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BicycleBusiness has teamed up with Cycling Weekly and MBR to find the 2002 Bike Shop of the Year. Consumers nominate their favourite shops and an expert panel will sift the wheat from the chaff. Sponsored by Madison, the winning shop will get £2000 worth of Shimano kit and the first nominating consumer out of the hat gets £1000 worth of Shimano kit. PLUS: BicycleBusiness is launching a Bike Shop of the Month award scheme

"Our expectations are high for the year ahead, we've put a whole lot of blood, sweat and tears into our 2002 products to create a range of products that caters for three key market sectors: bike candy 'pocket money' range of trick bits; XLR Series of high-end specialist products at competitive prices, and fast-selling maintenance products," said X-Lite's Alex Trimnell

The Ruption importer takes over from Easy Distribution as the exclusive UK distributor for the German BMX brand

They're coming at the sport from two different directions but the Mildenhall Cycle Rally and the Cheddar Challenge series of MTB events are steeped in enthusiast fervour. And where keenies congregate, so does the trade...

Cipo and the Acqua e Sapone team will ride an all-new version of Specialized’s S-Works E5 frame; a new edition of the Turbo racing tyre; Specialized SpeedZone computers; Specialized helmets; Body Geometry shoes and saddles; and Specialized bottles and cages.