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So, you think discounting product to the bone is a disease specific to the bike trade? Think again, and thank your lucky stars you dont work in the rag trade...

Children are adults-in-training, believes Raleigh, and the styling for the new Junior range is similar to the graphics and colour on adult bikes

Imagine having a database which listed all of the products of all of the main suppliers which you could easily add to your website, pictures included. Then imagine that any changes were modified automatically, keeping your website bang up to date. Furthermore, imagine that this database was dynamically linked to your EPoS system. It could all be a reality soon thanks to Mane Systems and Simon Watts

The new Shop managers button on Bikemagic.com takes you straight into the IBD section where you can update details on your shop and for free customise an online customer creation and retention programme. And the long-promised free microsite web space is now up and running.

This weekend's BikeLive witnesses one of the best ever collections of downhill stars on UK soil. And it's attracting the media...