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Raleigh 5-Star dealers had their annual shindig at the beginning of this week. On three separate days Raleigh dealers from around the UK were wined and dined in Brighton. A new broom has ushered a new era of candidness at the Nottingham company as an apology was made for the product delays of last year

If they are, it will happen tomorrow. There's a special meeting of EBMA members on 14th January and it's expected Cycleurope will fall in with Derby and Accell and withdraw its support of EBMA's China-and-Taiwan linked dumping investigation currently being carried out by the European Commission

Nichols says the Italian company "manufactures some of the most beautiful bicycles available." The catalogue's pretty, too...

New Government proposals targets to increase the level of cycling, walking and bus use on the journey to school and the stricter enforcement of speed and traffic regulations around schools were welcomed today by Sustrans.