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IPC was last night acquired by AOL Time Warner Inc. for £1.15bn in cash. IPC publishes such titles as Cycle Sport, Cycling Weekly and Mountain Bike Rider

...to the vice presidency of COLIBI, the organisation the Bicycle Association has just resigned from.

The US trade magazine, Bicycle Retailer, has obtained a full list of Schwinn/GT's 1500 creditors. Taiwanese suppliers are owed the most. The Schwinn/GT collapse could do a lot of harm to Taiwanese bike companies already suffering badly from a softening economy

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Phillips (Est. 1768) is holding its annual sale of Cycle and Cycling Memorabilia in August. As well an Olympia Tandem Tricycle - late 19th century and expected to go for £10 000 - there will be plenty of antique odds and sods to frame for tarting up your shop, or adorning your office walls.