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So says Elbury Sandland of BSX-world.com, the bicycle supercross site. The "100 percent rider-owned" site is the distributor for Metal Mulisha, Vandal clothing, LS Progression, .243Racing and Issac Hunt, and according to Sandland, is where "core riders find info, buy stuff and check out the latest without all the corporate bullshit."

Tubes were being stretched in Tyseley again yesterday. Reynolds has managed to find an insurer willing to cover the Midlands company for third party liability

IBDs present at the second of three open-days at the new Fisher HQ in St Albans yesterday included Hardisty's, JE James, Leisure Lakes and - in an impressive show of corporate strength - all of the big-hitters from Action Bikes, including bossman Aidan Fudge

Taiwan's 2001 gross domestic product dipped for the first time ever, down by nearly 2 percent, according to official data released on Friday last week. Even without the failure of GT/Schwinn - Taiwanese companies were stung - the Taiwanese bike trade would still be sharing the country's economic doom and gloom.

And here is the very latest exhibitors list and Show Plan, with a few newcomers. The show runs from next Sunday to Tuesday.