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Were not getting paid to say this (in fact, we get smaller ads than the other two trade mags!) but David Hydes Cycle & Leisure Show looks like being a cracker. More exhibitors are signing by the day and theres a real buzz about the event...

BikeBiz mails out just under 2500 copies every month. The other trade mags claim twice this much. Who are they sending to?

Join BikeBiz at the E-retailing 2000 conference, 15-16 February, Novotel hotel London. The two day event costs eight hundred quid so maybe not that many bike trade bods will be joining us but well cough up on your behalf and will report back with tips and articles.

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