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Raleigh is to shortly take delivery of their first Stratos rear shock units.

Raleigh, Giant, Peak Performance, SRAM, Dawes, Pashley, Cannondale, and Leisure Systems International have booked a presence at next years Urban Tour, the third annual running of the MBUK Road Show. Local IBDs can book nearer the time.

In what ought to be a powerful polemic for getting more people on bikes the AA have released a hard hitting report that shows that British car drivers must be bonkers to drive through congested city centres. Of course, the AA doesnt put it this way: they feel Britains motorists are hard done by compared to those on the continent...but, in parts, the new report - The Great British Motorist 2000 - is very cycle-friendly

Mags get £15 000; IBDs get a slice of the action too. £100 worth of TF2 will be up for grabs each month for shops who put promo stickers in window