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Simon Goude’s Indicator products will be featured, and the Tomorrow’s World best inventions website also features a wide comfort saddle and the cycle lamp that illuminates the rider as well the way ahead.

Early analysis of National Cycle Network usage monitoring figures are showing a rise of up to 50 percent in the third quarter of 2002, says Sustrans.

BikeBiz.co.uk carried a wee mention of the WickWorks front derailleur in our Interbike coverage but company owner and chief designer Chris Wickliffe has now confirmed he'll be seeking European distribution for his innovative transmission system.

"The largest distributor of cycles and accessories in the UK" is to launch a range of Disney Princess cycle and accessory ranges, including trikes and 16" wheel bikes at £89.99. The new range, scheduled for a March 2003 launch, "will knock the stuffing out of other licensed girls' cycles."

When the European Commission’s DG TREN (Transport & Energy) deleted all figures related to bicycle traffic in Europe from its website and the publication “2001 EU Transport in Figures” pocketbook, Euro trade organisations COLIBI, COLIPED and ETRA teamed up with the European Cyclists' Federation to pen a stiff letter to the Commissioner in charge. The letter worked...