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Top-class rally driver Colin McRae has been poached from Scott by Paligap. For training purposes the speedy Scotsman will now ride Kona bikes instead of Scott. And Paligap is to produce a signature bike for a springtime release into IBDs and Halfords. McRae's business manager secured a royalty deal for the driver so each bike sold earns him a wee percentage

Any bike makers out there who wish to diversify into making recumbents could get their hands on the rights to produce the classic Speed Ross recumbent

Most people can take constructive criticism on the chin, but what if a magazine reviewer - so it is claimed - continually gets the wrong end of the stick and dooms your highly-acclaimed-in-other-quarters product to the P&A graveyard?

Year on year sales increased by 30 percent and projected sales for the first quarter of 2002 are also expected to be up. Dynamo sales have doubled. Basta UK will be exhibiting at Cycle & Leisure, ICC and Cycle 2002.

Meltdown is probably too dramatic a word for the current trading situation of bike manufacturers in Taiwan but the industry is certainly suffering. An insider talks...