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Will Red Ken turn out to be Green Ken? Probably not, London cyclists have recently been up in arms (or should that be legs?) about the slashing of the capital city's cycling budget, okayed by Ken. The great and the good from the UK bike industry will be at tonight's meeting.

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Trek is a family-owned firm. And it turns a healthy profit. 2001 was a record year. Trek could have bid for the bankrupted Derby but didn’t. Here CEO John Burke told bikebiz.co.uk why not. He also talks about what the future may hold for IBDs and the big bike brands. NOTE: this article first appeared in the October BicycleBusiness but is reprinted here for those international readers of this site who don't get mailed with the monthly mag.

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And Hotlines is also the new European distributor for Stendec suspension products