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Two SitsVac ads from Bikemagic.com are just two of the latest offers on our terribly wholesome and extremely effective jobs board. Some bike trade bods with itchy feet set our jobs board as their home page!

'Get Cycling' is a free publication with a 100 000 print run and will be given out at the numerous 'roadshow' events being staged on behalf of local authorities by York-based Company of Cyclists. As you'd expect from Jim McGurn and crew, the guide recommends new cyclists should seek advice from pukka IBDs

September's Cycle 2002 show at the Business Design Centre, London, will be promoted via 30-second slots on British Eurosport. The ads start in June and run through the summer, and includes airings during the satellite channel's Tour de France coverage

The national media has been alerted to a Bike Week photo-call with Minister for Transport John Spellar and Steven Norris, Chair of the National Cycling Strategy Board. Bike Week isn't until 15-23 June but the advance photocall is a full month earlier.

But it's only for newbies and occasional cyclists. The trial membership fee is half the usual fee.