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Trade whisperers have been muttering that Interbike could be relocating back to Anaheim. Not so, says the VP of sales for the Venetian hotel, home to the Sands Expo & Convention Center, which stages Interbike.

This week's British Medical Journal carries a report about a combination pill made up of cheap, out-of-patent drugs, and a vitamin, that could be made available to the over-55s and which would severely dent the chances of them popping their clogs from heart disease, the Western world's biggest killer. Polypill poppers would gain 11 years (and carry on smoking, gorging on Big Macs and Segwaying to the pub)

We've never used an Italian proverb to flog stuff before, but there's a first time for everything.

Speedplay began receiving where-can-I-buy-them inquiries when the distinctive red Zero pedals started appeared on the bicycles of Tyler Hamilton, Andrea Tafi and the rest of Team CSC. Now, thanks to the interest, Speedplay has produced a set for resale. In red.

(Unless it's from your usual tyre rep, of course)! A container carrying Continental bicycle tyres was broken into in the West Midlands last night, and a bulk load of tyres was half-inched. Watch out for dodgy characters offering cheapo Conti tyres...