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The Swan 248 has a thumblock lever to adjust the mudguard's angle, requires no tools for fixing because of the snap-on clamp and is available in a variety of colours, so long as you like black.

Peter Eland's eclectic quarterly cycle magazine has been nominated for a 2002 Utne Independent Press Award. Nominations aren't sought, they're awarded by Utne editors, who sift through 1300 'alternative' mags and zines.

When asked his views on a Powabyke demonstrated to him at Cycle 2002, former transport minister Steven Norris, now chair of the National Cycling Forum, said: “Any form of transport that can help overweight, middle-aged men freewheel uphill has to be welcomed!” Many members of the 350 000-strong Civil Servants Motoring Association will be overweight, middle-aged men...

No need to carry a mini-pump when there's one always available hidden in the seat-tube. Phil Robinson has formed Zorin Innovations to get his first design to market. The £29.00 seatpost (at retail) will later be joined by Zorin bike lights and a Zorin bike lock.

That's according to Sustrans, and this contradicts official government stats that claim to show that cycling in Britain is stagnating. Sustrans believes the biggest growth in cycle usage is happening on traffic-free routes, away from the number-crunchers of the Department of Transport