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Tomorrow, the European initiative In Town, Without My Car! - co-ordinated in Britain by ETA (the Environmental Transport Association, not the Basque terrorist group!) - will witness 800+ towns and cities in Europe and beyond closing their town centre streets to motor traffic.

Shimano wants us all to become silicon cyclists with on-board cycle computers that dont just switch the gears electronically but also automatically alter the front and rear suspension to give a smoother ride. PLUS: ABS bike brakes from a schoolboy inventor

There have been complaints on this site that cycling organisations werent quick enough to exploit the media opportunities offered by the recent fuel crisis. Nobody could complain about the CTCs speed on yesterdays price cut pledge by the Tories

Elaine Curtin has long experience in the bike trade. She staged Future's first two 'Bike' shows, has sold ads for Mark Noble's 'Ride BMX' magazine, and was part of the organising team that worked on the BA/CTC's York bash (she was behind the bits that worked)