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The Talking Spokes LED from Hyena Games Ltd mentioned on this site in February 2000 and again in April this year is still waiting for a manufacturer but time waits for no man: a similar product is now commercially available. Made in Taiwan.

In order to make space for the 2003 range of Schwinn, Haro and Emmelle products, Moore Large will be holding a "massive" clearance sale at the end of June through to the beginning of July

Steven Norris, chair of the National Cycling Strategy Board, will be quizzed on his plans to deliver significant increases in cycle use when MPs and peers gather for the start of the 2002 Parliamentary Bike Ride on 18th June.

Ian Whittingham of SigmaSport in London has shown BikeBiz some of the CCTV footage that pictures Iftikhar Rasul, trading as Italian Bikes, 'keying' two of SigmaSport's bikes, a £6500 Colnago Ferrari and a £4500 Pinarello Prince LS. Rasul is said to have admitted to the 'keying' and has two weeks to pay £1500 for the damage or will be arrested. When rang by BikeBiz, the person who said he was Mr Rasul morphed into 'Mr Johns'

Following a fatal road accident in which a motorcyclist was killed by cycles falling from a boot-mounted carrier, Lincolnshire and Bedfordshire Trading Standards drafted a code of practice for manufacturers and suppliers of cycle-carriers. This has been financially supported by the DTI, and the TSOs who drafted the code are seeking industry signatories. Those who sign up will gain 'commercial advantages' say the TSOs.