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It all started with a strip of Velcro. From this and a classic back bedroom start-up location, Ian Elliot helped create business worth £10m within ten years. His expertise at brand building is now available to hire. His new brand marketing agency, Salad Creative Ltd, is looking to gain bike trade clients

9feet.com is set to close in September, and kjerag.com has closed already. Not all is well in the land of the bicycle website...

In effect, Cycle Bid Co. – a new company set up to own what was once the Derby Cycle Corporation – becomes the ‘stalking horse’ to flush out any other bidders for the owner of Raleigh

380 people pre-registered for the Phil & Friends Peak District ride with CTC president and Tour de France commentator Phil Liggett. Nearly 100 registered on the day. And this was no pootle in the park. It was 96 miles of tortuous hill climbs (mind you, loads of killer descents too)

Cult bike brand Maverick American – founded by Paul Turner, ex of RockShox, the man who introduced suspension forks on MTBs – is seeking a select few UK IBDs to market its rather exclusive wares