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

The hardcore Yorkshire jump brand – now with international exposure thanks to Dangerous Momo and his riders on the Team Planet X Europe team, the loons featured in Met’s latest helmet campaign – has struck a stock-in deal with H&J, the UK wholesale chain

Hmm, but for rather different reasons. A long feature article in today's Guardian tracks the recent history of Raleigh and is full of dark forebodings. However, across in the Independent on Sunday, Giant is getting some much more positive coverage as the paper's assistant editor has started a series on his Giant-inspired attempt to ride one of the stages of this year's L'Etape du Tour, the mini Tour de France for keen amateurs

If cars aren’t made safer for pedestrians and cyclists, motor manufacturers run the risk of becoming as publically reviled as tobacco companies. Possible car names for the future – if the warnings of the British Medical Journal go unheeded – could be the Ford Pariah, the Toyota Outcast or the Renault Leper…

...and books a stand at the Harrogate show after earlier cancelling and promising to spend the cash saved on an in-house showroom instead. And Bike Force signs up too