BikeBiz Bicycle and cycling retail news

By June, Elsevier, the company which owns the Engish-language trade paper BikeEurope, may also own Interbike, the US trade show, and Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, the US trade paper (although there are 29 other bidders too)!

Lee Iacocca, the former CEO of General Motors, is now an electric-powered vehicle buff. His Global Motors company supplies e-cars as well as e-bikes. His former dominance in the US auto industry ensures electric bikes get lots of positive media coverage in the States. Hes the Richard Branson of the e-vehicle world and his latest stunt is to arrive by e-bike at a US retail energy store.

Brompton has sponsored a cycling by train leaflet produced by ATOC, the Association of Train Operating Companies. It will be sent to all Brompton dealers soon. All well and good for folding enthusiasts but ATOC member West Anglia Great Northern a past winner of the CTCs bike friendly Cyclemark award isnt playing ball with cyclists in general.

Bike trade bods are busy packing up to attend Bike 2000 at the NEC this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. BikeBiz will be there on the Friday and will upload any juicy stories to this site ASAP

Ex-IBD and World Masters cyclo-cross champ Mick Ives has helped the CTC to make Llanwrtyd Wells the CTCs first Cycle Centre. Five more towns will get the same label within the next six months. Cycle Centres will have classic road and dirt cycle routes radiating out from them