Member organisations of the Comité de Liaison des Fabricant Européens de Biciclettes unanimously re-elect René Takens as president of the Euro bike trade body.

Expect folding-bike sales to rocket, as Luddites such as Steve Norris are swept aside by proponents of congestion charging throughout the UK. Making motorists pay for access to many key roads is just one of the predictions in a report compiled by Environment Agency boffins.

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