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"We hope that all our customers and suppliers weren't too disappointed this year because they did not receive a Christmas Card from Falcon," writes Falcon MD Steven Bell to bikebiz.co.uk.

Mountain Cycle, the pioneering monocoque MTB maker and which was in danger of folding thanks to the expiration of the lease on its premises, has been acquired by Kinesis, a key American OE bicycle frame manufacturer

As of 14th January, ATB Sales will no longer be the UK importer of Pearl Izumi cycle clobber. The American company is said to want to go more mainstream than ATB Sales is willing to go, said Ross Patterson, marketing manager at ATB Sales.

Unveiled at four hotel shows in January will be the 2002 range of Dawes bikes, most of them built up in Lincolnshire. Now owned by the Tandem group, Dawes has just completed an admin office move to Redditch. The Dawes sales manager tells bikebiz.co.uk that the sister company to Falcon will produce a full range of touring, trekking, hybrid, MTB, tandem and racing cycles plus its Xtreme Pro junior bikes. NB Alongside Dawes will be Two Wheel Trading who move to the same complex after Christmas

Stephen Jack, an Australian based in the Far East, is the editor of the bikexpo.com trade portal. He says Taiwanese cycle manufacturers believe the Segway personal transporter could be a winner long-term and are already inventing add-ons for what they believe will be the lighter, trendier, cheaper versions of the Segway that will be made available to the public