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We The People bikes and bits will be distributed in the UK by Hot Wheels

The UK distribution of bikes from US brand Intense Racing has just been secured by the Retail Brands Division of Two Wheel Trading. A network of 40 IBDs is envisaged.

If you are a regular visitor to bikebiz.co.uk the news that Schwinn/GT has been put on the market will come as no surprise. Weve been reporting on the question marks over the US company since earlier in the week. Today www.bicycleretailer.com joins in and confirms that Questor Partners Fund wants rid of the financially-challenged group

The minimally staffed and underfunded Outdoor Industries Association is being extremely proactive on behalf of its members. Its website is a superb survive FMD resource and now the OIA has written again to the PM, the DTI and the rural task force. This time there are hard facts about how the FMD crisis is biting in the outdoor business. Could the similarly minimally-staffed and underfunded bike orgs take a leaf out of the OIAs book?