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Want to know what Raleigh's new logo looks like? Want to know how much was spent on the makeover? Want to sneak a peek at a few of the new bikes?

Yvonne Rix and Toyah Wilcox. Leslie Roberts and Noel Edmunds. Max and M Trax. Diamondback and Derby. The Bulwell Three and a bunch of newts. Raleigh was an interesting, but turbulent, place to work in the years 1975 to 2002. Here, in a constantly updated version of a paper written for the 11th International Cycle History Conference held at Osaka in August 2000, TONY HADLAND catalogues the ups and downs for Britain's best known bicycle manufacturer (latterly an assembler, now to be an importer only)

A new travel handbook from the Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme features cycling. Unusually, instead of being tucked away as a footnote, the cycling information is nearly as in-depth as the information on efficient fleet management and travel by bus

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Ison's Identiti 666 frame will be available in May and Lloyd Townsend of Ison said this is "set to become the most sought after jump frame for 2002 in the MTB jump market."