Digital maps, that is. £1200 worth of OS paper maps can now be purchased in a 12 CD set for £250. IBDs could sell on the software and the GPS devices and the bike mounting kits, and then email their customers with shop-ride details complete with grid references and marked-up OS maps
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Sigma appoints Andre Bachmann as managing director
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Reynolds launches new downhill and enduro wheels
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Brand versus Anti-brand
Yoof culture is split in two, those who wear/ride/eat branded products, and those who shun branded gear with a vengeance. So, can big marketing budgets shift the perceptions of the anti-brand consumers? Or, in the bike trade at least, are we creating no-brand consumers because of cheap kit?
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He missed his plane, apparently. Not to worry, the rest of Bike 2002 is certainly buzzing.
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Read More »CTC slams ‘cowardly’ Ministers over mobile phone danger
CTC has dubbed Ministers weak and cowardly after their refusal to accept research by a former government body proving that mobile phone use by drivers claims lives of pedestrians, cyclists, and other drivers
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