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But don't look if you're at all offended by the sight of bare breasted women, because the centre-spread in today's Sun newspaper is all about a re-creation of the 1978 cover photograph from Queen's 'Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls' single.

The Haro Bikes UK Tour - featuring top US riders such as Ryan Nyquist and Josh Harrington - will be staged 20-27th January.

In its latest email to industry bigwigs, the Cyclists' Public Affairs Group wonders whether Adaptive Cruise Control, the radar-controlled eye that warns luxury car owners of impending impacts, and which can apply the brakes if necessary, will be tuned to recognise vulnerable road users, such as cyclists.

What would you rather get, Christmas cards from your suppliers, or news that they've donated the Xmas corporate communications budget to charity? Hot Wheels has decided on the latter course of action, more will follow...

So, that's it, then. Bike assembly at Raleigh's Triumph Road factory has now ended. There are 55 000 bikes in the warehouse but, from now on, fully built-up bikes will be shipped over from Vietnam and other centres of "low-cost, high-quality" bike production.